The Book Sense Category Bestseller List: Travel Literature

Posted Thursday, Jun 12, 2003

Based on four weeks of sales from over 400 independent bookstores across America.

It’s summertime and, as thoughts turn to travel, Book Sense presents the top 25 best-selling travel literature titles as reported by over 400 independent bookstores across America.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

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Travel Literature Bestsellers
1. Ciao, America!
Beppe Severgnini, Broadway, $12.95, 0767912365
2. Sixpence House
Paul Collins, Bloomsbury, $23.95, 1582342849
3. A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 0767902521
4. Dark Star Safari
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin, $28, 0618134247
5. Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $22.95, 0375508082
6. My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $23.95, 006054564X
7. Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write From the Road
Jennifer L. Leo (Ed.), Traveler's Tales, $14.95, 1885211929
8. Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana
Isadora Tattlin, Broadway, $12.95, 0767914848
9. Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg
James M. McPherson, Crown, $16, 0609610236
10. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $12.95, 0385486804
11. Somebody's Heart Is Burning: A Woman Wanderer in Africa
Tanya Shaffer, Vintage, $13, 1400032598
12. In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 0767903862
13. Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
Alice Steinbach, Random House, $13.95, 0375758453
14. Walking the Bible
Bruce Feiler, Harper, $14.95, 0380807319
15. A Cook's Tour
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $14.95, 0060012781
16. Wild Stories: The Best of Men's Journal
Men's Journal (Ed.), Three Rivers, $15, 1400048303
17. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer, Anchor Books/Doubleday, $7.99, 0385492081
18. Notes From a Small Island
Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0380727501
19. Washington Schlepped Here: Walking in the Nation's Capital
Christopher Buckley, Crown, $16, 1400046874
20. Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Bill Bryson, Perennial, $14, 0380713802
21. The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild
Lynn Schooler, Ecco, $13.95, 0060935731
22. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
Frances Mayes, Broadway, $15, 0767900383
23. French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France
Tim Moore, St. Martin's, $13.95, 0312316127
24. Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
Victoria Abbott Riccardi, Broadway, $23.95, 0767908511
25. Traveling While Married
Mary-Lou Weisman, Algonquin, $15.95, 1565123190
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