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Best Travel Books

Most-published travel writing and guides to destinations around the world.

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Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll1,865Alice (fictitious character : carroll), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, JUVENILE FICTION3,546guj, jpn, por
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain1,876adventure and adventurers, Adventure stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature2,552arm, jpn, alb
Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville1,686Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Survival, Fiction2,419arm, por, bre
Frankenstein or The Modern PrometheusMary Shelley1,818Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), Fiction, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)2,188spa, rus, ger
Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson1,880Fiction, Treasure Island (Imaginary place), Treasure-trove, Pirates1,988guj, jpn, alb
Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift1,726YA, Young adult, Juvenile, Fiction1,810arm, jpn, por
Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens1,861Authors, Benefactors, Bildungsromans, Boys1,489heb, spa, rus
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare1,600Drama, Courtship, Plays, Hippolyta (Greek mythology)1,483jpn, por, dan
The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame1,908Children's fiction, Animals, fiction, Friendship, fiction, England, fiction1,346pol, heb, spa
The Time MachineH. G. Wells1,895Self-experimentation in medicine in fiction, Fiction, Time travel in fiction, Dystopias in fiction1,146epo, pol, spa
WaldenHenry David Thoreau1,854Biography, Homes and haunts, American Authors, Social life and customs1,138eng, fre, chi
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)Jerome Klapka Jérôme1,889Humorous stories, Male friendship, Description and travel, Humor (Fiction)1,133epo, heb, guj
King Solomon's MinesH. Rider Haggard1,880Children's fiction, Mines and mineral resources, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Large type books1,091eng, ger, tur
The Legend of Sleepy HollowWashington Irving1,820Fiction, Ghosts, History, Children's stories, American1,017jpn, baq, por
KimRudyard Kipling1,901Fiction, Irish, Lamas, Irish in fiction934pol, heb, spa
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtMark Twain1,889Time travel, Fiction, Arthurian romances, Kings and rulers788eng, heb, spa
The Marvelous Land of OzL. Frank Baum1,904Children's stories, American, Juvenile fiction, Translations into Russian, Children's literature, English724eng, ara, rus
A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster1,905British, Fiction, Young women, British in fiction692eng, spa, fre
Le petit princeAntoine de Saint-Exupéry1,943adventure, fantasy, friendship, love688arm, jpn, por
All's Well That Ends WellWilliam Shakespeare1,734Drama, Married women, Runaway husbands, Problems, exercises685pol, heb, spa
The JungleUpton Sinclair1,707Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Sociology, Lithuanian Americans, Fiction673pol, spa, cze
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius1,626Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Stoics, Classic Literature642arm, spa, cze
The Emerald City of OzL. Frank Baum1,910Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Oz (Imaginary place), Fantasy634eng
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope, Gary Hoppenstand1,800Fiction, Adventure, Fiction, action & adventure, Ruritania (imaginary place), fiction627eng, heb, ara
The Story of the AmuletEdith Nesbit1,905Roman pour la jeunesse, Litterature fantastique, Classic Literature, Fiction578eng, heb, ger
The Invisible ManH. G. Wells0Ciencia-ficción, Classic Literature, Fiction, Mentally ill563spa, rus, ger
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad1,899Fiction, Romance, Degeneration, Literature552spa, mul, ger
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking GlassLewis Carroll1,889adventure and adventurers, adventure and adventurers, fiction, adventure stories, adventure travel543pol, spa, rus
The Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens1,800Fiction, Men, Societies and clubs, Male friendship538eng, spa, ita
A history of New YorkWashington Irving1,800Dutch Americans, Social life and customs, Literature, Fiction472ger, eng, fre
Voyage OutVirginia Woolf1,915Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, general, Young women, fiction, Young women -- Fiction465eng, ger, spa
The AlhambraWashington Irving1,800Alhambra, Alhambra (Granada, España), Alhambra (Granada, Spain), Cuentos populares árabes459heb, spa, rus
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts JoursJules Verne1,872Viajes alrededor del mundo, Translations into Gujarati, Fiction, Translations from French426guj, spa, jpn
Roughing ItMark Twain1,87219th century, American Authors, Biography, Business408ger, eng, pol
Two years before the mastRichard Henry Dana1,000Alert (Brig : 1843-1862), Large-type books, Pilgrim (Brig), Sailors369eng, fre, spa
Os LusíadasLuís de Camões, Souza Botelho1,572Poetry, History, Discovery and exploration, Description and travel367eng, ita, ger
