John Benson's votes on the list Favorite Travel Books

Listopia > John Benson's votes on the list Favorite Travel Books (63 Books)

1	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 454,967 ratings	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	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,216,488 ratings	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	Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson 3.92 avg rating — 121,448 ratings	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	Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck 4.08 avg rating — 111,092 ratings	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	Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 883,416 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	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	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson 3.90 avg rating — 70,080 ratings	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	Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon 4.03 avg rating — 25,820 ratings	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
8	The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson 3.81 avg rating — 65,579 ratings	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	The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin 3.96 avg rating — 12,690 ratings	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	The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux 3.89 avg rating — 21,846 ratings	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	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing 4.46 avg rating — 176,393 ratings	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	West with the Night by Beryl Markham 4.16 avg rating — 42,020 ratings John rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen 3.91 avg rating — 49,243 ratings	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 Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 39,139 ratings	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	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller 3.97 avg rating — 58,638 ratings John rated it 5 stars See Review	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	In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin 3.64 avg rating — 19,795 ratings	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	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Vintage Departures) by Tony Horwitz 4.10 avg rating — 25,838 ratings	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	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 122,142 ratings	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
20	Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz 4.05 avg rating — 10,649 ratings	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
21	The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux 4.03 avg rating — 6,772 ratings	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
22	A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby 3.95 avg rating — 7,175 ratings	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
23	The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux 3.93 avg rating — 11,877 ratings	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
24	The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux 3.96 avg rating — 5,231 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	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
25	Coming Into the Country by John McPhee 4.21 avg rating — 7,762 ratings John rated it 5 stars See Review	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
26	The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard 4.22 avg rating — 81,091 ratings	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
27	The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux 3.75 avg rating — 4,859 ratings	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
28	A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz 3.97 avg rating — 9,530 ratings	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
29	Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea (Vintage Departures) by Eric Hansen 3.99 avg rating — 1,656 ratings John rated it 5 stars See Review	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
30	Video Night in Kathmandu and Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East by Pico Iyer 3.86 avg rating — 3,067 ratings	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
31	Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 8,814 ratings	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
32	The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński 4.39 avg rating — 17,871 ratings	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
33	Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.23 avg rating — 69,351 ratings	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
35	Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman 3.97 avg rating — 3,598 ratings	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
36	A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins 4.04 avg rating — 12,532 ratings	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
37	Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile by Sara Wheeler 3.61 avg rating — 1,239 ratings	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
38	Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America by Jonathan Raban 4.06 avg rating — 454 ratings	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
39	The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck 3.84 avg rating — 6,839 ratings	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
41	Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (Vintage Departures) by Jonathan Raban 3.91 avg rating — 2,043 ratings	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
42	Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler 3.84 avg rating — 2,179 ratings	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
43	Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk 3.82 avg rating — 22,832 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	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
44	Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles – Vivid True Stories Defining a Nation Through Its History, Geography, and People by Simon Winchester 3.60 avg rating — 966 ratings	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
45	The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley 4.11 avg rating — 6,160 ratings	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
47	The Lost Heart of Asia by Colin Thubron 3.87 avg rating — 1,658 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	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
48	Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin 3.96 avg rating — 3,767 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	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
49	This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich 3.94 avg rating — 1,027 ratings	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
50	Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron 3.79 avg rating — 4,527 ratings	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
51	The Fruit Palace by Charles Nicholl 3.91 avg rating — 378 ratings	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
52	Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams 3.84 avg rating — 21,815 ratings	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
53	Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa 4.16 avg rating — 4,516 ratings John rated it 5 stars See Review	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
54	Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple 4.07 avg rating — 8,790 ratings	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
55	Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip by Matthew Algeo (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 2,586 ratings	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
56	State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America – Essays on American Culture and Character by Acclaimed Writers by Matt Weiland (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 1,346 ratings	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
57	Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy 4.06 avg rating — 4,801 ratings	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
58	Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey 4.18 avg rating — 55,824 ratings John rated it 5 stars See Review	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
59	Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss 4.14 avg rating — 4,288 ratings	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
60	Looking for a Ship by John McPhee 4.15 avg rating — 1,660 ratings	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
61	The Tree Where Man Was Born: The African Experience by Peter Matthiessen 3.93 avg rating — 1,109 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	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
62	A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett 3.88 avg rating — 5,010 ratings	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
63	In Ethiopia with a Mule by Dervla Murphy 3.95 avg rating — 499 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	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
64	Fresh-Air Fiend: Travel Writings, 1985-2000 by Paul Theroux 3.78 avg rating — 1,522 ratings	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
65	Canoeing with the Cree by Eric Sevareid 4.18 avg rating — 1,799 ratings	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
66	Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) by Marjane Satrapi 4.27 avg rating — 238,523 ratings	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
67	To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron 3.62 avg rating — 2,482 ratings	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