Every year I make a resolution to myself to read more books about travel.  And with all that wasted time waiting in airports, sitting on trains, planes, and buses, and other precious in-between moments on the road, we may as well make the most of it by picking up a few books about traveling.  And if reading a book fuels the wanderlust for another destination, all the better!

Reading is wonderful for the mind.  A way to >> Learn more.  Create more.  & definitely understand the world (and it’s super-diverse people) more.

Here is a compilation of some of the best books about travel: some fiction, some non-fiction, some personal accounts of traveling, some downright hilarious stories, and some that will teach you a thing or two about history.  Basically, a good mix of books about travel.

If your new year’s resolution is to read more, I’ve got you covered!

Books About Travel:

* Covers shown down below because we all know it’s easy to judge a book by it’s cover  😉

1. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail – Cheryl Strayed
2. Super Sushi Ramen Express – Picador
3. A House in the Sky – Amanda Lindhout
4. The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Lost – Rachel Friedman
5. The Art of Travel – Alain De Botton
6. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
7. Drink, Play, Fuck – Andrew Gottlieb (HILARIOUS!)
8. Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
9. A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson
10. Travels with Charley: In Search of America – John Steinb
11. The Year of Living Danishly – Helen Russell
12. Eat, Pray, Eat – Michael Booth
13. Under the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes
14. My Life in France – Julia Child
15. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe – Bill Bryson
16. Out of Africa – Isak Dinesen
17. Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure – Sarah Macdonald
18. In the Heart of the Sea – Nathaniel Philbrick
19. The Happiness of Pursuit – Chris Guillebeau
20. A Beginners Guide to Paradise – Alex Sheshunoff
21. The Backpacker – John Harris
22. The Joys of Travel – Thomas Swick
23. Getting Stoned with Savages – J. Maarten Troost
24. The Sex Lives of Cannibals – J. Maartin Troost
25. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding – Kristin Newman
26. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
27. Love with a Chance of Drowning – Torre DeRoche
28. The Beach – Alex Garland
29. In a Sunburned Country – Bill Bryson
30. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World – Eric Weiner
31. Cruising Altitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 feet – Heather Poole
32. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster – Jon Krakauer
33. Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
34. Where the Peacocks Sing – Alison Singh Gee
35. 13 Little Blue Envelopes – Maureen Johnson
36. No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering – Clara Benson
37. Just One Day – Gayle Forman
38. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – Ann Brashares
39. Graduates in Wonderland – Jessica Pan
40. Beautiful Ruins – Jess Walters
41. 1,000 Days in Venice – Marlena Di Blasi
42. Where’d You Go, Bernadette? – Maria Semple
43. Without Reservations – Alice Steinbach
44. Girls Who Travel – Nicole Trilivas
45. Wanderlust: A Love Affair with 5 Continents – Elisabeth Eaves
46. The Lost Girls – Jennifer Baggett
47. Atlas Obscura – Joshua Foer
48. Wreck and Order – Hannah Tennant-Moore
49. Ways to Disappear – Idra Novey
50. Tender – Belinda McKeon
51. Blackass – A. Igoni Barrett
52. Peacekeeping – Mischa Berlinski
53. Enchanted Islands – Allison Amend
54. The Geography of Genius: Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Places – Eric Weiner

Have any books about travel to add?  Let me know your favorites!

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*These books about travel are my personal recommendations, suggestion from friends, and those with highest ratings on Amazon and Goodreads. Prices are accurate at time of publication.  Please note that the above are affiliate links, and at no extra cost to you, I will earn a small percentage to help offset the costs of running this site.  Thanks for all of your support!