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Travel

Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the ...more

New Releases Tagged "Travel"

So, I Met This Guy
Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World
The Last of Earth
Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History
  • So, I Met This Guy by Alexandra Potter
    So, I Met This Guy
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    Release date: Feb 10, 2026
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  • From Grief to Love by Laurence  Carter
    From Grief to Love: Walking Around England and Wales
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    Release date: May 20, 2024
    "A touching exploration of turning grief into action." – Kirkus Reviews

    After losing his wife Melitta to cervical cancer, Laurence Carter embarked on a
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  • The Rug Dealer by Martha L. Thompson
    The Rug Dealer
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    Release date: Feb 23, 2026
    A naive Midwestern exchange student immersed in the exotic sights, sounds, and smells of central Turkey falls under the spell of a charming Turkish Sv ...more
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  • The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
    India
    1,027 books — 877 voters

    Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
    Ultimate Backpacking Novels
    479 books — 1,142 voters
    A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
    Have Passport Will Travel
    710 books — 589 voters

    Illegal by John  DennehyA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonOne Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-SchinzingPromise of Departure by L.W. MontgomeryWild by Cheryl Strayed
    Best Adventure Travel Memoir
    277 books — 177 voters
    The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
    A Journey Through Literary America
    155 books — 222 voters


    Ursula K. Le Guin
    It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
    Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

    David  Mitchell
    Travel far enough, you meet yourself.
    David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

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    Rachel's Roaming Rebels Book Club Rachel's Roaming Rebels Travel Group Book Club and Reading Challenge…more
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    Babcia and YiaYia's Travel Picks!! Join us, Bacia and YiaYia, as we share our favorite reads set in Europe. Whether it's great hist…more
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