For the eight-week period ending July 27, 2010, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1. A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.99, 9780767902526

2. Every Day in Tuscany
Frances Mayes, Broadway, $25, 9780767929820

3. The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner, Twelve, $13.99, 9780446698894

4. Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
William Dalrymple, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272829

5. Bicycle Diaries
David Byrne, Viking, $25.95, 9780670021147

6. Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World
Rita Golden Gelman, Jean Allen (Illus.), Three Rivers, $15, 9780307588012

7. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761161028

8. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060589462

9. The Places in Between
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156031561

10. The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World
Amanda Pressner, et al., Harper, $24.99, 9780061689062

11. La Bella Lingua
Dianne Hales, Broadway, $15, 9780767927703

12. 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910

13. In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.99, 9780767903868

14. French Toast: An American in Paris Celebrates the Maddening Mysteries of the French
Harriet Welty Rochefort, Thomas Dunne Books, $13.99, 9780312642785

15. 101 Places Not to See Before You Die
Catherine Price, Harper, $13.99, 9780061787768

16. Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American Odyssey
Brad Herzog, Citadel, $14.95, 9780806532028

17. Travels With Charley: In Search of America
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $10, 9780140053203

18. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060920081

19. Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat
Chris Stewart, Broadway, $12.99, 9780307592378

20. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
Susan Jane Gilman, Grand Central, $13.99, 9780446696937

21. The Best Women's Travel Writing: True Stories From Around the World
Stephanie Elizondo Griest (Ed.), Travelers' Tales, $17.95, 9781932361742

22. Notes From a Small Island
Bill Bryson, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780380727506

23. Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War
Tony Horwitz, Vintage, $16, 9780679758334

24. Tales of a Female Nomad
Rita Golden Gelman, Three Rivers, $14, 9780609809549

25. A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee
Tom Coyne, Gotham, $16, 9781592405282