Lists of Bests: National Geographic Traveler's "Ultimate Travel Library" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/38967 _Books are added to the source list regularly. Feel free to add those books to this list! (But please add newly-represented countries to the list below.)_ National Geographic Traveler "asked dozens of travelers...to name the books that have most enriched their sense of place and best informed their peregrinations. To their picks, we've added our own to offer here our ultimate library of travel books ... novels and narrative nonfiction and classic photography books." Each region has several "General" books listed, then books about specific countries. * *Africa*: Botswana, The Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, & South Africa * *Asia*: Afghanistan, Armenia, Borneo, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, incl. Tibet, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, The Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet & Vietnam * *Australia & the Pacific*: Australia, Bali, Borneo, East Timor, French Polynesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Tuvalu * *The Caribbean*: Antigua, Bermuda & Haiti * *Central & South America*: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay & Venezuela * *Eastern Europe*: Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Rep., Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Turkey, & Ukraine * *The Middle East*: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank, & Yemen * *North America*: Canada, Mexico, USA (General), USA East, USA Central, USA West * *Polar Regions*: Antarctica, & Greenland * *Western Europe & the Mediterranean*: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, & UK Note: Some books are listed in more than one region: _Shopping for Buddhas_ (Hong Kong/Nepal), _Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice_ (General Central and South America/Brazil), _The Beauty of History_ (Estonia/Latvia), _Between the Woods and the Water_ (Hungary/Romania), _The Sun Also Rises_ (France/Spain). Also, there are books about Tibet listed under both China and Tibet. See also _Around the World in 80 Books_: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/8646. 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