Reading is an all-embracing form of entertainment and inspiration. However, for enthusiastic travel writers, it also serves as a basic tool for mastering the craft of writing. Books become your mentors, and who more helpful to learn from than the legends of history?
Who better to lead you through the streets of Paris and guide you on how to make your words buzz than Hemingway? Though your aching back may come to loathe you for loading your rucksack with travelogues, your creativity will thank you. Here is a list of recommended books to pick from for your next trip venture.
Inspired by the Moroccan holidays of his childhood, Shah chooses to buy a house in Casablanca. Shah is an interesting writer and you will be glued to every word. While dealing with fraud, the local bureaucracy, thieves, criminals, jinns causing destruction, and the hassle that seems to come with even the most naive interactions, Shah creates a story that is simply one of the best you’ve read all year. It’s superbly written and endlessly enthralling. You must go to purchase this book!
Marco Polo’s account of his travels throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European tour stories, and it remains the most powerful. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the whole continent of Asia, gave us detailed descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other nations, and preserved customs, natural history, new-fangled sights, and historical legends.
John Cook started three famous voyages to the Pacific Ocean in journeys that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, bringing back full descriptions of the original history of the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand. His notes tell the story of these trips as Cook wanted it to be told, reflecting the ambition, strength, and skill which allowed him to carry out a unique series of expeditions in dangerous waters.
Paul Theroux’s “Great Railway Bazaar” takes the spontaneous fun of travel. Rich in research and detail, this book is best known during solitary moments on a train. The program takes place from London’s Victoria Station to Asia and eventually through the Trans-Siberian express. Capturing the characteristics of a train journey, the things Theroux finds himself in, as well as the figures he meets are a comical depiction of life on the road.
Although this book is often marked down upon by the “literati,” it is an interesting read, especially for those thinking of executing a trip to the Louvre museum in Paris. Not only exciting for conspiracy fans but also a desire to read for art enthusiasts. Surely, you will see art in a different light.
If you are a passenger and not a tourist, the reading of this book will offer you even more reasons to be so, if you are not yet persuaded about your vagabond life. Steinbeck addresses the genuine spirit of travel. By himself, he seeks to answer that question the tourist has always in his mind: What is the world like? In this instance, Steinbeck’s world is America. A magnificent, impressive try of defining what is America through its scenes, people and cultures. And, of course, addressed with Nobel Prize class.
This is one of the tops on the list because of its writing style and story. It’s by far one of the most uplifting books you will have the pleasure to swallow. About a growing expat teacher who ‘adopts’ a penguin while he’s in South America, this is a real story about one junior traveler’s visit to the other side of the world and the wonderful friends he met along the way.
This book attempts to find out what happened to another South America founder: Percy Fawcett, who traveled through the Amazon forest in search of the legendary lost city of Z. Combining history, memoir, and travelogue, Grann blends information about Percy’s life and journeys with the science behind the tale of Z, and the hope that there could have been many advanced civilizations in the Amazon.
John Krakauer’s study of Chris McCandless's brief life will thrill you to the core. It’s a story of a grown man who chooses to give up all his mundane properties and head towards the Alaskan forest. Aptly changing his name to “Alexander Supertramp,” McCandles’ consistent commitment to the journey is both awe-inspiring and eventually heartbreaking.
Books about tours encourage us to go hit far off lands and imagine us doing unbelievable things. We hope these travel books encourage you to explore the world and satisfy your wanderlust.
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