6 must-read travel books like The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel by Rolf Potts

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The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel

By: Rolf Potts

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel…

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1. The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

By: Dan Buettner

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller! With the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are that you may live … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Furat chie benit dae su mare"

-Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

"Walking five miles a day or more provides the type of low-intensity exercise that yields all the cardiovascular benefits you might expect, but it also has a positive effect on muscles and bones - wit…"

-Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

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2. Seven Years in Tibet

By: Heinrich Harrer

4.10

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Recounts how the author, an Austrian, escaped from an English internment camp in India in 1943 and … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
"The name Kyirong means “the village of happiness,"

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"There are times when visible poverty has its advantages."

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"There were only three names on the map of the region we had brought with us, but we now filled in more than two hundred."

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear the cries of wild geese and cranes and the beating of their wings as they fly over Lhasa in the clear, cold moonlight.…"

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

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3. The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

By: Alan W. Watts

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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4. She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman

By: Ian Kerner

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ian Kerner offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring women in She Comes First--anessential gui… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

By: William Zinsser

4.24

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Less is more."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"Truth needs no adornment."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"Don't be kind of bold. Be bold."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

"Writers are the custodians of memory..."

-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

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6. Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture

By: Matt Goulding

5.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Winner of the 2017 IACP Award: Literary or Historical Food Writing Gourmand World Cookbook Award Wi… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction

7. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

By: Matt Ridley

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Life is getting better--and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are u… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction

8. Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine

By: Derren Brown

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being ha… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

9. The Art of Travel

By: Alain de Botton

3.89

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Any Baedeker will tell us wherewe ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us howand why… read more

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10. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

By: Charles T. Munger , None

4.42

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."

-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

11. The Four Pillars of Investing

By: William J. Bernstein , None

3.80

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Explains how independent investors can construct a superior investment portfolio by learning the fo… read more

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12. Wanderlust: A History of Walking

By: Rebecca Solnit

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

This volume provides a history of walking, exploring the relationship between thinking and walking … read more

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13. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

By: Bill Perkins

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"

-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

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14. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

By: Michael Easter

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and re… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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19. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

By: Michael Easter

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."

-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

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20. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

By: Kevin Kelly

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

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21. $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series Book 2)

By: Alex Hormozi

4.61

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

You can get 2x, 10x, or 100x more leads than you currently are without changing anything about what… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Reminder: You get rich from what you make. You become wealthy from what you own. And it took me years to realize this because not that long ago..."

-Alex Hormozi, $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series Book 2)

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22. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

By: Tim Urban

4.28

Format: 746 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The Scientist’s clear mind sees a foggy world, full of complexity and nuance and messiness, the Zealot’s foggy mind shows them a clear, simple world, full of crisp lines and black-and-white distincti…"

-Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

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23. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • inspirational
  • audiobook
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24. Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

By: Matthew Dicks

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A five-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story — and wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I’ve always said that a good storytelling show feels like a cross between therapy, rehab and hanging out after dinner with friends"

-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

"If I can recommend storytelling to you for any reason at all, it would be that storytelling helps you realize that the biggest, scariest, most painful or regretful things in your head get small and s…"

-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

"I also believe that great storytellers know this: The first idea is rarely the best idea. It may be the most convenient idea. The easiest to remember. The one you personally like the most. Bu rarely …"

-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

"I also believe that great storytellers know this: The first idea is rarely the best idea. It may be the most convenient idea. The easiest to remember. The one you personally like the most. But rarely…"

-Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

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25. Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business

By: Paul Jarvis

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What if the real key to a more fulfilling career was not to scale up but to work for yourself and b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home

By: Matthew Kepnes

3.60

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adven… read more

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  • travel
  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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27. Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change

By: W. David Marx

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The book lays out how individuals in pursuit of status trigger the cultural mechanisms behind taste… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. The Meaning of Travel: Philosophers Abroad

By: Emily Thomas

3.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"This is the finest kind of travel: not just across continents, but through time, space and our inf… read more

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  • adventure
  • travel
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. The Art of Slow Travel: See the World and Savor the Journey On a Budget

By: Bhavana Gesota

4.26

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

In a world obsessed with speed and ticking destinations off a list, The Art of Slow Travel invites … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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30. The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel

By: Rolf Potts

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel… read more

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  • inspirational
  • adventure
  • travel
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook

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Dan Buettner

4.07

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3.15

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Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

Bill Perkins

3.91

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4.28

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