3.8
USA
Serge Roetheli
How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?
The 25,000 Mile Love Story | 2000 | 5 years | world | running
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
3.4
Ireland
Tony Hawks
How far can humor carry a boring (and narcissist) story?
Round Ireland With A Fridge | 1997 | 1 month | Ireland, UK | hitchhiking
5.2
China
Colette Modiano
What happens when rich Europeans visit China at the height of the “Cultural Revolution”?
Twenty Snobs And Mao - Travelling De Luxe In Communist China] | 1966 | 1 month | China | tourism
3.8
Ben Donald
Who came up with the idea to spoil a fine travelogue with some contrived nonsense?
Springtime For Germany | 2006 | 3 months | Germany | journalism
3.4
Carol Kloeppel
Is this author trying to show us how to alienate ourselves from our surroundings?
Dear Germany - An American Woman in Germany | 1992 | 15 years | Germany | expat stay
3
Cem Gülay
Can this book succeed in making migration seem a little bit less mysterious?
No Döner Country - Brief Interviews With Nasty Migrants | 2009 | 2 years | Germany | journalism
5
China
Gunther Plüschow
Can we really read about warfare as if it was just an adventure?
The Adventures Of The Aviator Of Tsingtao | 1914 | 1 year | China | war
4.6
Tuvia Tenenbom
Is this how a cynic gets outsmarted by an even bigger cynic?
I Sleep In Hitler's Room - An American Jew Visits Germany | 2010 | several months | Germany | public transport
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
5.8
Italy
Dennis Gastmann
Should travel writers deliberately look for interesting stories or just go with the flow?
Walk To Canossa - One Man, One Goal, One Adventure | 2012 | 3 months | Italy | walking
5.8
Iran
Nicolas Bouvier
Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?
The Way Of The World | 1953 | 2 years | Afghanistan | driving
6
Russia
Wolfgang Büscher
Will the search for the “Russian soul” ruin an otherwise great book?
Berlin - Moscow | 2001 | 3 months | Russia | walking
5.8
China
William Lindesay
Is this book just about a physical feat, or is there something more to it?
Alone On The Great Wall | 1986 | 2 years | Great Wall | running, walking
4.6
New Zealand
Gregor Sieböck
Why is this book only for those who are really into environmentalism?
Wanderer Of The Worlds | 2003 | 5 years | world | walking