Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Guy (23 Lists)



The Last of the Nomads by W.J. PeasleyHard Country, Hard Men by Kieran KellyFour Corners by Kira SalakThe Last True Explorer by Philip Temple
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Australia & Oceania
59 books — 56 voters
Danziger's Travels by Nick DanzigerWalking the Gobi by Helen ThayerBeyond the Last Village by Alan RabinowitzThe Heart of the World by Ian BakerAn Unexpected Light by Jason Elliot
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
351 books — 183 voters

Safari Jema by Teresa O'KaneBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Skeleton Coast by Benedict AllenMuddling through in Madagascar by Dervla Murphy
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
121 books — 114 voters
Accursed Mountains by Robert Carver
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Europe
127 books — 106 voters

Off the Map by John HarrisonThe Lost City of Z by David GrannMad White Giant by Benedict Allen
Adventure Travel & Exploration In South America
86 books — 116 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerAmerican Nomads by Richard GrantInto a Desert Place by Graham MackintoshPlanetwalker by John Francis
Adventure Travel & Exploration In North America
175 books — 48 voters

The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Best Travel Writing
317 books — 218 voters
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Best Latin America travel books
65 books — 64 voters

The Songlines by Bruce ChatwinIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Best Australian Travel Guides & Stories
73 books — 30 voters
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 voters

An Unexpected Light by Jason Elliot
Books Set in the -stan Countries
333 books — 172 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Lost City of Z by David Grann
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,120 books — 1,847 voters

The Lost City of Z by David GrannPlanetwalker by John Francis
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
470 books — 1,135 voters
The Songlines by Bruce ChatwinIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonAccursed Mountains by Robert Carver
Have Passport Will Travel
704 books — 587 voters

The Songlines by Bruce ChatwinEndurance by Alfred LansingNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickAn Unexpected Light by Jason Elliot
Foreign Lands
2,347 books — 2,191 voters
New Zealand Landscapes by Andris Apse
New Zealand
397 books — 203 voters

Forces of Change by Daniel B. BotkinThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinBeyond the Last Village by Alan RabinowitzThe Heart of the World by Ian Baker
Some Great Books on Nature
255 books — 146 voters
The Last Speakers by K. David HarrisonLanguages of the World by Asya Pereltsvaig
Best Books about Linguistics
246 books — 221 voters

The Last of the Nomads by W.J. PeasleyThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinWe of the Never-Never by Jeannie GunnOutback Heroes by Evan McHugh
Australian outback literature
76 books — 27 voters
New Zealand Landscapes by Andris Apse
Best Travel Photography Books
129 books — 73 voters

Danziger's Travels by Nick DanzigerThe Last of the Nomads by W.J. PeasleyThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinFour Corners by Kira SalakEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Favorite Travel Books
2,021 books — 3,943 voters