Way back in 2012, I made a list of my favorite travel books, Top Ten Travel Narratives. But that was twelve years ago. It's time to update this list, I think.
My rules for this list:
(1) I included only nonfiction on this list. No fiction.
(2) Stories of travel, not moving-and-starting-over stories, were all I put on this list.
Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
Le Road Trip: A Traveler's Journal of Love and France by Vivian Swift
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan by Alan Booth
Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America by James M. Fallows
Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places on Earth by Eric Weiner
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa by Karin Muller
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Have you read any of these?
Do you have any travel book recommendations for me?
For a list that includes both nonfiction and fiction, you might like to take a look at Best Books Set On-the-Road.
Thanks to Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next for this week's prompt.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
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