swap_horiz Blue Highways Alternatives

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Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire draws on his work as a seasonal ranger at Arches in Utah during 1956 and 1957, when the...

Nature Desert 20TH Century Americas

8.69 Great

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Arabian Sands

Traveling with Bedouin companions through the Rub' al Khali, Wilfred Thesiger describes desert journeys in which surviva...

Exploration Desert 20TH Century Middle East

8.60 Great

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The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard intertwines a demanding Himalayan journey with reflections on grief and Buddhist pr...

Asia 20TH Century Spiritual Himalaya

8.60 Great

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A Time of Gifts

A youthful walk through prewar Europe becomes a richly reflective memoir in Patrick Leigh Fermor's A Time of Gifts. Begi...

Europe 20TH Century Prewar On Foot

8.57 Great

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The Rings of Saturn

W.G. Sebald’s *The Rings of Saturn* chronicles a solitary walk along England's eastern coastline in 1968. The book metic...

Europe Coastal 20TH Century Literary

8.56 Great

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Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez’s *Arctic Dreams* chronicles a 1986 expedition through Alaska's North Slope. The book details the stark beau...

Nature 20TH Century Polar Arctic

8.56 Great

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig’s *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance* chronicles a cross-country road trip undertaken with his...

Philosophical Motorcycle 20TH Century Americas

8.42 Great

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Down the River

Edward Abbey’s *Down the River* chronicles his adventurous journeys along rivers of the American West during the 20th ce...

Nature 20TH Century River Americas

8.10 Great

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The Lawless Roads

Graham Greene’s “The Lawless Roads” documents his 1939 journey through southern Mexico to witness firsthand the escalati...

20TH Century Religious Mexico Americas

8.00 Great

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Travels in Alaska

"Travels in Alaska" is a travel book by naturalist John Muir, published posthumously in 1915, detailing his extensive ex...

Nature Wilderness 20TH Century Americas

7.96 Good

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The Lost Continent

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America is a travel book by Bill Bryson, first published in 1989. Bryson recou...

20TH Century Small Town Road Trip Americas

7.87 Good

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The American Scene

The American Scene is a travelogue originally published in 1907 by novelist Henry James. The book documents his return j...

Cultural 20TH Century Literary Americas

7.82 Good

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The Journey Home

The Journey Home is a 1991 anthology of travel and nature essays written by American author and environmentalist Edward...

Nature 20TH Century Southwest Americas

7.82 Good

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Letters from an American Farmer

"Letters from an American Farmer" is a foundational work of American literature written by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœ...

18TH Century Rural Colonial Americas

7.77 Good

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PrairyErth

"PrairyErth: A Deep Map" is a 1991 travelogue and historical non-fiction book by American author William Least Heat-Moon...

Nature 20TH Century Americas William Least Heat Moon

7.65 Good

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The Old Patagonian Express

"The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas" is a 1979 travelogue by Paul Theroux. The narrative document...

20TH Century Overland Railway Americas

7.64 Good

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Deep South

Deep South is a 2015 travelogue by Paul Theroux exploring the rural American South through multiple road trips taken acr...

Cultural 21ST Century Road Trip Americas

7.18 Good

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A Turn in the South

A Turn in the South is a 1989 travel book by the Trinidadian-British author V.S. Naipaul, documenting his journey throug...

Cultural 20TH Century Literary Americas

7.18 Good

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Roads to Quoz

Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey is a 2008 travel book by William Least Heat-Moon. It records a series of journeys throu...

21ST Century Rural Road Trip Americas

6.99 Fair

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River-Horse

River Horse is a travel narrative by William Least Heat Moon, published in 1999, that recounts a journey across the Unit...

20TH Century Boat River Americas

6.90 Fair