Jerome K. Jerome's humorous novel Three Men on Wanderings was published in 1900, eleven years after his most famous work Three Men in a Boat.

The sequel brings back the three friends who featured in the previous book, this time on a cycling trip through the German Black Forest.

The novel was written near the end of the cycling craze of the Victorian era, which was ushered in by the development of the safe bicycle. It captures the era when bicycles became a familiar middle-class recreational item. References to brand competition, advertising and the attitude of enthusiasts to their equipment resonate with modern readers. At the same time, the book also contains many allusions to the then German Empire.

As in the previous novel, however, the author's fresh and intelligent humor plays a major role here as well, which put both parts on the list of classics.