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12 books with a reading profile close to In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. Practical, outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Notes from a small island

by Bill Bryson

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Before departing his adopted home for the United States, Bill Bryson embarked on a farewell tour of Great Britain using only public transport.
2

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

by Rick Riordan

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

In this illustrated compendium, Percy Jackson provides a firsthand account of the Greek creation myth and the origins of the Olympians.
3

Hoot

by Carl Hiaasen

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Roy Eberhardt, a newcomer to Coconut Cove, Florida, becomes entangled in a local conflict when he follows a barefoot runaway known as Mullet Fingers.
4

Last Chance to See

by Douglas Adams

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Douglas Adams departs from fiction to document his global travels with zoologist Mark Carwardine, tracking species on the brink of extinction.
5

George's Marvelous Medicine

by Roald Dahl

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

When George Kranky is left alone to care for his mean-spirited, demanding grandmother, he decides to replace her regular medicine with a homemade brew.
6

Dragon Teeth

by Michael Crichton

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Set in 1876, the story follows William Johnson, a wealthy Yale student who joins a fossil-hunting expedition to the American West.
7

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Twenty years after his first tour of Britain, Bill Bryson returns to traverse the island along a route he names the Bryson Line, stretching from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath.
8

One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn

by Eiichiro Oda

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Monkey D.
9

Flush

by Carl Hiaasen

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Noah Underwood's father is in jail for sinking a casino boat, the Coral Queen, which he says is dumping raw sewage into the waters of the Florida Keys.
10

Letters from Father Christmas

by J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Every December between 1920 and 1943, J.R.R.
11

The Next Chapter

by Jeff Kinney

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

In this 2017 volume, Jeff Kinney moves away from the middle-school classroom to focus on the technical and creative processes involved in making the Diary of a Wimpy Kid films.
12

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1

by Kohei Horikoshi

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Izuku Midoriya lives in a world where most people are born with superpowers called Quirks, but he has none.

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