Just a Little Run Around the World by Rosie Swale PopeBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Pants of Perspective by Anna McNuffSummits of My Life by Kilian JornetNorth by Scott Jurek
Armchair Travel: Running Adventures
17 books — 5 voters
Full Tilt by Dervla MurphyLands of Lost Borders by Kate  HarrisThis Road I Ride by Juliana BuhringAmber, Furs and Cockleshells by Anne MustoeThe Ukimwi Road by Dervla Murphy
Armchair Travel: Cycling Adventures
34 books — 4 voters

Touching the Void by Joe SimpsonAlive by Piers Paul ReadWe Die Alone by David HowarthIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Phew! It Didn't Happen to Me.
55 books — 26 voters

Greenvoe by George Mackay BrownCalum's Road by Roger HutchinsonThe Blackhouse by Peter  MayWhisky Galore by Compton MackenzieThe Lewis Man by Peter  May
Windswept and Interesting
61 books — 26 voters
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric NewbyThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczThe Places in Between by Rory StewartJust a Little Run Around the World by Rosie Swale PopeTraversa by Fran Sandham
These Boots Are Made For Walking
46 books — 21 voters

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomWild Animus by Rich ShaperoJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLa Cucina by Lily PriorNights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlWhy Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared DiamondThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinThe Sea Kingdoms by Alistair MoffatDon't Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel L. Everett
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 270 voters

The Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraThe Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Piano by Jane CampionThe Uncle's Story by Witi IhimaeraOnce Were Warriors by Alan Duff
Books By New Zealand Authors
873 books — 365 voters
Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWild by Jay GriffithsFatu-Hiva by Thor Heyerdahl
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 419 voters

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe Lorax by Dr. SeussTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Favorite books from my childhood
4,425 books — 7,426 voters
Touching the Void by Joe SimpsonJust a Little Run Around the World by Rosie Swale PopeKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlSky Burial by XinranAlive by Piers Paul Read
True Life Adventure
386 books — 251 voters

The Shipping News by Annie ProulxSky Burial by XinranThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard KapuścińskiKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Around the World in 100 Books
1,316 books — 706 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLast Chance to See by Douglas AdamsCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Blind Watchmaker by Richard DawkinsBad Science by Ben Goldacre
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,599 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlSwallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Desert Islands
129 books — 150 voters
Greenvoe by George Mackay BrownMorvern Callar by Alan WarnerSunset Song by Lewis Grassic GibbonThe Crow Road by Iain BanksThe Green Isle of the Great Deep by Neil M. Gunn
Books Set in Scotland
1,003 books — 670 voters

Out of Africa by Isak DinesenThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard KapuścińskiSoldiers of Light by Daniel BergnerTravels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński
Best books for an African Safari
475 books — 525 voters
The Last Grain Race by Eric NewbyKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThis Thing of Darkness by Harry ThompsonTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Sailing Cruising
280 books — 198 voters

Kon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeHeidi by Johanna SpyriThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,843 books — 10,496 voters
The Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraThe Highest Tide by Jim    LynchThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssOystercatchers by Susan  Fletcher
Down by the Sea
742 books — 560 voters

Sky Burial by XinranWild by Jay GriffithsKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeJust a Little Run Around the World by Rosie Swale Pope
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters
The Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraThe Bone People by Keri HulmeThe Piano by Jane CampionPrelude by Katherine MansfieldOnce Were Warriors by Alan Duff
New Zealand
397 books — 203 voters


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