KidnappedRobert Louis Stevenson1,886Juvenile fiction, Fiction, History, Adventure and adventurers352epo, spa, chi
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, EsqWashington Irving1,819Fiction, Description and travel, Christmas, Social life and customs351chi, eng, ger
Lord JimJoseph Conrad1,900Fiction, British, Officers, Merchant marine344spa, ger, fre
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain1,894Balloon ascensions, Travel, Tom Sawyer (Fictitious character), Americans333eng, fin
An Arabian taleWilliam Beckford, Samuel Henley1,786Fiction, general, French literature, translations into english, Description and travel, Fiction333spa, rus, und
AstoriaWashington Irving1,800Overland journey to the Pacific coast, Fur trade, Descriptions et voyages, Contributions in discoveries (in geography)321eng, fre, dut
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the AfricanOlaudah Equiano1,789Slavery, Voyages and travels, Social life and customs, Slaves298eng, ger
Sailing alone around the worldJoshua Slocum1,800Spray (Sloop), Single-handed sailing, Sailing, Yachting296heb, eng
Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck1,937contemporary fiction, literary fiction, classics, Labor Trilogy292guj, jpn, baq
Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens1,800Social life and customs, Literature, Description and travel, Travel290spa, hun, ger
The light that failedRudyard Kipling1,890Blind, Teenage boys, Fishers, Fishing boats262ger, fre, und
The most dangerous gameRichard Connell1,990Fiction, Hunting, Islands, survival of the fittest260eng
The dog CrusoeRobert Michael Ballantyne1,800Prairies, In literature, Fiction, Fiction, action & adventure258epo, eng
The History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson1,759Ethiopia, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Princes, Fiction249spa, mul, dut
Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha Christie1,933Agatha Christie, Private investigator, P.I., Hercule Poirot247eng, heb, ita
Daisy MillerHenry James1,877Fiction, Americans, Young women, Americans in fiction244spa, ger, fre
SchachnovelleStefan Zweig1,943Chess, Chrestomathies and readers, Fiction, German language242cat, spa, kur
PicassoPablo Picasso, Jean-Louis Andral1,92620th century, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum, Animals240spa, rus, mul
Life of Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell1,776Biography, Description and travel, English Authors, Early works to 1800238eng
A week on the Concord and Merrimack RiversHenry David Thoreau1,849Description and travel, Journeys, Gift books, Fiction236eng
American notesCharles Dickens, Diana C. Archibald1,800Description and travel, Social life and customs, Travel, History233ger, dut, fre
Sylvie and BrunoLewis Carroll1,889Fantasy, Fiction, general, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction232eng, ger, fre
The principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nationsRichard Hakluyt, Jack Beeching1,589Voyages and travel, Discovery and exploration, English, Collected works225spa, lat, ger
The Story of Doctor DolittleHugh Lofting1,920Animals, Classic Literature, Children's stories, Fiction224ger, jpn, spa
The museum experience revisitedJohn H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking1,992Museums, Educational aspects, Environmental aspects, Musées219eng
TypeeHerman Melville1,840Fiction, Indigenous peoples, Sailors, Social life and customs216spa, ger, fre
The warlord of Mars #3Edgar Rice Burroughs1,919Classic Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction212eng
Die Leiden des jungen WerthersJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,779Translations into English, Travel, German fiction, Young men211arm, heb, est
Tales of my landlord, Second series. The Heart of Mid-LothianSir Walter Scott1,800Fiction, Fiction in English, Great Britain in fiction, History210spa, rus, und
De la terre à la luneJules Verne1,865Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, science fiction, general, Ciencia-ficción, French language208spa, cze, ger
The Return of the NativeThomas Hardy1,878People with visual disabilities, fiction, Return of the native (Hardy, Thomas), Mothers and sons, fiction205eng, tur, chi
Voyage au Centre de la TerreJules Verne1,867Fiction, Science fiction, Imaginary Voyages, Imaginary voyages in fiction205heb, mac, spa
Martin Rattler, or, A boy's adventures in the forests of BrazilRobert Michael Ballantyne1,867Children's stories, Scottish, Fiction, action & adventure, Juvenile fiction, Adventure stories204eng, heb
Lettres persanesCharles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, John Davidson1,721Fiction, Iranians, East and West, Social life and customs200spa, ger, fre
Poems by John KeatsJohn Keats1,800English poetry, Correspondence, English Poets, Manuscripts200ita, eng, fre
A Tramp AbroadMark Twain1,878American Authors, Americans, Americans in fiction, Biography197eng, ger, chi
When the Sleeper AwakesH. G. Wells1,899Fiction, Twenty-first century, Technological innovations, Time travel197epo, ita, ger
The Essays of EliaCharles Lamb1,823English essays, Essays, Indians of South America, Description and travel187chi, eng
