The Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List

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The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Travel Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 4, 2021.

1. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
 
2. Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-To-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
Conor Knighton, Crown, $17, 9781984823557
 
3. Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
Jonathan C. Slaght, Picador, $18, 9781250798718
 
4. How Iceland Changed the World
Egill Bjarnason, Penguin, $17, 9780143135883
 
5. A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
Tom Coyne, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781982128050
 
6. Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt
Daniel Barbarisi, Knopf, $28, 9780525656173
 
7. The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Mark Synnott, Dutton, $29, 9781524745578
 
8. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $18, 9780143109396
 
9. The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn, Penguin, $17, 9780143136422
 
10. Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Quercus, $26.99, 9781529342000
 
11. The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird
Joshua Hammer, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781501191909
 
12. A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.99, 9781101905494
 
13. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Kirk Wallace Johnson, Penguin, $17, 9781101981634
 
14. Pacific Coasting: A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest
Danielle Kroll, Artisan, $19.95, 9781579658717
 
15. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101873441
 
16. Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Sara Dykman, Timber Press, $27.95, 9781643260457
 
17. Travels with Charley in Search of America
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $13, 9780140053203
 
18. The Best American Travel Writing 2020
Robert Macfarlane, Jason Wilson (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358362036
 
19. Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide
Tony Horwitz, Penguin, $18, 9781101980309
 
20. Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World
Scott Keyes, Harper Wave, $16.99, 9780062993540
 
21. Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman Publishing Company, $37.5, 9781523506484
 
22. Moon Baseball Road Trips: The Complete Guide to All the Ballparks, with Beer, Bites, and Sights Nearby
Timothy Malcolm, Moon Travel, $27.99, 9781640498044
 
23. On Trails
Robert Moor, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781476739236
 
24. The Salt Path
Raynor Winn, Penguin, $17, 9780143134114
 
25. Horizon
Barry Lopez, Vintage, $17, 9780375708473
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