Did your summer travels plans get canceled or postponed during these uncertain times? Are you dreaming about your next vacation? This is a great time to read about places (or listen!) you have always wanted to visit and may visit in the future!
The World
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer
Epic Hikes of the World by Lonely Planet
Epic Bikes Rides of the World by Lonely Planet
Epic Drives of the World by Lonely Planet
Beastly Journeys: Unusual Tales of Travels with Animals by David Attenborough and Others-
Asia
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Land of Lost Borders by Kate Harris
Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer
My Country: A Syrian Memoir by Kassem Eid
The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta by Kushanava Choudhury
Peaks on the Horizon: Two Journeys In Tibet by Charlie Carrol
The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan by Rafia Zakaria
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
All the Way to the Tigers by Mary Morris
Africa
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saroo-Wiwa
Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure by Julian Smith
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to CapeTown by Paul Theroux
Australia
Tracks: One Woman’s Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davis,
Europe
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
My Twenty- Five Years in Provence by Peter Mayle
The Shepherd’s LIfe by James Rebanks
Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
Greenland
The Ice at the End of the World by Jon Gertner
Canada
The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables by Catherine Reid
Rails Across Canada by David Cable
Canada’s Road: A Journey on the Trans-Canada Highway from St. John’s to Victoria by Mark Richardson
The Great Canadian Bucket List: One of a Kind Travel Experiences by Robin Esrock
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede
United States
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson,
Epic Solitude by Katherine Keith
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
National Trails of America by Lonely Planet
National Parks of America by Lonely Planet
Mexico, Central and South America
Distance Between Us– Reyna Grande
In the Shadow of the Carmens: Afield with a Naturalist in the Northern Mexican Mountains by Bonnie McKinney
Walking the Americas: 1800 Miles, Eight Countries, and One Incredible Journey from Mexico to Columbia by Levison Wood
The Adventurer’s Son: A Memoir by Roman Dial
Lost City of Z by David Grann
My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara
Antarctica
Ice Diaries by Jean McNeil