So it’s summer and you want to travel, but you don’t have the vacation time or the funds. Or maybe you are traveling somewhere this summer, but not to a place as exotic as you’d like. And finally, hopefully, the case is you are traveling to an amazing destination, yet you may have some lengthy plane rides and layovers ahead of you…What one solution can overcome all these problems?
My favorite cheap and easy “go-to getaway” is a good travel book. I have compiled a simple list below of some travel reads that I either have read and recommend or a source I trust has read and recommended to me. I welcome you to read the list and read one for yourself and please leave a comment about other travel books you recommend. I know my list is by no means complete and comprehensive; however, I do think it contains a wide variety of writing styles bound to please most. Expect future posts with reviews on travel reads both on and off this list!
Recommended Travel Reads:
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Naples ‘44 by Norman Lewis
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach
The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Travels by Michael Crichton
McCarthy’s Bar by Pete McCarthy
