The Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List

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For the eight-week period ending August 5, 2008, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780385494786

2.

A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767902526

3.

Shadow of the Silk Road
Colin Thubron, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780061231773

4.

1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841

5.

The Lady in the Palazzo
Marlena De Blasi, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565126107

6.

Travels With Herodotus
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400078783

7.

1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910

8.

The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind -- and Almost Found Myself -- on the Pacific Crest Trail
Dan White, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780061376931

9.

China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power
Rob Gifford, Random House, $17, 9780812975246

10.

Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy
Michael Tucker, Grove, $14, 9780802143624

11.

Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella
David Shalleck, Broadway, $12.95, 9780767920490

12.

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
Eric Weiner, Twelve, $25.99, 9780446580267

13.

The Places in Between
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 9780156031561

14.

Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $14, 9781416573166

15.

The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story
Julia Reed, Ecco, $23.95, 9780061136641

16.

Lost on Planet China
J.Maarten Troost, Broadway, $22.95, 9780767922005

17.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780060839871

18.

House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
Craig Childs, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316067546

19.

We've Always Had Paris ... and Provence
Patricia Wells, Walter Wells, Harper, $26.95, 9780060898618

20.

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France
Georgeanne Brennan, Harvest, $13, 9780156033244

21.

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060920081

22.

In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767903868

23.

The City of Falling Angels
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 9780143036937

24.

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin, $28, 9780618418879

25.

God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
Richard Grant, Free Press, $15, 9781416534402