14 best-selling anthologies books like The Best American Travel Writing 2021 by Padma Lakshmi

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The Best American Travel Writing 2021

By: Padma Lakshmi

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

“The beauty of good writing is that it transports the reader inside another person’s experience in …

If you liked the anthologies plot in The Best American Travel Writing 2021 by Padma Lakshmi , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction

By: Brenda Miller , Suzanne Paola

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A series of lessons on writing and creating non-fiction read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
Cover of Best American Magazine Writing 2013 by Stephen        King, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michael  Wolff, Dexter Filkins, Roger Angell, Charles Graeber, Frank Rich, Sid Holt, James Bennet, Mimi Swartz, Robert F. Worth, Dahlia Lithwick, None, Brian Mockenhaupt

2. Best American Magazine Writing 2013

By: Stephen King , Ta-Nehisi Coates , Michael Wolff , Dexter Filkins , Roger Angell , Charles Graeber , Frank Rich , Sid Holt , James Bennet , Mimi Swartz , Robert F. Worth , Dahlia Lithwick , None , Brian Mockenhaupt

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

A perennial hit, our Best American Magazine Writing chooses from the nominees and winners of the co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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3. Harley Quinn, Volume 3: Kiss Kiss Bang Stab

By: Amanda Conner , Jimmy Palmiotti , Chad Hardin

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

NOW HIRING: ASSISTANT HARLEYS! What with working full time as a psychiatrist, managing an apartm… read more

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4. The Best American Travel Writing 2013

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A collection of the best travel writing pieces published in American periodicals during 2012. read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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5. The Pocket Pema Chodron

By: Pema Chödrön

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Here is a treasury of 108 short selections from the best-selling books of Pema Chödrön, the beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Don’t let life harden your heart."

-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron

"LIFE is a good teacher and a good friend."

-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron

"The essence of life is that it’s challenging."

-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron

"Meditation is a totally nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation."

-Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron

6. The Best American Travel Writing 2010

By: Bill Buford , Jason Wilson

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Edited by The New Yorker's Bill Buford, the pieces collected here "prove that a restless, intrepid … read more

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7. The Best American Travel Writing 2014

By: Paul Theroux

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"Travel connoisseurs divide the world into those places they've been dying to visit or revisit and … read more

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8. The Best American Travel Writing 2016

By: Bill Bryson , Jason Wilson

3.91

Format: 631 pages,

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9. The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (Cat Who... #19)

By: Lilian Jackson Braun

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this latest installment, prizewinning reporter Jim Qwilleran--along with his lovable Siamese cat… read more

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10. The Best American Travel Writing 2000

By: Bill Bryson , None

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

The extraordinary popularity of books and magazines dedicated to travel comes as no surprise, given… read more

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11. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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12. The Best American Short Stories 2022

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.67

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer … read more

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  • anthologies
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13. It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

By: Elizabeth Passarella

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A collection of refreshingly honest and hilarious essays from Southern Living columnist Elizabeth P… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
"The whole crux of the Christian faith is that we cannot save ourselves... I know that I can't fix the brokenness inside me or overcome my own sin. For people who don't share my faith, this sounds tot…"

-Elizabeth Passarella, It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

"Epilogue: "I don't need these. Not any of this." "I want this camel. This is all I'm taking just to remember him by." "Sometimes you hold on to a big thing, an overwhelming thing because you believe …"

-Elizabeth Passarella, It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

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14. The Best American Short Stories 2023

By: Min Jin Lee

3.77

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee… read more

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  • anthologies
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15. Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius

By: Nick Hornby

3.66

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
"This book is about work, and nobody ever worked harder than these two, or at a higher standard, while connectiong with so many people for so long."

-Nick Hornby, Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius

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16. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

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17. The Best American Essays 2022

By: Alexander Chee

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexand… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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18. Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs

By: Andrew Rannells

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
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19. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Best American Short Stories 2021 (The Best American Series ®) by Jesmyn Ward

20. The Best American Short Stories 2021 (The Best American Series ®)

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner … read more

Similar categories in Jesmyn Ward's The Best American Short Stories 2021 (The Best American Series ®) book and Padma Lakshmi's The Best American Travel Writing 2021

  • anthologies
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21. The Best American Travel Writing 2021

By: Padma Lakshmi

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

“The beauty of good writing is that it transports the reader inside another person’s experience in … read more

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  • travel
  • anthologies
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • environment
Cover of The Best American Mystery And Suspense 2021: A Collection by Alafair Burke

22. The Best American Mystery And Suspense 2021: A Collection

By: Alafair Burke

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new… read more

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  • anthologies
Cover of The Best American Food Writing 2023 by Mark Bittman

23. The Best American Food Writing 2023

By: Mark Bittman

3.63

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by prolific food writer and author of How to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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24. The Best American Food Writing 2019 (The Best American Series)

By: Samin Nosrat

4.21

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

James Beard Award winner Samin Nosrat collects the year’s finest writing about food and drink. “Goo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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25. Best American Travel Writing 2020 (The Best American Series ®)

By: Jason Wilson

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The year’s best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Mac… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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26. Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups

By: Anna McNuff

4.40

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever wanted to kayak down a gorge in New Zealand? Or run night-time marathons through the … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"In a bid to keep my sanity, I shifted my focus from the things I couldn’t control to those that I could."

-Anna McNuff, Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups

"Taking photos, doing our best to record the experience, but all the while knowing we couldn’t possibly capture this, not through a camera lens anyway. It was a landscape that only the richness of mem…"

-Anna McNuff, Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups

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27. The Best American Food Writing 2022

By: Sohla El-Waylly

3.96

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series ed… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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28. 50 Shades of the USA: One woman's 11,000 mile cycling adventure through every state of America

By: Anna McNuff

4.52

Format: 553 pages, Kindle Edition

"Just then, a train of thought rumbled into motion and a soft voice asked me a question. It was alm… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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29. The Best American Food Writing 2021

By: Gabrielle Hamilton

3.88

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

The year’s top food writing, from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwater… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
Cover of The Best American Travel Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Jason Wilson

30. The Best American Travel Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

By: Jason Wilson

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
  • essays
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31. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • nonfiction

20 Top nonfiction books like The Best American Travel Writing 2021 by Padma Lakshmi

Transform Your Habits

Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction

Brenda Miller , Suzanne Paola

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Best American Magazine Writing 2013

Stephen King , Ta-Nehisi Coates , Michael Wolff , Dexter Filkins , Roger Angell , Charles Graeber , Frank Rich , Sid Holt , James Bennet , Mimi Swartz , Robert F. Worth , Dahlia Lithwick , None , Brian Mockenhaupt

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Best American Travel Writing 2013

Elizabeth Gilbert

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Pocket Pema Chodron

Pema Chödrön

4.34

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11 best-selling adult books like The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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