Journals which became best-sellers in their day were written, such as Marco Polo's journal The Travels of Marco Polo or Mark Twain's Roughing It.
dʒˈɜːnəlz wˌɪtʃ bɪkˌeɪm bˈɛstsˈɛlɚz ɪn ðɛɹ dˈeɪ wɜː ɹˈɪʔn̩, sˈʌtʃ ɐz mˈɑːɹkoʊ pˈoʊloʊz dʒˈɜːnəl ðə tɹˈævəlz ʌv mˈɑːɹkoʊ pˈoʊloʊ ɔːɹ mˈɑːɹk twˈeɪnz ɹˈʌfɪŋ ɪt.