The Greatest Travel Books of 2017

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
3258 Killers Of The Flower Moon David Grann 2017 American English
6817 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
7094 The Color Of Law Richard Rothstein 2017 American English
8847 Philosophy of the Tourist Hiroki Azuma 2017 Japanese Unknown
9523 The Order Of The Day Eric Vuillard 2017 French French
9951 The Souls Of China Ian Johnson 2017 American English
10018 Nine Continents Xiaolu Guo 2017 Chinese English
10102 Unlikely Partners Julian Gewirtz 2017 Unknown English
10187 Little Soldiers Lenora Chu 2017 Unknown English
10210 Iron Moon Qin Xiaoyu 2017 Chinese English
10759 Notes On A Foreign Country Suzy Hansen 2017 American English
11082 Mirror Sydney Vanessa Berry 2017 Australian English
11842 The Fate Of Rome Kyle Harper 2017 American English
12034 Honouring High Places Junko Tabei 2017 Japanese English
14984 Adults in the Room Yanis Varoufakis 2017 Greek English
14984 The Nature Fix Florence Williams 2017 American English
17126 Women & Power Mary Beard 2017 British English
17126 Adventures Of A Young Naturalist Sir David Attenborough 2017 British English
17126 Grand Canyon Jason Chin 2017 American English
17126 Once Upon A Time In The East Xiaolu Guo 2017 British English
17126 Border Kassa Kappabova 2017 Unknown English
17126 On Lighthouses Jazmina Barrera 2017 Mexican Spanish
17126 Hue 1968 Mark Bowden 2017 American English
17126 Scale Geoffrey B. West 2017 American English
17126 Into The Amazon Larry Rohter 2017 Unknown English