My Top 5 Travel Books
Before I go anywhere I like to read up on the destination ahead of time. Brochures today do a great job of pointing out the must-see’s but I turn to novels and memoirs to get a feel for a place. Here are my top 5:
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway – Perhaps my favorite book. Hemingway’s brisk writing cuts right to the heart of the great locations from Paris to Pamplona.
- On The Road by Jack Kerouac – My life since reading this classic American novel has never been the same. Follow Sal Paradise as he makes his way to San Francisco and back.
- Into the Wild by John Krakauer – This great work of journalism speaks to what wanderlust and life are all about.
- Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain – Already covered Twain’s trip to Paris, Venice, Athens and the Holy Land. Read here. While you are at it, check out Roughing It.
- In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin – It’s like being with Chatwin on the southern tip of South America. This amazing piece of literature really ramps up the excitement for any trip.
Help me make this a top 10 list. What are you favorites? Dubliners by James Joyce? Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes? How about Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne?
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4 Comments to “My Top 5 Travel Books”
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Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery – Prince Edward Island, Canada never read so beautifully…
Under the Tuscan Sun!
thanks for the feedback. I could probably turn this into a top 25 list!
Bill Bryson has some great books related to travel. In particular “In a Sunburned Country” is great for the long plane ride to Australia. It humorously introduces you to some of the ‘unique’ things about Australia. And he has a good one about Europe too, “Neither Here Nor There-
Travels in Europe”.