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Richard Davies' 50 Essential Travel Books

"A good author should always suffer for his or her art. Well, the best travel writers suffer more than most, so perhaps that's why their books are so memorable. A journey without problems is a dull one and this selection of essential travel writing details obstacles like freezing to death, fleeing for your life or a country on the brink of civil war. When a book is called In the Land of White Death then you know the author faced more problems than missing a bus"
Any list that has The Worst Journey in the World on it is good with me! :D
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Sea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
Sea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
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The Valleys of the Assassins (Freya Stark)
The Valleys of the Assassins
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Freya Stark
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa
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In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (Valerian Albanov)
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
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Valerian Albanov
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
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Rebecca West
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
6
Lost on a Mountain in Maine (Donn Fendler)
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
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Donn Fendler
No Picnic on Mount Kenya (Felice Benuzzi)
No Picnic on Mount Kenya
8
Felice Benuzzi
South From Granada: A Sojourn in Southern Spain (Gerald Brenan)
South From Granada: A Sojourn in Southern Spain
9
Gerald Brenan
Rome and a Villa
Rome and a Villa
10
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Seven Years in Tibet
11
Heinrich Harrer
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
12
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Innocents Abroad
13
Mark Twain
Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands
14
The Songlines
The Songlines
15
Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes
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Robert Louis Stevenson
In Patagonia
In Patagonia
17
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
18
John Steinbeck
The Pine Barrens
The Pine Barrens
19
Coming Into the Country (John McPhee)
Coming Into the Country
20
John McPhee
The Snow Leopard
The Snow Leopard
21
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways
22
William Least Heat-Moon
The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country (Jan Morris)
The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country
23
Jan Morris
Iron and Silk
Iron and Silk
24
Great Plains
Great Plains
25
Into the Heart of Borneo
Into the Heart of Borneo
26
Chasing the Monsoon
Chasing the Monsoon
27
The Impossible Country
The Impossible Country
28
The Places in Between
The Places in Between
29
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
In a Sunburned Country
30
Bill Bryson
Dark Star Safari
Dark Star Safari
31
Cross Country
Cross Country
32
The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
33
Down the Nile
Down the Nile
34
A Time of Gifts
A Time of Gifts
35
Round Ireland With a Fridge (Tony Hawks)
Round Ireland With a Fridge
36
Tony Hawks
Love and War in the Apennines (Eric Newby)
Love and War in the Apennines
37
Eric Newby
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Lawrie Lee)
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
38
Lawrie Lee
Naples '44 (Norman Lewis)
Naples '44
39
Norman Lewis
Full Tilt (Dervla Murphy)
Full Tilt
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Dervla Murphy
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