If you have a trip on the horizon or if you’re just dreaming of future travel, there’s nothing quite like a book to give you a sense of place. We’ve rounded up a few of our favorites below. Settle in, all you armchair travelers, and see the world without ever leaving home (at least for now).
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Africa |
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone by Martin Dugard A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela My Life With Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
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Asia
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The Beach by Alex Garland
The Silk Merchant’s Daughter by Dinah Jefferies Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Running in the Family by Michale Ondaatje Confessions of a Yakuza by Dr. Junichi Saga
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Australia |
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
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| Canada | The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Penny
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France |
A Year in Provence by Mayle
My Life in France by Julia Child A Moveable Feast by Hemingway Paris to the Moon by Gopnik Two Towns in Provence by MFK Fisher
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| Greece | Travels with Pomegranates by Kidd
To the Island by Meaghan Delahunt
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India/Nepal |
The God of Small Things by Roy Arundhati
Curry, A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex von Tunzlemann
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Italy |
The Leopard by Lampedusa
An Italian Education by Parks Room with a View (movie, too) by Forester The Italian Hours by James The Sixteen Pleasures by Hellenga My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr From Scratch by Locke Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Giordano
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South America |
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Brazil by Michael Palin
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| Spain
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Shadow of the Wind series by Ruiz Zafon
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| United Kingdom | Harry Potter series by Rowling
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
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United States |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
In the Country of Country by Nicholas Dawidoff – Great for country music fans! The Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition Wild by Cheryl Strayed Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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Multiple Locations |
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiasson Kathmandu by Thomas Bell
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