The Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List

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Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 7, 2013.

1. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074

2. The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780618839339

3. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.99, 9780767902526

4. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982

5. Paris in Love: A Memoir
Eloisa James, Random House, $15, 9780812981902

6. Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails From Milan to Palermo
Tim Parks, Norton, $25.95, 9780393239324

7. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $16, 9781439176597

8. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761156864

9. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060589462

10. Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James
David Downie, Pegasus, $27.95, 9781605984322

11. Strange Stones: Dispatches From East and West
Peter Hessler, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780062206237

12. Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $15, 9781250033352

13. A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance
Marlena De Blasi, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616202811

14. Travels With Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
Daniel Klein, Penguin, $20, 9780143121930

15. Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now
Craig Taylor, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062005861

16. The Sweet Life in Paris
David Lebovitz, Broadway, $14, 9780767928892

17. In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.99, 9780767903868

18. Hitchhiking With Larry David: An Accidental Tourist’s Summer of Self-Discovery in Martha’s Vineyard
Paul Samuel Dolman, Gotham, $22.5, 9781592408269

19. A Book of Voyages
Patrick O’Brian (Ed.), Norton, $25.95, 9780393089585

20. Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories From the Road
William Least Heat-Moon, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316110242

21. Running With the Kenyans: Discovering the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Adharanand Finn, Ballantine, $16, 9780345528803

22. Notes From a Small Island
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780380727506

23. The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down
Andrew McCarthy, Simon & Schuster, $16, 9781451667509

24. A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Riverhead, $16, 9781594631498

25. Travels With Charley: In Search of America
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11, 9780140053203