I finished A Walk In the Woods recently and really enjoyed it. I ordered At Home but I was interested in other recommendations. I’m particularly interested in his travel writing. Thanks!
Shakespeare. So little is known about him. Bryson tells you this at the outset, and yet is able to paint a wildly entertaining picture throughout.
LouQuacious on
I liked his Australia book the best.
jimramseysf on
I love both Notes from a Small Island and In a Sunburned Country. The other one I especially enjoy, although not travel-related, is his book about Shakespeare.
TheBristolBulk on
Neither Here Nor There is FANTASTIC! It’s my ‘desert island’ book. I’ve been reading it since my teens and I’m nearly 40! I had to purchase a new copy before I got a Kindle as it was falling apart! If you like his dry humour in AWITW then you’re in for a treat!!
lucyssweatersleeves on
I really liked At Home but A Short History of Nearly Everything really stuck with me. It kind of fucked with my mind but in a mostly good way, like in terms of expressing the vastness of the universe
VincentPeacoatThe2nd on
*Down Under* was great. As an Australian, it’s always good to read about ourselves from a different point of view. Especially when that vantage point is inhabited by such a great writer.
*A Short History of Almost Everything* is also a very interesting book.
NorCalBella on
You might want to read about his first visits to Europe as a young man. It captures the allure that continent holds for Americans, and like all his travel books its hilarious. It’s also an introduction to his traveling companion Stephen Katz, whom we got to know, and reluctantly love, in WITW.
Honestly, they’re all great, with the exception of *African Diary*. That was written as a fundraiser for an organization and he was only in Africa for a few days, not nearly long enough to get to know it.
I also love his language history books, *The Mother Tongue* and *Made in America.*
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I really like Notes from a Small Island.
Shakespeare. So little is known about him. Bryson tells you this at the outset, and yet is able to paint a wildly entertaining picture throughout.
I liked his Australia book the best.
I love both Notes from a Small Island and In a Sunburned Country. The other one I especially enjoy, although not travel-related, is his book about Shakespeare.
Neither Here Nor There is FANTASTIC! It’s my ‘desert island’ book. I’ve been reading it since my teens and I’m nearly 40! I had to purchase a new copy before I got a Kindle as it was falling apart! If you like his dry humour in AWITW then you’re in for a treat!!
I really liked At Home but A Short History of Nearly Everything really stuck with me. It kind of fucked with my mind but in a mostly good way, like in terms of expressing the vastness of the universe
*Down Under* was great. As an Australian, it’s always good to read about ourselves from a different point of view. Especially when that vantage point is inhabited by such a great writer.
*A Short History of Almost Everything* is also a very interesting book.
You might want to read about his first visits to Europe as a young man. It captures the allure that continent holds for Americans, and like all his travel books its hilarious. It’s also an introduction to his traveling companion Stephen Katz, whom we got to know, and reluctantly love, in WITW.
Honestly, they’re all great, with the exception of *African Diary*. That was written as a fundraiser for an organization and he was only in Africa for a few days, not nearly long enough to get to know it.
I also love his language history books, *The Mother Tongue* and *Made in America.*