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Best Sellers in Travel Books
1ATLAS OBSCURA
By Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton
A richly documented ultimate explorer's guide to more than 700 hidden marvels, events and curiosities around the world.
Read more about this book...2HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES
By Brandon Stanton
More photographs, this time accompanied by interviews, from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”
Read more about this book...3THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING
By Bill Bryson
An American expatriate travels around his adopted country, Britain.
Read more about this book...4HUMANS OF NEW YORK
By Brandon Stanton
Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary. Originally published in 2013.
Read more about this book...5SULLY
By Chesley B Sullenberger III with Jeffrey Zaslow
A memoir by the pilot who made an emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009. Originally published as “Highest Duty” in 2009. The basis for the 2016 movie.
Read more about this book...6DESTINATIONS OF A LIFETIME
By the staff of National Geographic
A photographic tour of 225 global destinations.
Read more about this book...7SPEAKING AMERICAN
By Josh Katz
The creator of the New York Times dialect quiz provides a guide to how words are pronounced in different parts of the country.
Read more about this book...8WILD
By Cheryl Strayed
An account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. Originally published in 2012 and a 2014 movie.
Read more about this book...9LION
By Saroo Brierley
The author was lost on a train in India at age 5, then adopted by a couple in Australia; he searched for and found his birth family as an adult. Originally published in 2014 as “A Long Way Home” and the basis for the 2016 movie.
Read more about this book...10NONSTOP METROPOLIS
By Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Essays and 26 imaginative maps celebrate New York City.
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