Travel Books

Discovering Peter Matthiessen—and Myself

Lynne Friedmann never thought she could make a life as a science writer. Then she read "Blue Meridian."

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Reading Travel: New and Old Books We Loved This Year

More than two dozen contributors and friends of World Hum recall their favorite travel reads of 2011

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The Best Travel Books of 2010

Frank Bures surveys the year's most intriguing titles and offers a few gift ideas

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Sons of ‘The Beach’

What do "The Beach," "Are You Experienced?" and other travel novels say about us? Rolf Potts and Kristin Van Tassel explore backpacker fiction.

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10 Wanderlust-Inducing Travel Novels and Story Collections

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Frank Bures on the books to read when you're seeking inspiration

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The 100 Most Celebrated Travel Books of All Time: By the Numbers

We break down the data from our list of the most loved travel books

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The 100 Most Celebrated Travel Books of All Time: Mapped

Browse our map mash-up to see where the journeys for the most celebrated travel books take place

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The 100 Most Celebrated Travel Books of All Time: The Fine Print

The semi-scientific making of our list, explained

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Charles Dickens: The First Great Travel Writer?

Frank Bures digs into the legendary author's travel writing and finds some surprises

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The Photographer and the Philosopher

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Pico Iyer explores the lives and work of writers Jan Morris and V.S. Naipaul, two "master portraitists" of place

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Nine Subversive Travel Novels

Thomas Kohnstamm celebrates fiction that uncovers deeper truths about travel and the world

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Nine Subversive Travel Books

Thomas Kohnstamm celebrates books that really rocked the boat

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The Best Travel Books of 2009

The Best Travel Books of 2009 Photo by Jim Benning

Frank Bures picks a dozen, from an Amazon adventure story to a tale of the old Hippie Trail

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The Death of the Idyll

Frank Bures on "The Wisdom of Tuscany" and the last, dying gasp of a travel book genre

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The Perfect Traveler

He was cool, steady and prone to breaking rules. Pico Iyer celebrates the life and work of Somerset Maugham.

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