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ⓘ About Michael Booth
Michael Booth is an award-winning author who writes mostly about travel, food, and foreign countries. He is best known as the author of Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family’s Journey Through the Belly of Japan, Eat, Pray, Eat: One Man’s Accidental Search for Equanimity, Equilibrium and Enlightenment, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia, and Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan. In addition to his work as an author, Booth also does writing for publications such as The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, and Condé Nast Traveler, and The Telegraph. He is as a correspondent for Monocle magazine.
All Book Series by Michael Booth
Athens Encounter
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 2005 Anthology · Victoria Kyriakopoulos
Lonely Planet Prague Encounter
Book 3 of 15 · published 2007 Anthology · Brett Atkinson
Lonely Planet Tokyo Encounter
Book 4 of 15 · published 2007 Anthology · Wendy Yanagihara
Hanoi & Halong Bay Encounter
Book 5 of 15 · published 2007 Anthology · Tom Downs
Fez Encounter
Book 10 of 15 · published 2008 Anthology · Virginia Maxwell,Helen Ranger
Los Angeles Encounter
Book 12 of 15 · published 2009 Anthology · Amy C. Balfour
Boston Encounter
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2009 Anthology · Mara Vorhees
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Michael Booth?
Michael Booth is an award-winning author who writes mostly about travel, food, and foreign countries. He is best known as the author of Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan, Eat, Pray, Eat: One Man's Accidental Search for Equanimity, Equilibrium and Enlightenment, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia, and Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan. In addition to his work as an author, Booth also does writing for publications such as The Guardian, The…
Which Michael Booth series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Lonely Planet Encounter series, the earliest of Michael Booth's multi-book series: it opens with Athens Encounter (2005) and runs to 15 books across 2005–2009, ending with Boston Encounter (2009).
How many books has Michael Booth written?
Michael Booth has 22 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2005 and 2020. 15 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Lonely Planet Encounter series with 15 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Michael Booth's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Michael Booth's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lonely Planet Encounter (2005–2009, 15 books).
How are Michael Booth's books organised into series?
This guide splits Michael Booth's 22 books into 1 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lonely Planet Encounter (15 books, 2005–2009).