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page is dedicated to great travel reading. There
are loads of great armchair travel novels and guide
books out there waiting to be opened. There are
also many books that should be read in order to
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Classics
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pastenak 1956) Russia
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Journals (Meriwether Lewis & William Clark 1814)
The Oregon Trail (Francis Parkman 1849)
Travels (Marco Polo 1298)
Walden Pond (Henry David Thoreau 1854)
-Rochelle's
Pick
Africa
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen 1937)
The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay 1989) South Africa
Asia
Daughter of the Killing Fields (Theary Seng)
Cambodia-Lindsay's Pick
First they Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia
Remembers (Loung Ung)
Cambodia
Holy Cow (Sarah MacDonald) India-Lindsay's
Pick
Memoirs of a Geisha (Author Golden) Japan Pol Pot:
Anatomy of a Nightmare (Philip Short) Cambodia
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer 1953) Tibet The Beach
(Alex Garland) Thailand
Australia\New Zealand
In a Sunburned Country (Bill
Bryson 2000) Australia-Justin's
Pick
Mutant Message Down Under (Marlo
Morgan) Australia-Cortney's
Pick
Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1,700 Miles of Australian
Outback (Robyn Davidson 1980)
Europe
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie 1934)
Neither Here Nor There (Bill Bryson 1998)- Justin
Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson 1998)
Britain- Justin
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera 1984)
Czechoslovakia
Turkey: Bright Sun, Strong Tea (Tom Brosnahan
2005) Turkey- A great book by an ex-Peace Corp volunteer
and author of many guidebooks to Turkey and other places
for Frommers and Lonely Planet. His 35 years experience
as a travel writer make for a fascinating read and
should be mandatory reading for anyone planning a trip
to Turkey. -Justin's Pick
Under the Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes)
Italy
Central America\Mexico
On Mexican Time: A New Life In San Miguel (Tony
Cohan)
Mexico
Papillon (Henri Charriere)
North America
I'm a Stranger here Myself (Bill Bryson 2000)
U.S.-Justin's Pick
The Lost Continent (Bill Bryson
1990) U.S.-Justin's Pick
Wilderness
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson 1999) U.S.
-Justin\also a Rochelle's Pick
Alive (Piers Paul Read 1974) Chilean Andes
Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern
Landscape (Barry Lopez 1986)
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness (Edward
Abbey 1968)
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer 1997)
The Open Sea
Maiden Voyage (Tania Aebi)
Mutiny on the Bounty (William Bligh 1790) The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger 1997)
Miscellaneous
100 Things To Do Before You Die: Travel Events You
Just Can't Miss (Neil Tepica & Dave Freeman)
1,000 Places To See Before You
Die: A Traveler's Life List (Patricia Schultz)
Hold the Enlightenment (Tim
Cahill)
The Kindness of Strangers (Don (Ed) George)-Lindsay's
Pick
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to
the Art of Long-Term World Travel (Rolf Potts)-Justin
