Travel

Journeys across continents and inner landscapes from great travel writers.

10 books

Travelogue

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson · 1998

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.

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Travel Memoir

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert · 2006

One woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia.

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Travelogue

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson · 2000

Bryson's affectionate, hilarious tour of Australia.

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Adventure Narrative

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer · 1996

The story of Christopher McCandless, who walked alone into the Alaskan wild.

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Beat Travel Novel

On the Road

Jack Kerouac · 1957

Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty's jazz-fueled crossings of America.

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Travel Novel

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts · 2003

An escaped Australian convict reinvents himself in the Bombay underworld.

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Allegorical Journey

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho · 1988

Santiago's journey from Spain to Egypt in search of his Personal Legend.

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Travelogue

The Geography of Bliss

Eric Weiner · 2008

One grump's search for the happiest places in the world.

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Travel Memoir

Tracks

Robyn Davidson · 1980

A woman's 1,700-mile solo trek across the Australian desert with four camels.

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Travel Philosophy

Vagabonding

Rolf Potts · 2002

An uncommon guide to the art of long-term world travel.

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