6 must-read travel books like Sailing to the Reefs by Bernard Moitessier

Cover of Sailing to the Reefs by Bernard Moitessier

Sailing to the Reefs

By: Bernard Moitessier

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this, his first book, never before published in the U.S., the famous French sailor, Moitessier, …

If you liked the travel plot in Sailing to the Reefs by Bernard Moitessier , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov, John Glad, Варлам Шаламов

1. Kolyma Tales

By: Varlam Shalamov , John Glad , Варлам Шаламов

4.36

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in… read more

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"I'm dressed appropriate for the season mama, I'm dressed appropriately for the season."

-Varlam Shalamov, Kolyma Tales

"Only one group of people kept their humanity in the camps, the believers, whether Orthodox or sectarians."

-Varlam Shalamov, Kolyma Tales

"Помню,  как в  предзимнюю пору  холодом, льдом уже схватывало грязь на тропе, и грязь будто засахаривалась, как варенье."

-Varlam Shalamov, Kolyma Tales

"If bones could freeze, then the brain could also be dulled and the soul could freeze over. And the soul shuddered and froze- perhaps to remain frozen forever."

-Varlam Shalamov, Kolyma Tales

Cover of Sailing Alone around the World by Joshua Slocum

2. Sailing Alone around the World

By: Joshua Slocum

4.15

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas—the first man to circumnavigate the world… read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
"I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books w…"

-Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World

Cover of L'Avversario by Emmanuel Carrère, Eliana Vicari Fabris

3. L'Avversario

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris

3.99

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more

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"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"

-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario

Cover of Le sermon sur la chute de Rome by Jérôme Ferrari

4. Le sermon sur la chute de Rome

By: Jérôme Ferrari

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Broche

Dans un village corse perche loin de la cote, le bar local est en train de connaitre une mutation p… read more

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5. Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific In A Raft

By: Thor Heyerdahl

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Five men in search of a mythical hero journey from Peru to Polynesia in this classic account of nau… read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana Jr.

6. Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea

By: Richard Henry Dana Jr.

3.38

Format: None pages,

Two Years Before the Mastis a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr. written after a t… read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of Childhood, Boyhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy, Rosemary Edmonds

7. Childhood, Boyhood, Youth

By: Leo Tolstoy , Rosemary Edmonds

5.00

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, in his early twenties. Although he would … read more

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8. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

By: Liaquat Ahamed

4.19

Format: 144 pages,

With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late … read more

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9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A New York TimesNotable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himsel… read more

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10. Distant Star

By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The star of Roberto Bolano's hair-raising novel Distant Staris Alberto Ruiz-Tagle, an air force pil… read more

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11. Le otto montagne

By: Paolo Cognetti

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more

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12. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

By: None , Keith Gessen

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award On April 2… read more

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13. Bonsai

By: Alejandro Zambra

3.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Winner of Chile's Literary Critics' Award for Best Novel" Now a Major Motion Picture Hailed as a g… read more

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14. Travels Of Ibn Jubayr

By: Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Jubayr , None

3.82

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

Written more than eight hundred years ago and now translated into English. This is the first hand a… read more

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15. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

Cover of Le Monde sans fin by Jean-Marc Jancovici

16. Le Monde sans fin

By: Jean-Marc Jancovici

4.47

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

La rencontre entre un auteur majeur de la bande dessinée et un éminent spécialiste des questions én… read more

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Cover of The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein: The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922–1923 by Albert Einstein

17. The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein: The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922–1923

By: Albert Einstein

3.34

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, along with his then-wife, Elsa Einstein, embarked on a five-a… read more

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  • travel
Cover of The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Möngke, 1253-1255 by Willem van Ruysbroeck

18. The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Möngke, 1253-1255

By: Willem van Ruysbroeck

3.92

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Prior to the 13th century the horizons of Western Christians extended no further than the principal… read more

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  • travel
Cover of Türkistan'ın Keşif Çağı : Rus Seyyah Burnaşev’in Gözünden Buhara by Murat Özkan

19. Türkistan'ın Keşif Çağı : Rus Seyyah Burnaşev’in Gözünden Buhara

By: Murat Özkan

4.11

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

TALİHİYLE KEDERLİ, TARİHİYLE EFSANEVÎ TÜRKİSTAN COĞRAFYASI… Türkistan coğrafyası çok eski çağ… read more

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Cover of Cengiz Han’ın Ölümsüzlük Arayışı - Taoist Simyacı Bir Keşişin Türkistan Seyahatnamesi (1221-1224) by Ch’ang Ch’un

20. Cengiz Han’ın Ölümsüzlük Arayışı - Taoist Simyacı Bir Keşişin Türkistan Seyahatnamesi (1221-1224)

By: Ch’ang Ch’un

3.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Cengiz Han'ın Manevi Dünyası ve Zamanın Türkistan Coğrafyası… “Çin, kibirli ve müsrif bir hayat… read more

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Cover of Sailing to the Reefs by Bernard Moitessier

21. Sailing to the Reefs

By: Bernard Moitessier

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this, his first book, never before published in the U.S., the famous French sailor, Moitessier, … read more

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  • adventure

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Transform Your Habits

Sois jeune et tais-toi : Réponse à ceux qui critiquent la jeunesse

Salomé Saqué

4.55

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Jean-Marc Jancovici

4.47

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Claire Alet

4.40

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Timothée Parrique

4.49

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