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Books like In the forests of the night

Loved In the forests of the night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from travel, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

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    A Walk in the Woods

    Bill Bryson · 1998 · Travel

    Two unfit friends attempt the Appalachian Trail; very funny, with real love for wild places.

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    Sir Vidia's shadow

    Paul Theroux · 1998 · Travel

    "One year before he published his first book, Paul Theroux met V.S. Naipaul-Vidia, as he was known. For thirty years both men remained in close touch, even when continents separated them. Sir Vidia's

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    Into Thin Air

    Jon Krakauer · 1997 · Travel

    A first-hand account of the deadly 1996 Everest disaster; tense, honest and unforgettable.

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    With Chatwin

    Susannah Clapp · 1997 · Travel

    Susannah Clapp was Chatwin's first editor, and she describes in detail her work with him on In Patagonia, a book that changed the idea of what travel writing could be. Her account skillfully describes

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    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer · 1996 · Travel

    A young man walks into the Alaskan wilderness and doesn't come back; a haunting study of an idealist.

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    Notes from a Small Island

    Bill Bryson · 1995 · Travel

    An American's affectionate, exasperated farewell tour of Britain; warm comic travel writing.

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    Edith Wharton abroad

    Edith Wharton · 1995 · Travel

    Edith Wharton's seven works of travel have been called "brilliantly written and permanently interesting." For the first time, excerpts from each of these works have been made available to the general

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    The Seduction of the Mediterranean

    Robert Aldrich · 1993 · Travel

    Through an examination of forty figures in European culture, The Seduction of the Mediterranean argues that the Mediterranean, classical and contemporary, was the central theme in homoerotic writing a

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    Letters from Rifka

    Karen Hesse · 1992 · Travel

    Daunting tale of a Jewish girl's journey during Anti-Semitic Germany.

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    Neither here nor there

    Bill Bryson · 1991 · Travel

    Bill Bryson's second, achingly funny book, retracing his own steps as a student backpacking through Europe, twenty years later.Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously accl

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