![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?
![Wang Yuxi's "From West Coast To East Coast"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-141646.jpg)
Wang Yuxi
Could this talented artist have done a bit more with the material he had?
![Gunther Plüschow's "The Adventures of the Aviator of Tsingtao"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-154255.jpg)
Gunther Plüschow
Can we really read about warfare as if it was just an adventure?
![Andrew McCarthy's "The Longest Way Home"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155306.jpg)
Andrew McCarthy
Is it possible to write a whole a book like a Roxette song, and should anyone read it?
![Gregor Sieböck's "Wanderer Of Worlds"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144601.jpg)
Gregor Sieböck
Why is this book only for those who are really into environmentalism?
![John Ross Browne's "Adventures in the Apache Country"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150324.jpg)
John Ross Browne
Is this a book for people who care about mining?
![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?
![Karl Bushby's "Giant Steps"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2011/07/TLW-20140713-191051.jpg)
Karl Bushby
Who would have thought it was possible to cross the Bering Strait on foot?
![Bill Bryson's "The Lost Continent"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153229.jpg)
Bill Bryson
Should this book be read like a homecoming story or rather like a trip abroad?
![John Muir's "A Thousand-mile Walk To The Gulf"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144045.jpg)
John Muir
Could nature have a greater friend than this 19th century guy?
![Jack Kerouac's "On The Road"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144931.jpg)
Jack Kerouac
Did this book redefine travel writing, or is it essentially just a boring stream of consciousness?
![Michael Wigge's "To The End Of The World, Without Any Money"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144838.jpg)
Michael Wigge
Is this book trivial and fun, or is it just plain boring?
![](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/tlw-20200919-201858-2-768x512.jpg)
Jon Krakauer
Do we really care whose fault it was, or can we just accept that mountains are deadly sometimes?