Browse

Books by place

Where the books take you: guides, travel writing and nature writing for countries, regions and mountain ranges, from the Scottish Highlands to the Himalaya.

Browse by trail / Browse by theme

By region

United Kingdom 957 books Walking, nature writing and local guides, from Cornwall to the Highlands. Europe 784 books Long-distance routes, mountain ranges and city guides across the continent. The Americas 538 books Trails, road trips and wild places from Alaska to Patagonia. Asia 411 books Treks, travel writing and guides from the Himalaya to Japan. Africa 198 books Mountains, deserts and travel writing across the continent. Oceania 93 books Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Polar 81 books The Arctic, Antarctica and the books of those who went.

Where the shelves are deepest

United States 359 books England 288 books Scotland 204 books Italy 168 books France 143 books Spain 121 books The Alps 101 books Nepal 92 books Wales 85 books India 68 books Scottish Highlands 61 books Japan 52 books
All 222 places by region

United Kingdom

957 books
England288 Scotland204 Wales85 Scottish Highlands61 Lake District51 Yorkshire Dales36 Cornwall34 Peak District32 Snowdonia24 Northern Ireland13 Lancashire11 Skye & the Inner Hebrides10 Chilterns & Thames Valley9 Northumberland9 Cotswolds7 Sussex7 Dartmoor6 Kent6 Dumfries & Galloway5 Hadrian's Wall Country5 Outer Hebrides5 Pembrokeshire5 Scottish Borders5 Isle of Wight4 Norfolk4 North York Moors & Yorkshire Wolds4 The Cairngorms4 The Hebrides4 The South Downs4 Cambridgeshire & The Fens3 Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly3 Dorset3 Durham3 Exmoor3 Isle of Man3 New Forest3 Shetland3 Shropshire3 The Brecon Beacons3

Also Cheshire·East Devon & the Jurassic Coast·North & Mid Devon·North East Scotland·North Pennines·Orkney·Scotland’s North Highlands·Somerset·South Devon & Dartmoor·South Wales·Suffolk

Europe

784 books
Italy168 France143 Spain121 The Alps101 The Pyrenees26 Switzerland25 Iceland24 Norway21 Ireland12 The Dolomites11 Austria10 Greece9 Turkey9 Portugal8 Germany7 Slovenia7 The Balkans6 Catalunya & Barcelona5 Sweden4 Albania3 Alentejo3 Azores3 Basque Country & Navarre3 Corsica3 Kosovo3 Languedoc-Roussillon3 Luxembourg3 Malta & Gozo3 Montenegro3 Poland3 Romania3

Also Abruzzo·Andorra·Armenia·Bosnia & Herzegovina·Bratislava·Bulgaria·Channel Islands·Croatia·Cyprus·Dalmatian Coast·Dordogne & Lot·Emilia-Romagna·Estonia·Faroe Islands·Finland·Friuli Venezia Giulia·Gascony & the Pyrenees·Istria·Lapland·Latvia·Liguria·Lille·Lithuania·Malaga & Costa del Sol·Netherlands·North Cyprus·North Macedonia·Northern Belgium·Northern Greece·Serbia·Seville·Sicily·Slovakia·The Peloponnese·The Tatras·Transylvania·Umbria & The Marche

Asia

411 books
Nepal92 India68 Japan52 Thailand7 Borneo5 Sri Lanka5 Israel4 China3 Indonesia3 Iran3 Iraq3 Malaysia3 Taiwan3 The Himalaya3 Tibet3 Vietnam3

Also Afghanistan·Bhutan·Georgia·Hokkaido·Hong Kong·Karakalpakstan·Kazakhstan·Kyrgyzstan·Ladakh, Jammu & the Kashmir Valley·Laos·Lebanon·Mongolia·Myanmar·North Korea·Oman·Pakistan·Saudi Arabia·Singapore·Socotra·South Korea·Tajikistan·Uzbekistan

Africa

198 books
Tanzania44 Morocco39 Egypt6 Botswana3 Kenya3 Madagascar3 South Africa3 The Atlas Mountains3

Also Angola·Benin·Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)·Equatorial Guinea·Ethiopia·Gabon·Ghana·Ivory Coast·Malawi·Mauritania·Mauritius·Mozambique·Namibia·Nigeria·Rwanda·Sao Tome & Principe·Senegal·Seychelles·Sierra Leone·Somaliland·St Helena·The Gambia·Tunisia·Uganda·Zanzibar·Zimbabwe

The Americas

538 books
United States359 Canada47 Patagonia29 Brazil6 Alaska4 Mexico4 Peru4 Argentina3 California3

Also Barbados·Bolivia·British Columbia·Chile·Colombia·Cuba·Dominica·Falkland Islands·Galapagos·Grenada·Guyana·Haiti·Nova Scotia·Paraguay·Suriname·Uruguay

Oceania

93 books
Australia46 New Zealand33 Tasmania1

Polar

81 books
Antarctica29 Greenland18 Svalbard1 The Arctic29