Travel
* The Palace Under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled, and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16
European Countries (1985)
* The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (1989)
* Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (1991)
* Notes from a Small Island (1995) (travels in the United Kingdom, his farewell to the country he was
temporarily leaving; adapted for television by Carlton Television in 1998)
* A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1998) (co-stars Stephen Katz)
* Notes from a Big Country (UK) / I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty
Years Away (US) (1998) (columns about moving back to the USA)
* Down Under (UK) / In a Sunburned Country (US) (2000) (travels in Australia)
* Walk About (2002) (Combined in one volume are Down Under and A Walk in the Woods)
Language
* The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way (1990)
* Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1994)
* Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (2002)
Welke schrijver?
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!