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50+ Novels, Memoirs, and Books about Travel to Inspire Wanderlust

last Updated: September 12, 2020
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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

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

Leave a comment down below!

*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!

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