Death on the NileAgatha Christie1,937Belgians, Fiction, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Private investigators187pol, heb, spa
Extradition laws and treaties, United StatesUnited States1,795Treaties, Foreign relations, Relations extérieures, Traités184spa, ger, hun
Cape CodHenry David Thoreau1,864Description and travel, Nature, Journeys, Description & travel182eng
The Innocents AbroadMark Twain1,800Description and travel, Travel, Voyages and travels, Americans177dan, heb, spa
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth and marvelsThomas Ingoldsby, Richard Harris Barham1,837English wit and humor, Collected works (single author, multi-form), Ingoldsby, thomas, 1788-1845, Kent (england), description and travel171eng, und
Homage to CataloniaGeorge Orwell1,938English Personal narratives, Communism, Travel, Spanish Civil Guard168cat, spa, ita
What Katy Did Next (Best Loved Stories)Susan Coolidge, Jessie Mcdermot1,886Young adult fiction, Children's fiction, Girls, fiction, Families167eng
Mademoiselle FifiGuy de Maupassant1,882Translations into English, Social life and customs, War in Fiction, Readers162eng, rus, ger
The Hudson Bay CompanyRobert Michael Ballantyne, Thomas Nelson and Sons1,848Hudson's Bay Company, Frontier and pioneer life, Fur trade, Description and travel161eng
The Voyages of Doctor DolittleHugh Lofting1,922Animals, Classic Literature, Children's stories, Fiction158heb, spa, und
Life on the MississippiMark Twain1,883American Authors, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Juvenile literature157eng, chi, ger
Rime of the ancient marinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge1,827Poetry, Illustrations, Animal welfare, Textual Criticism156eng, heb, ita
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūseiKokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan)1,991Art, Sculpture, Seals (Numismatics), Painting156chi, jpn
CorinneGermaine de Staël, Isabel Hill1,786Romantic, Italy, Psychological Study, England154lat, ger, dan
W pustyni i w puszczyHenryk Sienkiewicz1,912Fiction, Description and travel, Africa, fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)153pol, eng
Paul KleePaul Klee1,930Catalogues raisonnés, Psychology, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, Theater in art150spa, mul, ger
The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A.Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie De Bonneville1,800Description and travel, Explorers, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life145eng, fre, ger
The gorilla huntersRobert Michael Ballantyne1,858Gorilla, Animals, Description and travel, Adventure stories144eng
By the KingKing James VI and I1,603Administration of Justice, Agriculture, Anti-Catholicism, Bartholomew Fair (1603 : Smithfield, London, England)141eng
The Silver ChairC. S. Lewis1,953Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children: Grades 2-3141pol, spa, jpn
O AlquimistaPaulo Coelho1,988Translations into Indonesian, Voyages and travels, Fiction, Portuguese Fiction141por, dan, kor
A Game of ThronesGeorge R. R. Martin1,996Adult, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, High Fantasy135pol, spa, rus
The works of Hubert Howe BancroftHubert Howe Bancroft1,882Antiquities, Archaeology, Autobiography, Bibliography133eng
The Razor's EdgeWilliam Somerset Maugham1,944World War, 1914-1918, Fiction, Veterans, Upper class133spa, ita, ger
A Survey of LondonJohn Stow, C. L. Kingsford1,598History, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Antiquities132ger, eng
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut1,968American science fiction, bombing of Dresden, Open Library staff picks, military fiction131eng, heb, nob
Lost HorizonJames Hilton1,933Fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Utopias, Shangri-La (Imaginary place)130pol, rus, ger
The Land of Little RainMary Austin1,903Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Zamorano 80127eng
A Tangled TaleLewis Carroll1,881Mathematical recreations, Fiction, short stories (single author), Children, Conduct of life126jpn, eng, spa
The AmericanHenry James, Peter Collister1,877American Manuscripts, Widows, Courtship in fiction, Culture conflict in fiction126eng, fre, chi
The Mystery of the Blue TrainAgatha Christie1,928Crimes against, Detective and mystery stories, Divorce, Divorce in fiction124spa, ita, ger
Palmetto-leavesHarriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Stowe1,873Description and travel, Social life and customs, Florida, description and travel, Florida, history122eng
The RivalsRichard Brinsley Sheridan1,775British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Criticism and interpretation, English drama, History and criticism122tel, eng, ara
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams1,979comic science fiction, Vogons, Humorous fiction, Imaginary voyages122spa, rus, cze
A diversity of creaturesRudyard Kipling1,917Utopias, English Science fiction, Correspondence, Voyages and travels119eng
Their Wedding JourneyWilliam Dean Howells1,872Classic Literature, Fiction, Newlyweds, Honeymoons118eng
The journals of André Gide, 1889-1949André Gide, Laura Freixas1,939Authors, Correspondence, reminiscences, Diaries, French Authors117eng, spa, fre
