Stanford Travel Book of the Year

Given by Stanfords

Other Names: Dolman Best Travel Book Award (2006-2014), Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year (2015-2022), Adventure Travel Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year
140 Works / 143 Items 22,470 Books 844 Reviews ½ 3.8
Wkipedia: Dolman Best Travel Book

Shortlist: Dolman Best Travel Book Shortlist

The award was renamed "Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year" starting in 2015.

There was no award in 2017.
Stages:
All, Winner (21), Shortlist (104), Longlist (18)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (8), 2022 (5), 2021 (10), 2020 (11), 2019 (11), 2018 (12), 2017 (1), 2016 (12), 2015 (6), 2014 (15), 2013 (6), 2012 (9), 2011 (10), 2010 (7), 2009 (6), 2008 (5), 2007 (4), 2006 (5)

Winner 21

WorkCategoryYear
In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado2023
The Amur River: Between Russia and China by Colin Thubron2022
Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul by Taran Khan2021
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-PalmerAdventure Travel Book of the Year2020
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane2020
Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North by Adam WeymouthAdventure Travel Book of the Year2019
The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places by William Atkins2019
Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean by Morten StroksnesAdventure Travel Book of the Year2018
Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova2018
Walking The Himalayas by Levison WoodAdventure Travel Book of the Year2016
Interstate: Hitch Hiking Through the State of a Nation by Julian Sayarer2016
Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men by Horatio Clare2015
The consolations of the forest : alone in a cabin on the Siberian taiga by Sylvain Tesson2014
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane2013
Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge by John Gimlette2012
Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History by Rachel Polonsky2011
The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica by Ian Thomson2010
Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River by Alice Albinia2009
92 Acharnon Street by John Lucas2008
Last Seen in Lhasa: The Story of an Extraordinary Friendship in Modern Tibet by Claire Scobie2007
The Prester Quest by Nicholas Jubber2006

