order:
![Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140516-171606.jpg)
3.2
Xiaopeng
If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?
Ten Years Of Backpacking (背包十年) | 2001 | 10 years | China, The Netherlands, UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maledives, Philippines, Tunesia, Canada, Tahiti, USA, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, UAE, Cambodia, South Africa, | backpacking
![San Mao's "Stories From The Sahara"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-141551.jpg)
5.2
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Sanmao
How did this writer become an archetype for female travelers from China?
Stories of the Sahara (撒哈拉的故事) | 1974 | 1 year | Western Sahara | work
![Andrew McCarthy's "The Longest Way Home"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155306.jpg)
3
Austria
Andrew McCarthy
Is it possible to write a whole a book like a Roxette song, and should anyone read it?
The Longest Way Home - One Man's Quest For The Courage To Settle Down. | 2011 | 5 months | world | backpacking
![David Livingstone's "Travel Diaries"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-143940.jpg)
5.4
Tanzania
David Livingstone
Should this collection of diary entries be edited into a more readable book?
Travel Diaries | 1866 | 7 years | Tanzania | caravan, missionary work
![Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150158.jpg)
4.2
Iraq
Jean de Mandeville
Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
The Travels | 1322 | 34 years | Europe, Africa, Asia | caravan, walking, ship
![Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150437.jpg)
4.2
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Battuta
Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?
The Travels | 1325 | 29 years | Asia, Africa, Europe | ship, caravan
![Nigel Barley's "The Innocent Anthropologist"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144326.jpg)
5.6
Cameroon
Nigel Barley
Can humor sometimes alienate us from our surroundings?
The Innocent Anthropologist - Notes From A Mud Hut. | 1980 | 2 years | Cameroon | research
![Johann Schiltberger's "The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150404.jpg)
5.8
Turkey
Johann Schiltberger
Is this guy our average Joe from the Middle Ages?
The Bondage And Travels Of Johann Schiltberger, A Native Of Bavaria, In Europe, Asia, And Africa | 1394 | 33 years | Turkey | ship, caravan, walking
![Christopher Columbus' "Logbook"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145845.jpg)
6
Bahamas
Christopher Columbus
Was this guy an evil proto-colonialist, or was he a sort of likeable dreamer?
Logbook | 1492 | 6 months | Bahamas | ship
![Fernão Mendes Pinto's "Pilgrimage"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140516-171628.jpg)
5
India
Fernão Mendes Pinto
If this is one of the classics of Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?
Pilgrimage | 1537 | 21 years | India | ship, caravan