Books about exploration

623 books in our catalogue · showing 577–623

Writing on exploration

Travels with Agatha Christie

Travels with Agatha Christie

David Suchet

Travels with Myself and Another

Travels with Myself and Another

Martha Gellhorn

Travels with Plotinus : A Journey in Search of Unity

Travels with Plotinus : A Journey in Search of Unity

Moin Mir

Tristes Tropiques

Tristes Tropiques

Claude Levi-Strauss

Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Capricorn

Simon Reeve

True Nature : The Lives of Peter Matthiessen

True Nature : The Lives of Peter Matthiessen

Lance Richardson

True North: Travels in Arctic Europe

True North: Travels in Arctic Europe

Gavin Francis, Colin Thubron

Turn Right At Machu Picchu : Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

Turn Right At Machu Picchu : Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

Mark Adams

Under Asian Skies

Under Asian Skies

Sam Manicom

Under the Dragon : A Journey Through Burma

Under the Dragon : A Journey Through Burma

Rory MacLean

Underland : A Deep Time Journey

Underland : A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

Unravelling the Silk Road : Travels and Textiles in Central Asia

Unravelling the Silk Road : Travels and Textiles in Central Asia

Christopher Alexander

Upon A White Horse : A Financial Times Best Book of 2025 and Radio 4 Book of the Week

Upon A White Horse : A Financial Times Best Book of 2025 and Radio 4 Book of the Week

Peter Ross

Venetian Navigators : The Mystery of the Voyages of the Zen Brothers

Venetian Navigators : The Mystery of the Voyages of the Zen Brothers

Andrea di Robilant

Venom Doc : The Edgiest, Darkest, Strangest Natural History Memoir Ever

Venom Doc : The Edgiest, Darkest, Strangest Natural History Memoir Ever

Bryan Grieg Fry

Venture To The Interior

Venture To The Interior

Sir Laurens Van Der Post

Visualizing Egypt : European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century

Visualizing Egypt : European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century

Paulina Banas

Voyage of the Turtle : In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur

Voyage of the Turtle : In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur

Carl Safina

Walking the Amazon : 860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible Journey

Walking the Amazon : 860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible Journey

Ed Stafford

Walking the Americas : ‘A wildly entertaining account of his epic journey' Daily Mail

Walking the Americas : ‘A wildly entertaining account of his epic journey' Daily Mail

Levison Wood

Walking the Great North Line : From Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to Discover the Mysteries of Our Ancient Past

Walking the Great North Line : From Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to Discover the Mysteries of Our Ancient Past

Robert Twigger

Walking the Himalayas : An Adventure of Survival and Endurance

Walking the Himalayas : An Adventure of Survival and Endurance

Levison Wood

Walking the Nile

Walking the Nile

Levison Wood

Walking to Samarkand

Walking to Samarkand

Bernard Ollivier

Walking with Nomads : One Woman's Adventures Through a Hidden World from the Sahara to the Atlas Mountains

Walking with Nomads : One Woman's Adventures Through a Hidden World from the Sahara to the Atlas Mountains

Alice Morrison

West With The Night

West With The Night

Beryl Markham

What Am I Doing Here?

What Am I Doing Here?

Bruce Chatwin

Wheels within Wheels : The Makings of a Traveller

Wheels within Wheels : The Makings of a Traveller

Dervla Murphy

When the Going Was Good

When the Going Was Good

Evelyn Waugh

White Sands : Experiences from the Outside World

White Sands : Experiences from the Outside World

Geoff Dyer

Wild Coast : Travels on South America's Untamed Edge

Wild Coast : Travels on South America's Untamed Edge

John Gimlette

Winterdance

Winterdance

Gary Paulsen

Wishbone : An American Odyssey in Asia

Wishbone : An American Odyssey in Asia

Carol Wright Folbre, Naomi Shihab Nye

Words of Mercury

Words of Mercury

Patrick Leigh Fermor

World Travel : An Irreverent Guide

World Travel : An Irreverent Guide

Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever

World Wild Vet : Encounters in the Animal Kingdom

World Wild Vet : Encounters in the Animal Kingdom

Evan Antin

Wounded Tigris : A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation

Wounded Tigris : A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation

Leon McCarron

Yemen

Yemen

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Guides and practical books

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Sophie Ibbotson, Aidan McMahon

Climbing and mountaineering

Two Year Mountain : A Nepal Journey

Two Year Mountain : A Nepal Journey

Phil Deutschle

Upon that Mountain : The first autobiography of the legendary mountaineer Eric Shipton

Upon that Mountain : The first autobiography of the legendary mountaineer Eric Shipton

Eric Shipton, Stephen Venables, Jim Perrin, Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Vertical Margins : Mountaineering and the Landscapes of Neo-imperialism

Vertical Margins : Mountaineering and the Landscapes of Neo-imperialism

Reuben Ellis

Whymper's Scrambles with a Camera : A Victorian Magic Lantern Show

Whymper's Scrambles with a Camera : A Victorian Magic Lantern Show

Peter Berg

With Friends In High Places

With Friends In High Places

Slesser Malcolm

On the water

Treasures, Shipwrecks and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving : A Pioneer's Journey

Treasures, Shipwrecks and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving : A Pioneer's Journey

Howard Rosenstein, Sylvia Earle, David Doubilet

Ultimate Dive Sites

Ultimate Dive Sites

Todd Thimios

Under Wide and Starry Skies : 50 Sailing Destinations in Seas Less Travelled

Under Wide and Starry Skies : 50 Sailing Destinations in Seas Less Travelled

Nicholas Coghlan

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