- Clanlands, whisky, warfare, and a Scottish adventure like no other, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, with Charlotte Reather ; [foreword by Diana Gabaldon]
- The monk of Mokha, Dave Eggers
- The land between two rivers, writing in an age of refugees, Tom Sleigh
- Our towns, a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America, James Fallows and Deborah Fallows
- The sun is a compass, a 4,000-mile journey into the Alaskan wilds, Caroline Van Hemert
- Spying on the South, an odyssey across the American divide, Tony Horwitz
- Easy beauty, a memoir, ChloƩ Cooper Jones
- Strays, a lost cat, a homeless man, and their journey across America, Britt Collins ; with a foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Wherever you go, a guide to mindful, sustainable, and life-changing travel, Daniel Houghton.
- Time song, journeys in search of a submerged land, Julia Blackburn ; with drawings by Enrique Brinkmann
- The Bears Ears, a human history of America's most endangered wilderness, David Roberts
- Island home, a landscape memoir, Tim Winton
- Footsteps, from Ferrante's Naples to Hammett's San Francisco, literary pilgrimages around the world, The New York Times ; introduction by Monica Drake
- Olive the Lionheart, lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey to the heart of Africa, Brad Ricca
- The Not-Quite States of America, dispatches from the territories and other far-flung outposts of the USA, Doug Mack
- The Amur River, between Russia and China, Colin Thubron
- Scribbling the cat, travels with an African soldier, Alexandra Fuller
- A course called America, fifty states, five thousand fairways, and the search for the great American golf course, Tom Coyne
- Walking the Americas, 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia, Levison Wood
- A course called Scotland, searching the home of golf for the secret to its game, Tom Coyne
- The best American travel writing 2020, edited and with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane ; Jason Wilson, series editor
- Leave only footprints, Conor Knighton
- A sailor, a chicken, an incredible voyage, the seafaring adventures of Guirec and Monique, Guirec SoudƩe ; with VƩronique de Bure ; translated by David Warriner
- In Europe's shadow, two cold wars and a thirty-year journey through Romania and beyond, Robert D. Kaplan
- Patagonian road, a year alone through Latin America, Kate McCahill
- Ruthless river, love and survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios, Holly FitzGerald
- Icebound, shipwrecked at the edge of the world, Andrea Pitzer
- Blue sky kingdom, an epic family journey to the heart of the Himalayas, Bruce Kirkby
- The hero's way, walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna, Tim Parks
- An Arabian journey, one man's quest through the heart of the Middle East, Levison Wood
- Killing it, an education, Camas Davis
- Lands of lost borders, a journey on the Silk Road, Kate Harris
- The nine lives of Pakistan, dispatches from a precarious state, Declan Walsh
- 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
- 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
- My fourth time, we drowned, seeking refuge on the world's deadliest migration route, Sally Hayden
- The art of the wasted day, Patricia Hampl
- Owls of the eastern ice, a quest to find and save the world's largest owl, Jonathan C. Slaght
- 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
- Wayward, stories and photographs, Chris Burkard
- Cheese, wine, and bread, discovering the magic of fermentation in England, Italy, and France, Katie Quinn
- Nala's world, one man, his rescue cat, and a bike ride around the globe, Dean Nicholson
- Figures in a landscape, people and places : essays: 2001-2016, Paul Theroux
- France, an adventure history, Graham Robb
- Paradise in chains, the Bounty Mutiny and the founding of Australia, Diana Preston
- In the land of good living, a journey to the heart of Florida, Kent Russell