Travel and Adventure
December 2, 2021, 2-4 PM
“Travel and adventure” category includes narrative travel writing, travel memoirs, food travelogues, travel essays, journalism travel, nature travel, political travel, historical travel, survival travel stories, inspirational travel stories, pictorial, travel guides, maps, atlases, and more.
Read two titles that fit in this category. The following is a list of suggestions, but you are not limited to these titles. Please feel free to choose another title that fits this category and your mood.
Suggested reading list:
Meeting Faith by Faith Adiele
Real Queer America by Samantha Allen
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou
Chasing the Thrill by Daniel Barbarisi
The Cold Vanish by Jon Billman
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Blind Spot by Teju Cole
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Atlas Obscura by Joshua Foer
The Window Seat by Aminatta Forna
Spying on the South by Tony Horwitz
To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins
Leave Only Footprints by Conor Knighton
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
From Scratch by Tembi Locke
The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
The Adventure Gap by James Mills
Catfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham
The Travels by Marco Polo
Searching for Zion by Emily Raboteau
Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade
Driving While Black by Gretchen Sorin
The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 12 by Lavinia Spalding
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
The Amur River by Colin Thubron
Deep Down Dark by Hector Tobar
Following the Equator by Mark Twain
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Around the World in 60 Seconds by Nuseir Yassin
The Girl Explorers by Jayne Zanglein
The Best American Travel Writing series (2021 edited by Ladma Lakshmi and Jason Wilson)
Travel Guides by Fodor’s, Frommer’s, Time Out, DK Eyewitness, Rough Guides, Insight Guides, Lonely Planet, Moon Travel, Rick Steves, National Geographic, etc.