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24 alternatives to The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris

Edmund White's travelogue of his time in Paris

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Wanderlust▲61
A history of walking
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Judgement of Paris▲65
Surprisingly great read about the early history of Impressio
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Leonardo's Notebooks▲69
Writing and art of the great master
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Imaginary Cities▲70
Mapping cities of sound, melancholia and the afterlife
2016 · influxpress.com · its alternatives →
5
The Shape of Time▲62
Remarks on the history of things
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Seven Ages of Paris▲56
The intense history of Paris [condensed into 500 pages]
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
The Flight of the Silvers▲63
A world of time travel and disruption.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Landmarks▲53
On the importance of language and landscape
2016 · penguin.co.uk · its alternatives →
10
The Count of Monte Cristo▲69
"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Time Travel: A History▲63
A meditation on exploring time, travel, and technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Trespass. A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art▲71
Taschen tome profiling "The City as Canvas"
2015 · taschen.com · its alternatives →
13
White▲66
Kenya Hara's attempt to explore the essence of "White"
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Judgement of Paris▲70
The 1976 Paris tasting that revolutionized wine
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Down and Out in Paris and London▲3
A Modern Classic
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
16
"The Bird Market" By Anton Chekhov▲62
TFW You Learn More About Life From A Bird, Than From School
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
17
This Side of Paradise▲66
F. Scott Fitzgerald's First Novel
2015 · gutenberg.org · its alternatives →
18
Dreams of My Russian Summers: A Novel▲55
Memory and Imagination of Coming of Age in France and Russia
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs▲66
Food, architecture, history, art & human stories
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Light▲58
A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
The Geography of Genius▲61
A search for the World's most creative places
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Seascapes▲56
Hiroshi Sugimoto's 30 years photographing the world's seas
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World▲53
Take the one less traveled by.
2016 · adamgrant.net · its alternatives →
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A Tale of Two Cities▲54
A classic that’s a fantastic read.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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