![Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140516-171606.jpg)
Xiaopeng
If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?
![Helge Timmerberg's "Shiva Moon"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-154610.jpg)
Helge Timmerberg
Is it a good thing or a bad thing when a writer starts to write about writing?
![Christian Y. Schmidt's "Alone Among 1.3 Billion"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155214.jpg)
Christian Y. Schmidt
Did he have to try this hard to show that he’s a fanboy?
![Nicolas Bouvier's "The Way Of The World"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153319.jpg)
Nicolas Bouvier
Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?
![Nathan Hoturoa Gray's "First Pass Under Heaven"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144121.jpg)
Nathan Hoturoa Gray
Why does esotericism so often go hand in hand with ignorance?
![Vikram Seth's "From Heaven Lake"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145235.jpg)
Vikram Seth
Is this just an epic journey through China, or does this writer also have mad skills?
![Philippe Valéry's "On The Silk Road"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144820.jpg)
Philippe Valéry
Is this another author who distances himself from his story?
![Heinz Helfgen's "I'm Cycling Around The World"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153348.jpg)
Heinz Helfgen
What were German readers looking for in a travel book after World War II?
![Odorico da Pordenone's "The Travel"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145415.jpg)
Odoric of Pordenone
Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?
![Sun Shuyun's "Ten Thousand Miles Without A Cloud"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145456.jpg)
Sun Shuyun
Is this book more about contemplation or more about adventure?
![Jehan de Mandeville's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150158.jpg)
Jean de Mandeville
Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
![Ji Xianlin's "Wandering Around The World"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-143521.jpg)
Ji Xianlin
Are these travel memoirs worth reading, or has censorship ruined them?
![Stanley Stewart's "Frontiers of Heaven"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144537.jpg)
Stanley Stewart
Is China really that quirky, or do we sometimes just want things to be a certain way?
![Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's "The Travels"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150437.jpg)
Ibn Battuta
Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?