I read books. Mostly travel books.
![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?
![Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff's "Journal of Three Voyages along the Coast of China"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-143702.jpg)
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff
Is this guy a missionary or is he really a spy?
![Reinhold Messner's "Everest Solo"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144719.jpg)
Reinhold Messner
Did the best mountaineer ever write the best book about mountaineering ever?
![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?
![Andreas Altmann's "The Price Of Lightness"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144748.jpg)
Andreas Altmann
How was an otherwise good travel book spoiled by too much preaching?
![Roald Amundsen's "The South Pole"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150419.jpg)
Roald Amundsen
Why is it almost impossible not to like the coolest guy in Antarctica?
![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?
![Robert Falcon Scott's "Diary"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150139.jpg)
Robert Falcon Scott
If this guy doesn’t write that well, then why did his words still leave me heartbroken?
![Sven Hedin's "In The Heart Of Asia"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150256.jpg)
Sven Hedin
Are we looking at a career-obsessed explorer or at a blueprint for Indiana Jones?
![Rob Gifford's "China Road"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145017.jpg)
Rob Gifford
Are the errors in this book due to poor editing or is this an expert who doesn’t know his craft?
![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?