Ewan McGregor Tops Travel Book Chart (Yes, that Ewan McGregor)

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  08.26.05 | 1:32 AM ET

Long Way Round, the companion book to Charley Boorman and actor Ewan McGregor’s television series chronicling a 20,000-mile motorcycle adventure, image is currently at the top of Nielsen BookScan travel chart. “McGregor’s high profile and the popularity of motorcycling books in general has helped sales stay steady and high,” writes The Book Standard’s Giles Elliott. The rest of the top five and Elliott’s brief analysis of the state of travel book publishing can be found here.