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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Travel Books

"Real travel is awesome when we can manage it, but sometimes we just have to travel from our armchairs, right? When armchair travel is the most we can do, it's good to have many reading options from which to choose. So I put together a list of 100 books that will take you around the world without requiring any more effort than lifting your hand to turn the pages."
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Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (Mary Wollstonecraft)
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
1
Mary Wollstonecraft
Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes
2
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Motor-Flight Through France (Edith Wharton)
A Motor-Flight Through France
3
Edith Wharton
Sea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
Sea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
4
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
5
George Orwell
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
6
Rebecca West
The Stones of Florence (Mary McCarthy)
The Stones of Florence
7
Mary McCarthy
The World of Venice (Jan Morris)
The World of Venice
8
Jan Morris
A Time of Gifts (Patrick Leigh Fermor)
A Time of Gifts
9
Patrick Leigh Fermor
An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie)
An African in Greenland
10
Tété-Michel Kpomassie
A Year in Provence (Peter Mayle)
A Year in Provence
11
Peter Mayle
Under the Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes)
Under the Tuscan Sun
12
Frances Mayes
Paris to the Moon (Adam Gopnik)
Paris to the Moon
13
Adam Gopnik
Kinky Gazpacho (Lori L. Tharps)
Kinky Gazpacho
14
Lori L. Tharps
Traveling With Pomegranates (Sue Monk Kidd)
Traveling With Pomegranates
15
Sue Monk Kidd
Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere (André Aciman)
Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere
16
André Aciman
Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland (Sarah Moss)
Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
17
Sarah Moss
The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
The Old Ways
18
Robert MacFarlane
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica (Zora Neale Hurston)
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
19
Zora Neale Hurston
A Visit to Don Otavio (Sybille Bedford)
A Visit to Don Otavio
20
Sybille Bedford
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage
21
In Patagonia
In Patagonia
22
The Old Patagonian Express
The Old Patagonian Express
23
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
24
Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone (Mary Morris)
Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone
25
Mary Morris
A Small Place (Jamaica Kincaid)
A Small Place
26
Jamaica Kincaid
My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
27
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
28
Olaudah Equiano
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella L. Bird)
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
29
Isabella L. Bird
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
30
John Steinbeck
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire
31
Edward Abbey
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
32
Robert M Pirsig
States of Desire: Travels in Gay America (Edmund White)
States of Desire: Travels in Gay America
33
Edmund White
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways
34
William Least Heat-Moon
The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
The Solace of Open Spaces
35
Gretel Ehrlich
Bad Land (Jonathan Raban)
Bad Land
36
Jonathan Raban
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
37
Jon Krakauer
Stranger on a Train (Diski)
Stranger on a Train
38
Diski
A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit)
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
39
Rebecca Solnit
Assassination Vacation (Sarah Vowell)
Assassination Vacation
40
Sarah Vowell
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