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Travel Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Travel books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Travel series? Start with "The Palace Under the Alps" (1985) and follow publication order through all 11 books.
The complete Travel reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Palace Under the Alps
1985
The Lost Continent
1989
Neither Here nor There
1992
Notes from a Small Island
1995
A Walk in the Woods
1997
I'm a Stranger Here Myself / Notes from a Big Country
1998
The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity (With: Marina Warner,Christopher Lloyd,Jennifer Jenkins,David Bellamy,Robin Hanbury-Tenbison,Anna Parord)
2000
In a Sunburned Country / Down Under
2000
Bill Bryson's African Diary
2002
The Road to Little Dribbling
2015
The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
2023
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