10 Books
There were lots of interesting books in 2010 – fiction and non-fiction, travel and standing still. Here are 10 I found particularly interesting, starting with 5 travel books:
Country Driving – Peter Hessler’s look at contemporary China from behind the steering wheel was my favourite travel book of the year. China today zig zags from weird to wonderful to downright scary and this book perfectly captures that acute variability.
Map Addict – Mike Parker is a clearly an anorak, British slang for a train-spotter (which come to think of it is British slang as well). Anyway he’s a geek, a nerd and obsessed with maps. A Tale of Obsession the byline says. It is.
* One of the many little information gems in Map Addict: what do these four countries have in common: Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Yemen and the USA? They’re the only countries which still officially use imperial weights and measures.
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