10 best travel books

A Listmania! list by "majpowell"
 
The Road to Oxiana (Picador Books)
1.  The Road to Oxiana (Picador Books) by Robert Byron
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  "Brilliant narration of  the dogged pursuit of a holy grail"
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books)
2.  A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books) by Eric Newby
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  "funniest depiction of hopeless amateurism"
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A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
3.  A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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  "the ultimate scholar gypsy"
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Arabian Sands (Travel Library)
4.  Arabian Sands (Travel Library) by Wilfred Thesiger
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  "complete assimilation to another people"
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Wind, Sand and Stars (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  Wind, Sand and Stars (Penguin Modern Classics) by Antoine Saint-Exupery
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  "confrontation of human and ambient nature"
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4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Danube
6.  Danube by Claudio Magris
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  "best exploration of a literary landscape"
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In Patagonia (Vintage classics)
7.  In Patagonia (Vintage classics) by Bruce Chatwin
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  "the perfect story teller"
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Poets in a Landscape (Lost Treasures)
8.  Poets in a Landscape (Lost Treasures) by Gilbert Highet
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  "learning worn lightly"
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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
9.  As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee
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  "most poetic prose"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

Travels Through France and Italy (Oxford World's Classics)
10.  Travels Through France and Italy (Oxford World's Classics) by Tobias Smollett
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  "least self conscious and most opinionated narrative"
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