Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit Books in Order
Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit contains 9 books, published between 1980 and 1995. The first book is Hong Kong, Macau & Canton: Travel Survival Kit (1980) and the newest is Tokyo City Guide (1995). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1980–1995
- Total pages
- 6,282 across 9 books
- Reading time
- 105–157 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,282 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit is a guidebook line catalogued in 9 volumes published between 1980 and 1995. Subjects recorded against them are guidebooks, travel and Asia, with South East Asia and Vietnam named specifically. The volumes are Hong Kong, Macau & Canton: Travel Survival Kit (1980), Lonely Planet China (1984), Indonesia (1992), Vietnam (1993), China (1994), Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (1994), Taiwan (1994), South East Asia (1994) and Tokyo City Guide (1995). The Lonely Planet imprint itself carries the credit on 6 of the 9; Peter Turner is named on 2. Median length is 552 pages.
How many Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books are there?
Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit has 9 books, released between 1980 and 1995.
Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Hong Kong, Macau & Canton: Travel Survival Kit1980 · 451 pages · confirmed 1/419804511/4
- 2Lonely Planet China1984 · 1200 pages · confirmed 1/4198412001/4
- 3Indonesia: Travel Survival Kit1992 · 938 pages · confirmed 1/419929381/4
- 4Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit: Vietnam1993 · 500 pages · confirmed 1/419935001/4
- 5China: A Travel Survival Kit1994 · 1058 pages · confirmed 1/4199410581/4
- 6Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei1994 · 552 pages · confirmed 1/419945521/4
- 7Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit: Taiwan1994 · 355 pages · confirmed 1/419943551/4
- 8Lonely Planet South East Asia1994 · 909 pages · confirmed 1/419949091/4
- 9Tokyo City Guide1995 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/419953191/4
Do you have to read Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books in order?
You should read the Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit book also stands alone.
Where to start with Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit
Start with Hong Kong, Macau & Canton: Travel Survival Kit (1980), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit book?
Tokyo City Guide (1995) is the newest Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit book released so far.
Is there a new Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit book coming?
No next Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit title on record dates from 1995, 31 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,282 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 552 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books, 7 of 9, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 6 are credited to Lonely Planet, 2 to Peter Turner, 1 to Richard Nebesky and 1 to Tony Wheeler. A further 6 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.
What the Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books are about
8 of the 9 Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: guidebooks is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Guidebooks 7 of 8 books
- Travel 3 of 8 books
- ASIA 2 of 8 books
- Asia - Southeast 2 of 8 books
- Travel - Foreign 2 of 8 books
- Travel & holiday guides 2 of 8 books