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Some True Travel Books

Sure there are others, and sure some have been a little fictionalized, but these are the 50 that I have: read, tried to read, or want to read. So far.
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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Piers Paul Read)
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
1
Piers Paul Read
Along the Edge of America (Peter Jenkins)
Along the Edge of America
2
Peter Jenkins
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Ann Vanderhoof)
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
3
Ann Vanderhoof
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail (David Miller)
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
4
David Miller
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Aron Ralston)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
5
Aron Ralston
The Big Year: A Tale of Men, Nature and Fowl Obsession (Mark Obmascik)
The Big Year: A Tale of Men, Nature and Fowl Obsession
6
Mark Obmascik
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways
7
William Least Heat-Moon
Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca)
Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
8
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Canyon Solitude (Patricia McCairen)
Canyon Solitude
9
Patricia McCairen
Crazy for the Storm (Norman Ollestad)
Crazy for the Storm
10
Norman Ollestad
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire
11
Edward Abbey
The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse (Sam Sheridan)
The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse
12
Sam Sheridan
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
13
Alexandra Fuller
Fire Season (Philip Connors)
Fire Season
14
Philip Connors
Gila Descending (M. H. Salmon)
Gila Descending
15
M. H. Salmon
I Had to Survive (Roberto Canessa)
I Had to Survive
16
Roberto Canessa
In Patagonia (Chatwin)
In Patagonia
17
Chatwin
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness (Pete Fromm)
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness
18
Pete Fromm
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Innocents Abroad
19
Mark Twain
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Nepal)
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Nepal)
20
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
21
Jon Krakauer
Jungle a Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon (Yossi Ghinsberg)
Jungle a Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon
22
Yossi Ghinsberg
Kingbird Highway (Kenn Kaufman)
Kingbird Highway
23
Kenn Kaufman
Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Elinore Pruitt Stewart)
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
24
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Little House Series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House Series
25
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
26
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger)
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
27
Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
Mrs. Mike (Benedict Freedman)
Mrs. Mike
28
Benedict Freedman
My First Summer in the Sierra (John Muir)
My First Summer in the Sierra
29
John Muir
My Life in France
My Life in France
30
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves (Farley Mowat)
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
31
Farley Mowat
Nothing Daunted
Nothing Daunted
32
Only in America (John Mirassou)
Only in America
33
John Mirassou
The Oregon Trail (Francis Parkman)
The Oregon Trail
34
Francis Parkman
Out Under the Sky of the Great Smokies (Harvey Broome)
Out Under the Sky of the Great Smokies
35
Harvey Broome
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
36
Sebastian Junger
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Candice Millard)
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
37
Candice Millard
A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All (Luke Dempsey)
A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All
38
Luke Dempsey
Time Is Short and the Water Rises (John Walsh)
Time Is Short and the Water Rises
39
John Walsh
Touching the Void (Joe Simpson)
Touching the Void
40
Joe Simpson
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