In 1993 Terzani took heed to the reading and decided not to fly for the year. In 1976 Tiziano Terzani was told by a fortuneteller in Hong Kong that he must not fly 1993 as there will be a grave risk of him dying. The result is a distinctive, stimulating, and poignant voyage of discovery.Ī Fortune-Teller Told Me by Tiziano Terzani. Much of the charm and grandeur of the ancient native civilizations survived until the devastation of the Vietnam War.Ī Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit.Ī Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Solnit’s own life to explore issues of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown. Norman Lewis traveled in Indo-China during the precarious last years of the French colonial regime. Originally published in 1951, it is said that A Dragon Apparent inspired Graham Greene to go to Vietnam and write The Quiet American. Inspired by the question, ‘What would be the perfect meal?’, he sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail.Ī Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam by Norman Lewis. The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and A Cook’s Tour is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions. List Of The Best Travel BooksĪ Cook’s Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal by Anthony Bourdain.ĭodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal. Omitted books include authors with multiple book titles (such as the other Bill Bryson books), travel fiction, and books that didn’t make the cut. I’ve read over 50 travel books, though not all of them are on this list. You can leave a comment on the Facebook page if you have any more book suggestions. I’m continually adding more to the list as I go. While many of these are the books you always see on the top 10 travel books list, there are some obscure titles that I found on random bookshelves that still haven’t made their way to Kindle format. If you like what an author writes you can research their back-catalogue for more reading. In the interest of diversity I have selected only one book per author, otherwise I would have (happily) listed Bill Bryson seven times. This might change out of necessity if the list continues to grow. The list is ordered alphabetically (how do you even rank something so subjective?) and not sorted into sub-categories. This list is derived from a combination of books I’ve read, an aggregation of prominent top travel book lists (listed below), books that have been recommended to me, and books that are considered classics of the genre yet that have been overlooked by modern lists. For example City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas can be found in the Venice travel guide, and Vietnam: A History can be found in the Vietnam travel guide. I was listing history books but I have now moved those into the travel guides section. ![]() If you are interested in books about place I recommend looking through A year of reading the world, which lists one book for every nation in the world. Some book lists also include books set in places from the perspective of a writer who lives there. ![]() I was keeping travel fiction on this list but I have since removed them and I will make a new list for best travel fiction.Īlso not included on the list are travel guide books or history books about cities and countries that aren’t personal narratives. Travel Book Definitionįor the purpose of this list I have defined travel books as personal narratives and historic travel journals. I have listed my selection methods below. What denotes a best or top travel book is a subjective process (unless you are measuring purely on known sales), so this list has been through an editorial process. If you are looking for a great travel read I have compiled a list of the worlds top 200 travel books.
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