order:
![Vikram Seth's "From Heaven Lake"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145235.jpg)
6.4
China
Vikram Seth
Is this just an epic journey through China, or does this writer also have mad skills?
From Heaven Lake | 1980 | 3 months | China | hitchhiking
![Alexandra David-Néel's "My Journey to Lhasa"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144218.jpg)
5.4
Himalayas
Alexandra David-Néel
Has classic European explorer lingo turned this woman into a macho?
My Journey to Lhasa | 1921 | 3 years | Tibet | walking
![Reinhold Messner's "Everest Solo"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144719.jpg)
6.4
Himalayas
Reinhold Messner
Did the best mountaineer ever write the best book about mountaineering ever?
Everest Solo | 1980 | 2 months | Himalaya | mountaineering
![Sven Hedin's "In The Heart Of Asia"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150256.jpg)
5
China
Sven Hedin
Are we looking at a career-obsessed explorer or at a blueprint for Indiana Jones?
In The Heart Of Asia | 1893 | 4 years | China | caravan
![Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky's "Mongolia and the Land of the Tanguts"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150040.jpg)
4.2
China
Nikolai Przhevalsky
Is this too much racism even for an imperialist?
Mongolia And The Land Of The Tanguts | 1870 | 3 years | China | caravan
![](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/tlw-20200919-201858-2-768x512.jpg)
6
Himalayas
Jon Krakauer
Do we really care whose fault it was, or can we just accept that mountains are deadly sometimes?
Into Thin Air | 1996 | 4 months | Himalayas | mountaineering