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Barbarian Days Summary
Barbarian Days
A Surfing Life
by William Finnegan 2015 447 pages
4.28
40k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Never Leave the Dogs Behind Summary
Never Leave the Dogs Behind
A Memoir
by Brianna Madia 2024 208 pages
4.14
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Dogs
Animals
Forgotten Continent Summary
Forgotten Continent
The Battle for Latin America's Soul
by Michael Reid 2007 400 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Latin American History
The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
by Michael Booth 2014 388 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Travel
History
Politics
The Lost Continent Summary
The Lost Continent
Travels in Small-Town America
by Bill Bryson 1989 299 pages
3.81
65k+ ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills (
by Tristan Gooley 2014 416 pages
3.77
5k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Travel
A Brief History of Indonesia Summary
A Brief History of Indonesia
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
by Tim Hannigan 2015 288 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
History
Asia
Travel
Monsoon Summary
Monsoon
The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
by Robert D. Kaplan 2010 323 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Asia
Beyond the Sky and the Earth Summary
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
A Journey into Bhutan
by Jamie Zeppa 1999 321 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Asia
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato
A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles
by Gary Hayden 2016 224 pages
3.64
320 ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Walking
Russia - Culture Smart! Summary
Russia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Anna King 2007 168 pages
3.81
135 ratings
Travel
Russia
History
World Travel Summary
World Travel
An Irreverent Guide
by Anthony Bourdain 2021 480 pages
3.63
13k+ ratings
Travel
Food
Memoir
Mutant Message Down Under Summary
Mutant Message Down Under
by Marlo Morgan 1990 187 pages
3.78
23k+ ratings
Spirituality
Book Club
Travel
Vienna Summary
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
by Richard Cockett 2023 535 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
European History
Travel
The Voyage of the Beagle Summary
The Voyage of the Beagle
by Charles Darwin 1839 480 pages
4.02
8k+ ratings
Science
History
Travel
Thailand - Culture Smart! Summary
Thailand - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Roger Jones 2003 168 pages
3.91
287 ratings
Travel
Cultural
Asian Literature
American Story Summary
American Story
A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
by Bob Dotson 2013 274 pages
3.63
228 ratings
Journalism
Travel
The Best Strangers in the World Summary
The Best Strangers in the World
Stories from a Life Spent Listening―A Poignant Journey Through Journalism, Global Connections, and Human Resilience in Today's World
by Ari Shapiro 2023 256 pages
4.02
6k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
LGBT
Abroad in Japan Summary
Abroad in Japan
Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
by Chris Broad 2023 320 pages
4.11
23k+ ratings
Travel
Japan
Memoir
A Marriage at Sea Summary
A Marriage at Sea
A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
by Sophie Elmhirst 2024 256 pages
3.84
45k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Book Club
The Great Wall Summary
The Great Wall
China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
by Julia Lovell 1981 432 pages
3.46
344 ratings
History
China
Asia
By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020 Summary
By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020
by Dean Nicholson 2020
4.36
7k+ ratings
Travel
Animals
Memoir
The Lost City of the Monkey God Summary
The Lost City of the Monkey God
by Douglas Preston 2017 326 pages
3.93
63k+ ratings
History
Adventure
Travel
Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It Summary
Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It
Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir
by Elizabeth Gilbert 2016 240 pages
3.53
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
Self Help
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
by Rachel Friedman 2011 287 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
A Beginner's Guide to Japan Summary
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
Observations and Provocations
by Pico Iyer 2019 240 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Japan
Travel
Memoir
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996 496 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Travel
History
Politics
Blind Curves Summary
Blind Curves
A Woman, a Motorcycle, and a Journey to Reinvent Herself
by Linda Crill 2013 256 pages
3.62
149 ratings
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Dreaming in Hindi Summary
Dreaming in Hindi
Coming Awake in Another Language
by Katherine Russell Rich 2009 360 pages
3.12
1k+ ratings
India
Memoir
Travel
Wine to Water Summary
Wine to Water
How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the World
by Doc Hendley 2012 308 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Memoir
Africa
Sudan
Travels with Myself and Another Summary
Travels with Myself and Another
by Martha Gellhorn 1979 320 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Biography
The 2 AM Principle Summary
The 2 AM Principle
Discover the Science of Adventure
by Jon Levy 2016 254 pages
3.29
330 ratings
Self Help
Travel
Adventure
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Greece
Halt Station India Summary
Halt Station India
by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2014 227 pages
4.38
120 ratings
History
India
Travel
The Secret Knowledge of Water Summary
The Secret Knowledge of Water
by Craig Childs 2000 304 pages
4.29
2k+ ratings
Nature
Science
Environment
Castaway Summary
Castaway
by Lucy Irvine 1983 288 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Travel
Biography
Memoir
Venice Summary
Venice
by Jan Morris 1960 336 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Travel
Italy
History
My Grape Year Summary
My Grape Year
by Laura Bradbury 2015 378 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Travel
France
Memoir
Over the Edge of the World Summary
Over the Edge of the World
Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
by Laurence Bergreen 2003 458 pages
4.19
19k+ ratings
History
Biography
Adventure
Come Fly with Me Summary
Come Fly with Me
by Camille Di Maio 2025 347 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
That's Not English Summary
That's Not English
Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
by Erin Moore 2015 223 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Humor
Papa Hemingway Summary
Papa Hemingway
A Personal Memoir
by A.E. Hotchner 1955 371 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
Biography
History
Memoir
Things I Learned from Falling Summary
Things I Learned from Falling
by Claire Nelson 2020 241 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Travel
The Mexico Reader Summary
The Mexico Reader
History, Culture, Politics
by Gilbert M. Joseph 2002 808 pages
4.09
325 ratings
History
Politics
Latin American History
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Summary
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
by Daniel Hernandez 2011 288 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Travel
History
Memoir
Adventure Capitalist Summary
Adventure Capitalist
The Ultimate Road Trip
by Jim Rogers 2003 392 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Travel
Business
Finance
The Road to Little Dribbling Summary
The Road to Little Dribbling
Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson 2015 380 pages
3.73
38k+ ratings
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Coming Into the Country Summary
Coming Into the Country
by John McPhee 1977 438 pages
4.21
7k+ ratings
Travel
Nature
History
Inside the Apple Summary
Inside the Apple
A Streetwise History of New York City
by Michelle Nevius 2009 384 pages
4.14
403 ratings
History
New York
Travel
Hotel Babylon Summary
Hotel Babylon
Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel
by Anonymous 2004 271 pages
3.62
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Humor
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