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Books like The Great Railway Bazaar

Loved The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from travel, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

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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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    A Time of Gifts

    Patrick Leigh Fermor · 1977 · Travel

    Leigh Fermor walked from London to Budapest when he was 18. Sometimes called England's greatest travel writer.

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    One man's wilderness

    Richard Proenneke · 1973 · Travel

    To live in a pristine land unchanged by man; to roam the wilderness through which few other humans have passed; to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin; to be a self-sufficient cra

  4. 4

    Abroad

    Paul Fussell · 1980 · Travel

    A eulogy for the lost art of traveling and an evaluation of the British writers who authored travel books.

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    The travel writer's handbook

    Louise Purwin Zobel · 1980 · Travel

    "Comprehensive guide to writing, researching, publishing, and marketing articles, stories and books about travel. Includes travel tips and advice for the writer" - - Provided by the Publisher.

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    Satori in Paris

    Jack Kerouac · 1966 · Travel

    Satori in Paris: An autobiographical account of Kerouac's search for his heritage in France, populated by seedy bars and all-night conversations. Pic: Ten-year-old Pictorial Review Jackson of North Ca

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    The Accidental Tourist

    Anne Tyler · 1985 · Travel

    Meet Macon Leary—a travel writer who hates both travel and strangeness. Grounded by loneliness, comfort, and a somewhat odd domestic life, Macon is about to embark on a surprising new journey. It's ca

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    The Marsh Arabs

    Wilfred Thesiger · 1964 · Travel

    During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq-long before they were almost completely wiped out by Saddam Hussein-Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire, and share a way of lif

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    Thrilling Cities

    Ian Fleming · 1963 · Travel

    Round the world with Ian Fleming—even on paper the prospect is enticing. Hong Kong, Macao, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples, Monte

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    Arabian sands

    Wilfred Thesiger · 1959 · Travel

    Story of five years of travel with the nomad Arabs in the unknown deserts of Southern Arabia.

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