The 9 Best Travel Books You Can Read

Traveling is our passion and we know yours is too. We may not need any books to inspire us to do so, but knowing the best travel books will delight anyone with a restless spirit and further fuel their desire to continue fulfilling their dreams. If you would like to know what they are, we have prepared a list that will make you fall in love.

The best travel books that will motivate you to take flight

1. The Tao of the traveler

By Paul Theroux and published by Alfaguara. It tells the story of the writer himself celebrating his 50 years as a writer and traveler.  And summarize everything in one paragraph:

Good advice! Are you one of those who applies it on your travels?

2. Wild

By Cheryl Strayed and published by Roca Editorial. This book tells of an inland journey of 1800 kilometers through the Pacific ridge in the United States. The protagonist wants to find herself, face her fears and run away from her ghosts.

Maybe a bit harsh in places, but an incredible book that will especially appeal to hikers, but also to those who want to find themselves.

3. Unusual Paris

By Jean-Paul Clébert and Patrice Molinard. The book narrates life from the perspective of the flâneurs, a French word that defines those who wander through the cities, without haste, observing people, with a bohemian touch, who let themselves be carried away by the people, who meditate in front of the shop windows …

Painters, writers, and artists are the most likely to do so. What better city than the French capital to be a flâneur? Clébert was, and from his point of view he describes the Paris of the 1950s.

4. Serve immediately

By MFK Fisher. Who can deny that traveling is eating? Every good traveler tastes the most characteristic of the place they go to. And this book talks about it. A jewel of literature that you don’t want to miss. Delicious.

5. The scorpion fish

By Nicolas Bouvier. It is the author’s own story, who undertook a car trip through the Balkans, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan until he reached Kabul. Later he was in Ceylon, and hundreds of things happened to him. If you want to know, you will have to read the book, it will catch you.

6. At the barrier

From Gabi Martínez, a Catalan who met two famous writers on a train trip, motivation to write. In this book he talks about a trip to Australia in which he discovered more than two thousand kilometers of coral reefs. What better excuse to write a book?

7. The mask of Africa

From VS Naipaul. A book in which the author narrates his journey through Africa, discovering its tribes, its customs and its religion. Magical arts, traditions, spells and rituals that will take you to another world, a world where money is worth nothing.

8. What am I doing here?

From Bruce Chatwin. This book honors a question that Rimbaud asked himself while in Ethiopia and that many travelers may ask on some of his journeys.

This book recounts the most characteristic trips, stories and adventures of the author and is, without a doubt, an entertaining book where they exist. One of the best travel books you can read.

9. Swimmers in the desert

By Ladislaus E. Almasy. This book is about some cave paintings that were found in the Sahara. The writer did not hesitate to look for the oasis, the so-called “city of bronze” and any element that was part of the legends of the desert.

The author and his companions became desert swimmers, while living risks and adventures that will make you have a very entertaining time.

This has been our recommendation of the best travel books, which will not only push us to travel but will be good entertainment.