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My Favourite Travel Books
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I'm both an obsessive reader and an obsessive traveller - so this brings it all together!
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My Favourite Travel Books

 
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A blog post I wrote for UK World Book Day on my all time favourite travel reads
5 Best Travel Reads for World Book Day
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Quite simply, the greatest travel book I've ever read - a remarkable snapshot of an America roadtrip like no other.
Blue Highways: A Journey into America - William Least Heat-Moon
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London to Sydney without stepping foot on a plane?  Well played sir.
The Wrong Way Home - Peter Moore
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The book (and TV programme) that got me addicted to travel.  I still aspire to write like Michael Palin
Full Circle - Michael Palin
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Made me want to up sticks and move to France immediately
A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle
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A searingly honest tale of loss and finding yourself via hiking, loved every second of this.  It's MUCH better than the film.
Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found - Cheryl Strayed
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A book that helped me understand myself and the ridiculousness of the country I inhabit.  Fun fact - it was largely thanks to Bill's description of Durham that I committed to my undergrad there despite having never visited.  He did OK out of it as the university made him Vice-Chancellor ;-)
Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
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To be honest, anything Jan Morris writes is worth picking up but for my money, Venice is her finest work
The World Of Venice - Jan Morris
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If the title alone doesn't intrigue you, the rest of this brilliant book will
African in Greenland - Tete-Michel Kpomassie
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Still here, still queer, still not going to disappear.   A great read for anyone thinking the b*stards have won in erasing us (plot spolier as Gambrone points out through the breadth of his stories - they haven't and they won't.  Sorry Karen.)
Travels in A Gay Nation - Philip Gambrone
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Non-fiction and a superb primer in understanding the least understood part of our world today.
The New Silk Roads - Peter Frankopan
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Manna from heaven for a geopolitics geek like me and the best book in explaining why countries act they way they do!
Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall
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Fabulous - and slightly sardonic - 1930s retelling of Phileas Fogg's epic journey
Round the World Again in 80 Days - Jean Cocteau
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The first book that properly introduced me to South America and still one of my favourites
The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara
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The world's most interesting city told through expertly compelling eyes
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City - Guy De Lisle
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Even if you're not a train nerd, Theroux is a master storyteller which has you involuntarily turning the page!
The Great Railway Bazaar - Paul Theroux
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Others' Recommendations

 
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List of best female-authored travel books
The Best Travel Books Written By Women
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I swear by this list of queer travel literature - still working my way through
LGBTQ+ Travel Books
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Phew-ee, so many recommendations but something for everyone here (I still haven't read Anthony Bordain and really need to!)
The 38+ Best Travel Books for Readers with Wanderlust
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