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1		A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 458,041 ratings score: 5,453, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.21 avg rating — 435,096 ratings score: 3,262, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 125,374 ratings score: 2,762, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson 3.94 avg rating — 69,127 ratings score: 2,083, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson 3.92 avg rating — 121,881 ratings score: 1,970, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson 4.10 avg rating — 56,313 ratings score: 1,488, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson 3.82 avg rating — 50,119 ratings score: 1,273, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson 3.99 avg rating — 100,133 ratings score: 1,273, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson 3.90 avg rating — 70,215 ratings score: 1,270, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson 3.85 avg rating — 80,459 ratings score: 1,171, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson 3.91 avg rating — 44,992 ratings score: 864, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson 3.81 avg rating — 65,767 ratings score: 777, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Made in America by Bill Bryson 3.92 avg rating — 16,327 ratings score: 385, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson 4.31 avg rating — 104,634 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson 3.73 avg rating — 39,603 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson 3.49 avg rating — 10,666 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Seeing Further: Ideas, Endeavours, Discoveries and Disputes — The Story of Science Through 350 Years of the Royal Society by Bill Bryson (Editor, Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 2,565 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right by Bill Bryson 3.89 avg rating — 3,258 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		The Palace Under the Alps, and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled, and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries by Bill Bryson 3.34 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

19 books · 107 voters · list created July 15th, 2010 by Alex (votes) .

Tags: adventure, bill, bill-bryson, bryson, des-moines, english, iowa, travel, travel-writing, walk-in-the-woods

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message 1: by Laurie (new)

Jan 16, 2013 10:57PM

Laurie

my favorite author

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Sep 30, 2016 12:28PM

Laurie wrote: "my favorite author"

Thanks Laurie for giving me his books. I still have them all.

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