GascoyneRobert Michael Ballantyne1,800Fiction, sea stories, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, general, Pacific area, fiction117kan, eng
South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expeditionSir Ernest Henry Shackleton1,919British, Discovery and exploration, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), Travel116lad, eng, fre
ColumbusWashington Irving1,800Exploring expeditions, Discovery and exploration, Spanish, Explorers115eng, fre, swe
2001Arthur C. Clarke1,968Human-computer interaction, Computers, Fiction, Science fiction115spa, rus, ger
Life of PiYann Martel2,000Teenage boys, Zoo animals, Fiction, Literature114eng, heb, hin
The Travels of Marco PoloMarco Polo1,818Description and travel, Voyages and travels, History, Mongols114roa, arm, spa
Sartor resartusThomas Carlyle1,800Fiction, Philosophers, Conduct of life, Clothing and dress113lat, eng, fre
Ker-bloom!artnoose1,996Cycling, Personal narratives, Letterpress printing, Specimens112eng
The Maine WoodsHenry David Thoreau1,803Description and travel, Travel, American Authors, Biography112eng
Cinq semaines en ballonJules Verne1,867Travel, Hot air balloons, Description and travel, Fiction112spa, cze, ger
Peer GyntHenrik Ibsen1,867Drama, Peer Gynt (Fictitious character), Norwegian drama, Translations into English111spa, ukr, chi
Aus meinem LebenJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,800Plants, German Poets, Effect of chemicals on, German Authors111grc, ger, fre
TyphoonJoseph Conrad1,902English Sea stories, Classic Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction110fre, spa, ita
A Caribbean MysteryAgatha Christie1,964Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Series, British107pol, spa, ger
The Last BattleC. S. Lewis1,956Juvenile Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy106pol, spa, jpn
The red true story bookHenry Justice Ford1,895Kings and rulers, Juvenile literature, Saints, Voyages and travels106eng
Backwoods of CanadaCatherine Parr Traill, Michael A. Peterman1,836Description and travel, Frontier and pioneer life, Social life and customs, Canadian immigration literature (English)106eng
Queer placesElisa Rolle2,016Sexual minorities, Guidebooks, Lesbians, Gay men105eng
Goethe's WerkeJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,800Translations into English, Knowledge, Science, German Authors105ger, eng
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies ...: In Two VolumesBryan Edwards, Arthur Broughton1,789Botany, Description and travel, Economic conditions, History105eng, fre
A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'Engle1,962Love, sci-fi, Newbery Medal, Open Library Staff Picks104eng, fre, spa
A dictionary of the English languageSamuel Johnson1,747English language, Dictionaries, Early works to 1800, Lexicography104eng
AnthemAyn Rand1,936Fiction, Individuality, Time travel in fiction, Individuality in fiction103eng, dut, ger
Expedition Kon-TikiThor Heyerdahl1,949Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen (1947), Ethnology, Etnología, Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen (1947) cn103spa, rus, und
From sea to sea; letters of travelRudyard Kipling1,889Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Travel, Specimens103chi, fre, eng
California and Oregon trailFrancis Parkman1,872Description and travel, Indians of North America, Prairies, Travel103eng
Description of GreecePausanias, Jean Pouilloux1,613Antiquities, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Greek Art103cze, mul, lat
De l'AllemagneGermaine de Staël1,800German literature, History and criticism, German National characteristics, Intellectual life103ger, eng, fre
The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderC. S. Lewis1,952Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Chronicles of Narnia, Narnia (imaginary place), fiction100pol, spa, und
Main-travelled roadsHamlin Garland, Jonathan Senchyne1,891Fiction, Western stories, American Short stories, Specimens100eng
Ungava, a tale of the Esquimaux landRobert Michael Ballantyne1,800Fiction, historical, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, general, Canadian fiction (English), CIHM99heb, eng
The Stones of VeniceJohn Ruskin1,851Venice, Byzantine Architecture, Art, Description99eng, ita
Pictures from ItalyCharles Dickens1,846Social life and customs, English Novelists, Description and travel, Travel99spa, dut, fre
Travels in Arabia DesertaCharles Montagu Doughty, T. E. Lawrence1,888Descriptions et voyages, Moeurs et coutumes, Social life and customs, Description and travel98spa, und, ger
The wheels of chanceH. G. Wells1,896Fiction, Cycling, Time travel, Classic Literature97eng, fre
Away in the wildernessRobert Michael Ballantyne, Madiso Clark1,800Fiction, general, Indians of North America, Children's stories, Adventure stories95eng
The world of ice, or, Adventures in the polar regionsRobert Michael Ballantyne1,860Whaling, Fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Juvenile fiction94eng
My first summer in the SierraJohn Reid Muir1,911Description and travel, Open Library Staff Picks, Natural history, Naturalists93eng
Artemis FowlEoin Colfer1,999Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer, fairies, Kidnapping93pol, heb, spa
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