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The Best Travel Books

Updated 2026-07-25 · 30 books

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    Eat Pray Love Epz Film Export [Jan 01, 2013] Gilbert Elizabeth

    Elizabeth Gilbert

    ViajesTravelBiografía espiritual
  2. 2 Cover of World Travel

    World Travel

    Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever

    CooksBiographyVoyages and travels
  3. 3 Cover of Ahmedabad

    Ahmedabad

    Amrita Shah

    IndiaHistoryCivilization
  4. 4 Cover of Walking to Listen

    Walking to Listen

    Andrew Forsthoefel

    Description and travelHikingSocial psychology
  5. 5 Cover of In Search of Mary

    In Search of Mary

    Bee Rowlatt

    WollstonecraftMarySocial problems in literature
  6. 6 Cover of The Nine Lives of Pakistan

    The Nine Lives of Pakistan

    Declan Walsh

    Journeys In BurmaAsiaHistory
  7. 7 Cover of Flaneur

    Flaneur

    Edmund White

    Social life and customsDescription and travelHomes and haunts
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    Flaneur

    Edmund White

    Social life and customsDescription and travelHomes and haunts
  9. 9 Cover of A Death in Brazil

    A Death in Brazil

    Peter Robb, Peter Robb, Peter. Robb

    Politics and governmentSocial life and customsDescription and travel
  10. 10

    Kaleidoscope City

    Piers Moore Ede

    Description and travelVaranasi (india)India
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    By thumb, hoof and wheel

    Prabhu Ghate

    Description and travelTravel
  12. 12

    Shaam-e-Awadh

    Vipul Varshneya

    HistoryDescription and travelPictorial works
  13. 13

    Wildland

    Evan Osnos

    United statesHistoryTravel
  14. 14 Cover of Secondhand

    Secondhand

    Adam Minter

    CommerceSecondhand tradeConsumer behavior
  15. 15 Cover of The Emperor Far Away

    The Emperor Far Away

    David Eimer

    ChinaCivilizationSocial Conditions
  16. 16 Cover of Sea legs

    Sea legs

    Guy Grieve

    TravelOcean travelSeafaring life
  17. 17

    Cypress Tree

    Kamin Mohammadi

    TravelDescription and travelFamily
  18. 18

    Fish Ladder

    Katharine Norbury

    Adopted childrenBirthparentsGreat britain
  19. 19 Cover of Travels with a Mexican Circus

    Travels with a Mexican Circus

    Katie Hickman

    CircusMexicoDescription And Travel
  20. 20 Cover of The road to Sleeping Dragon

    The road to Sleeping Dragon

    Michael J. Meyer

    TravelDescription and travelChina
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    Cobra in the Bath

    Miles Morland

    Voyages and travelsTravel
  22. 22 Cover of The man who broke out of the bank ...and went for a walk in France

    The man who broke out of the bank ...and went for a walk in France

    Miles Morland

    WalkingDescription and travelAnecdotes
  23. 23 Cover of Nabokov in America

    Nabokov in America

    Robert Roper

    OngcHomes and hauntsRussian Authors
  24. 24 Cover of Come Back to Afghanistan

    Come Back to Afghanistan

    Said Hyder Akbar, Susan Burton

    TravelPolitics and governmentDescription and travel
  25. 25

    Island Summers

    Tilly Culme-Seymour

    NorwayDescription And TravelTravel
  26. 26

    I Belong Here

    Anita Sethi

    Great britainHistoryTravel
  27. 27 Cover of Interrail

    Interrail

    Alessandro Gallenzi

    FictionGeneralItalians
  28. 28 Cover of I Went to Russia

    I Went to Russia

    Liam Ó Flaithearta

    Description and travelSoviet unionTravel
  29. 29 Cover of Threshold

    Threshold

    Rob Doyle

    FictionGeneralEnglish literature
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    Threshold

    Rob Doyle

    FictionGeneralEnglish literature

At a glance

# Book Author
1 Eat Pray Love Epz Film Export [Jan 01, 2013] Gilbert Elizabeth Elizabeth Gilbert
2 World Travel Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
3 Ahmedabad Amrita Shah
4 Walking to Listen Andrew Forsthoefel
5 In Search of Mary Bee Rowlatt
6 The Nine Lives of Pakistan Declan Walsh
7 Flaneur Edmund White
8 Flaneur Edmund White
9 A Death in Brazil Peter Robb, Peter Robb, Peter. Robb
10 Kaleidoscope City Piers Moore Ede
11 By thumb, hoof and wheel Prabhu Ghate
12 Shaam-e-Awadh Vipul Varshneya
13 Wildland Evan Osnos
14 Secondhand Adam Minter
15 The Emperor Far Away David Eimer
16 Sea legs Guy Grieve
17 Cypress Tree Kamin Mohammadi
18 Fish Ladder Katharine Norbury
19 Travels with a Mexican Circus Katie Hickman
20 The road to Sleeping Dragon Michael J. Meyer
21 Cobra in the Bath Miles Morland
22 The man who broke out of the bank ...and went for a walk in France Miles Morland
23 Nabokov in America Robert Roper
24 Come Back to Afghanistan Said Hyder Akbar, Susan Burton
25 Island Summers Tilly Culme-Seymour
26 I Belong Here Anita Sethi
27 Interrail Alessandro Gallenzi
28 I Went to Russia Liam Ó Flaithearta
29 Threshold Rob Doyle
30 Threshold Rob Doyle

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