IN GENERAL:
Anything by John McPhee (and there are a lot)
Sarah Davidson
Katherine Boo (The New Yorker magazine)
Tom Junod (Esquire magazine)
TRAVEL WRITING:
Anything by:
Colin Thubron
Wilfred Thesiger
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Edith Durham
Mary Kingsley
Caroline Alexander
Jonathan Rabin (non-fiction)
Eric Newby
SPORTS WRITING:
George Plimpton
Drew Jubera (“Must Win”)
Gene Wojciechowski (“Pond Scum & Vultures”)
Paul Zimmerman on professional football
Charles Pierce