Stanford Travel Book of the Year

Given by Stanfords

Andre Navne: Dolman Best Travel Book Award (2006-2014; Engelsk), Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year (2015-2022; Engelsk), Adventure Travel Book of the Year (Engelsk), Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year (Engelsk)
140 Works / 143 Items 22,398 Books 841 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:
Alle, Winner (21), Shortlist (104), Longlist (18)
Kategorier:
Years:
Alle, 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

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

Shortlist 104

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

Longlist 18

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

Beskrivelser

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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