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Books like The Lost Continent
A hilarious, slightly grumpy road trip through the strip malls and forgotten main streets of a fading American dream. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Lost Continent.
- restless
- wistful
- open-road
- slightly jaded
- 01
Notes from a Big Country
Bill Bryson
A hilarious, slightly cranky re-acclimation to American life through the eyes of a returning expat.
- 02
Neither here nor there
Bill Bryson
A hilariously cranky, nostalgic romp through the absurdities and discomforts of European backpacking.
- 03
A voyage long and strange
Tony Horwitz · 2008
A witty, boots-on-the-ground road trip through the forgotten, messy, and often absurd century of American history before the Pilgrims arrived.
- 04
Dark star safari
Paul Theroux
A gritty, unvarnished overland journey that trades romanticized safaris for the dusty, chaotic, and deeply human reality of a continent.
- 05
Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck · 1962
A bittersweet, autumnal road trip across a changing America, guided by a literary giant and his faithful poodle.
- 06
The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner · 2008
A delightfully grumpy globetrotting adventure that searches for the secret to human contentment.
- 07
Travels
Michael Crichton
A restless, deeply inquisitive journey that treats both the physical world and the human psyche as frontiers to be explored.
- 08
The happy isles of Oceania
Paul Theroux
A salty, sun-baked, and unapologetically candid paddle through the Pacific in search of personal healing.
- 09
Annals of the former world
John McPhee
A majestic, slow-moving road trip through deep time that forever changes how you look at the ground beneath your feet.
- 10
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston
A gripping, real-life adventure that starts as an archaeological treasure hunt and morphs into a terrifying medical thriller.
- 11
In Patagonia
Bruce Chatwin
A restless, windswept journey to the end of the earth, where history, myth, and eccentric exiles collide.
- 12
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
David Sedaris
A globe-trotting masterclass in finding the hilarious, grotesque, and surprisingly tender details hidden in everyday life.
