- Spying on the South, an odyssey across the American divide, Tony Horwitz
- Among flowers, a walk in the Himalaya, Jamaica Kincaid
- Cheese, wine, and bread, discovering the magic of fermentation in England, Italy, and France, Katie Quinn
- My fourth time, we drowned, seeking refuge on the world's deadliest migration route, Sally Hayden
- The art of the wasted day, Patricia Hampl
- Back over there, one American time-traveler, 100 years since the Great War, 500 miles of battle-scarred French countryside, and too many trenches, shells, legends and ghosts to count, Richard Rubin
- The geography of genius, a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley, Eric Weiner
- Subpar parks, America's most extraordinary national parks and their least impressed visitors, Amber Share
- Owls of the eastern ice, a quest to find and save the world's largest owl, Jonathan C. Slaght
- Sixty, a diary of my sixty-first year : the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?, Ian Brown
- Bibliomaniac, an obsessive's tour of the bookshops of Britain, Robin Ince
- Everything left to remember, my mother, our memories, and a journey through the Rocky Mountains, Steph Jagger
- Easy beauty, a memoir, ChloƩ Cooper Jones
- Birdgirl, looking to the skies in search of a better future, Mya-Rose Craig
- The best American travel writing, edited and with an introduction by William T. Vollmann, 2012
- Brave the wild river, the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon, Melissa L Sevigny
- The Alps, a human history from Hannibal to Heidi and beyond, Stephen O'Shea
- In the weeds, around the world and behind the scenes with Anthony Bourdain, Tom Vitale
- No baggage, a minimalist tale of love and wandering, Clara Bensen
- Deep South, four seasons on back roads, Paul Theroux
- Travels with George, in search of Washington and his legacy, Nathaniel Philbrick
- Spying on the South, an odyssey across the American divide, Tony Horwitz
- Travel writing, see the world, sell the story, L. Peat O'Neil
- The electricity of every living thing, a woman's walk in the wild to find her way home, Katherine May
- Better living through birding, notes from a Black man in the natural world, by Christian Cooper
- Romania & Bulgaria, Mark Baker, Steve Fallon, Anita Isalska
- Never leave the dogs behind, a memoir, Brianna Madia
- A beginner's guide to Japan, observations and provocations, by Pico Iyer
- A Paris year, my day-to-day adventures in the most romantic city in the world, Janice MacLeod
- A line in the world, a year on the north sea coast, Dorthe Nors ; translated from the Danish by Caroline Waight ; illustrated by Signe Parkins
- Sicilian splendors, discovering the secret places that speak to the heart, John Keahey
- The last wild men of Borneo, a true story of death and treasure, Carl Hoffman
- Figures in a landscape, people and places : essays: 2001-2016, Paul Theroux
- Behind Putin's curtain, friendships and misadventures inside Russia, Stephan Orth ; translation by Jamie McIntosh
- The last ride of the Pony Express, my 2,000-mile horseback journey into the Old West, Will Grant
- The return, fathers, sons, and the land in between, Hisham Matar
- Waypoints, my Scottish journey, Sam Heughan
- Voyager, travel writings, Russell Banks
- Stranger in the desert, a family story, Jordan Salama
- Driving the Green Book, a road trip through the living history of Black resistance, Alvin Hall with Karl Weber
- A year in Paris, season by season in the City of Light, John Baxter
- Greek to me, adventures of the comma queen, Mary Norris
- The traveling feast, on the road and at the table with my heroes, Rick Bass
- American English, Italian chocolate, small subjects of great importance, Rick Bailey
- Best American travel writing 2013, Edited with an introduction by Elizabeth Gilbert ; Jason Wilson, series editor
- The underground culinary tour, how the new metrics of today's top restaurants are transforming how America eats, Damian Mogavero and Joseph D'Agnese ; foreword by Danny Meyer
- Migratory birds, Mariana Oliver ; translated by Julia Sanches
- Stalking God, my unorthodox search for something to believe in, Anjali Kumar
- Walking to listen, 4,000 miles across America, one story at a time, Andrew Forsthoefel
- Sleeping with the ancestors, how I followed the footprints of slavery, Joseph McGill, Jr. and Herb Frazier