Shortlist 104

WorkCategoryYear
The Last Overland: Singapore to London: The Return Journey of the Iconic Land Rover Expedition (with a foreword by Tim Slessor) by Alex Bescoby2023
High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China by Erika Fatland2023
The Po: An Elegy for Italy's Longest River by Tobias Jones2023
The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East by Rebecca Lowe2023
Crossed off the Map: Travels in Bolivia by Shafik Meghji2023
Walking with Nomads by Alice Morrison2023
My Family and Other Enemies: Life and Travels in Croatia’s Hinterland by Mary Novakovich2023
Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton2022
Minarets in the Mountains: A Journey into Muslim Europe by Tharik Hussain2022
Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles2022
Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate2022
Without Ever Reaching the Summit by Paolo Cognetti2021
The border : a journey around Russia through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and the Northwest Passage by Erika Fatland2021
Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move by Nanjala Nyabola2021
Wanderland by Jini Reddy2021
The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts2021
Along the Amber Route: St. Petersburg to Venice by C.J. schüler2021
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght2021
Last Days Behind the Curtain: Trieste 79, Vienna '85, Prague '89 by Richard Bassett2020
Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe by Nicholas Jubber2020
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane2020
Pravda Ha Ha: True Travels to the End of Europe by Rory MacLean2020
Around the World in 80 Trains: a 45,000-mile Adventure by Monisha Rajesh2020
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City by Anna Sherman2020
On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey by Paul Theroux2020
Mud and Stars by Sara Wheeler2020
Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country by Simon Winder2020
Around the World in 80 Days: My World Record Breaking Adventure by Mark BeaumontAdventure Travel Book of the Year2019
Up: My Life Journey to the Top of Everest by Ben FogleAdventure Travel Book of the Year2019
Me, My Bike and a Street Dog Called Lucy by Ishbel Rose HolmesAdventure Travel Book of the Year2019
An Arabian Journey: One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East by Levison WoodAdventure Travel Book of the Year2019
The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps by Ben Coates2019
The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain by Damian Le Bas2019
Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire by Alev Scott2019
Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny by Witold Szablowski2019
Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe by Daniel Trilling2019
The Orchid Hunter: A young botanist's search for happiness by Leif BerswedenAdventure Travel Book of the Year2018
Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains: Shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award by Antonia Bolingbroke-KentAdventure Travel Book of the Year2018
The land beyond : a thousand miles on foot through the heart of the Middle East by Leon McCarronAdventure Travel Book of the Year2018
Revolutionary Ride: On the Road in Search of the Real Iran by Lois PryceAdventure Travel Book of the Year2018
Eastern Horizons: Hitchhiking the Silk Road by Levison WoodAdventure Travel Book of the Year2018
Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago by Patrick Barkham2018
The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border by Garrett Carr2018
RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR by Philip Hoare2018
Where the Wild Winds Are: Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence by Nick Hunt2018
Travels in a Dervish Cloak by Isambard Wilkinson2018
The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta by Kushanava Choudhury2017
Africa Solo: My World Record Race from Cairo to Cape Town by Mark BeaumontAdventure Travel Book of the Year2016
Cycling the Earth: A Life-changing Race Around the World by Sean ConwayAdventure Travel Book of the Year2016
Crossing the Congo: Over Land and Water in a Hard Place by Mike MartinAdventure Travel Book of the Year2016
Dare to Do: Taking On the Planet by Bike and Boat by Sarah OutenAdventure Travel Book of the Year2016
Climbing Days by Dan RichardsAdventure Travel Book of the Year2016
Station To Station: Searching for Stories On The Great Western Line by James Attlee2016
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World by Geoff Dyer2016
Squirrel Pie (and other stories): Adventures in Food Across the Globe by Elisabeth Luard2016
The Hills of Wales by Jim Perrin2016
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux2016
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit by Helena Attlee2015
Walking the Woods and the Water: In Patrick Leigh Fermor's footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn by Nick Hunt2015
Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place by Philip Marsden2015
Mein russisches Abenteuer by Jens Mühling2015
Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani2015
The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough2014
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos by Patrick Leigh Fermor2014
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain by Charlotte Higgins2014
American Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Light by Iain Sinclair2014
O My America!: Six Women and Their Second Acts in a New World by Sara Wheeler2014
The Golden Door: Letters to America by A. A. Gill2013
The Robber of Memories: A River Journey through Colombia by Michael Jacobs2013
Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie2013
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa2013
Meander: East to West, Indirectly, Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal2013
Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village by Julia Blackburn2012
White Fever: A Journey to the Frozen Heart of Siberia by Jacek Hugo-Bader2012
To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing2012
Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts2012
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron2012
Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah's Beard: A Journey Through the Inside-Out Worlds of Iran and Afghanistan by Nicholas Jubber2011
Dreaming in Hindi by Katherine Russell Rich2011
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb2011
The Last Resort: A Memoir of Mischief and Mayhem on a Family Farm in Africa by Douglas Rogers2011
Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern by Simon Winder2011
Along the Enchanted Way: A Story of Love and Life in Romania by William Blacker2010
A Single Swallow by Horatio Clare2010
Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain by Matthew Engel2010
Out of Steppe by Daniel Metcalfe2010
Lost and Found in Russia: Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape by Susan Richards2010
Tequila Oil: Getting Lost in Mexico by Hugh Thomson2010
Fishing in Utopia: Sweden and the Future that Disappeared by Andrew Brown2009
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre by Richard Grant2009
Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova2009
Travels on the Dance Floor: One Man's Journey to the Heart of Salsa by Grevel Lindop2009
The Island That Dared: Journeys in Cuba by Dervla Murphy2009
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher2008
Misadventure in the Middle East: Travels as Tramp, Artist & Spy by Henry Hemming2008
The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane2008
Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared by Christopher Robbins2008
Nobody Told Us We Are Defeated: Stories from the New Iraq by Rory McCarthy2007
Great British Bus Journeys: Travels Through Unfamous Places by David McKie2007
Thumbs Up Australia: Hitching the Outback by Tom Parry2007
The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule by Joanna Kavenna2006
Tigers in Red Weather: A Quest for the Last Wild Tigers by Ruth Padel2006
In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos by Richard Lloyd Parry2006
Pedaling to Hawaii: A Human-Powered Odyssey by Stevie Smith2006

Longlist 18

WorkYear
The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts2021
Along the Amber Route: St. Petersburg to Venice by C.J. schüler2021
Walls: Travels Along the Barricades by Marcello Di Cintio2014
Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that Brings You 90% of Everything by Rose George2014
The Train in Spain by Christopher Howse2014
A Month by the Sea: Encounters in Gaza by Dervla Murphy2014
Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo by Tim Parks2014
The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts by Graham Robb2014
Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard2014
The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari by Paul Theroux2014
Meet Me in Gaza: Uncommon Stories of Life Inside the Strip by Louisa B. Waugh2014
On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger2012
The Fetish Room: The Education of a Naturalist by Redmond O'Hanlon2012
Street Fight in Naples by Peter Robb2012
The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Anil Ananthaswamy2011
All Kinds of Magic: One Man's Search for Meaning Across the Modern World by Piers Moore Ede2011
Andes by Michael Jacobs2011
Spirit of the Phoenix: Beirut and the Story of Lebanon by Tim Llewellyn2011

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Wkipedia: Dolman Best Travel Book

Shortlist: Dolman Best Travel Book Shortlist

The award was renamed "Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year" starting in 2015.

There was no award in 2017. (English, Member-written)
Wkipedia: Dolman Best Travel Book

Winners: Dolman Best Travel Book Award

The award was renamed "Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year" starting in 2015.

There was no award in 2017. (English, Member-written)
Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.
https://www.edwardstanfordawards.com/

As of 2019 branded as the "Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year"

No Award in 2017 (English, Member-written)

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