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
3.8
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
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
5.8
Mongolia
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
Was it naive to hope for peace with the Khan?
The Story Of The Mongols Whom We Call The Tartars | 1245 | 2 years | Mongolia | caravan
5.2
Afghanistan
Philippe Valéry
Is this another author who distances himself from his story?
On The Silk Roads | 1998 | 2 years | China | walking
5.4
Spain
Laurie Lee
Aren’t less words sometimes better, even if the words are beautiful?
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning | 1934 | 3 years | Spain | walking