A Walk In The Woods
In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, …
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Food and Travel Books
Looking for good travel books? Here’s our list of the best travel books that will inspire wanderlust and change the way you see the world.
We’ve curated this reading list to include a range of perspectives and travel topics, including adventure travel, food memoirs, solo travel and travel writing.
Appetites
Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his …
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Atlas Obscura
Praised as the “bestest travel guide ever” (Mary Roach) and “a joy to read and reread” (Neil Gaiman), Atlas Obscura is a …
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Barbarian Days
Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is …
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How to Travel the World on $50 a Day
No money? No problem. You can start packing your bags for that trip you’ve been dreaming a lifetime about.
For more than half a decade, Matt …
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Into the Wild
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was …
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On the Road
Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. …
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Ten Years a Nomad
Ten Years a Nomad is New York Times bestselling author Matt Kepnes’ poignant exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad. …
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The Geography of Bliss
Part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader across the globe to investigate not what …
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The Great Railway Bazaar
The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux’s classic and much-loved homage to train travel.
The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the …
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The Lost City of Z
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over …
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The Places In Between
Rory Stewart’s moving, sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic. …
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Vagabonding
There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life – from six weeks to four months to two years – to discover and …
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Wild
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage …
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generations that follow. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle …
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