The Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List
For the eight-week period ending July 21, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.
| 1. | Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen |
| 2. | A Walk in the Woods |
| 3. | The Geography of Bliss |
| 4. | Lost on Planet China |
| 5. | Into Thin Air |
| 6. | That Summer in Sicily |
| 7. | 1,000 Places to See Before You Die |
| 8. | 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die |
| 9. | I'll Never Be French (No Matter What I Do) |
| 10. | Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-Fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska |
| 11. | Shadow of the Silk Road |
| 12. | The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious -- and Perplexing -- City |
| 13. | The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife |
| 14. | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
| 15. | A Course Called Ireland |
| 16. | The Places in Between |
| 17. | In a Sunburned Country |
| 18. | We've Always Had Paris ... and Provence |
| 19. | The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific |
| 20. | Assassination Vacation |
| 21. | West of the West |
| 22. | The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America |
| 23. | Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand |
| 24. | Narrow Dog to Indian River |
| 25. | The Best Travel Writing: True Stories From Around the World |