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A Travel Memoir: 2021 Reading Challenge

Bourdain, Anthony

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.


Bryson, Bill

The Road to Little Dribbling:Adventures of an American in Britain

The author’s tribute to his adopted country of England and describes his riotous return visit two decades later to rediscover the country, its people, and its culture.


Gaechter, Darcy

Amazon Woman

An extraordinary and inspiring chronicle of one woman’s harrowing journey to become the first female to kayak the entire Amazon River.


Kepnes, Matt

Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler’s Journey Home

The author presents a part memoir, part philosophical travel manifesto that shares stories from his adventures abroad while exploring the nomadic experiences of wanderlust.


Kirkby, Bruce

Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalayas

Follow Bruce and his family’s remarkable three months journey, where they end up living amongst the Lamas of Zanskar Valley, a forgotten appendage of the ancient Tibetan empire.


Gordinier, Jeff

Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping and Risking it all with the Greatest Chef in the World

A food critic chronicles four years spent traveling with renowned chef Rene Redzepi in search of the most tantalizing flavors the world has to offer.


Mayes, Frances

See You in the Piazza

Frances Mayes introduces us to the Italy only the locals know, as she and her husband, Ed, eat and drink their way through thirteen regions, from Friuli to Sicily.


McCahill, Kate

Patagonian Road: A Year Alone through Latin America

Spanning four seasons, ten countries, three teaching jobs, and countless buses, this book chronicles Kate McCahill’s solo journey from Guatemala to Argentina.


Steinbeck, John

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

An intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers.


Van Hemert, Caroline

The Sun is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

Documents the biologist adventurer’s treks in the vast wilderness region spanning the Pacific rainforest through the Alaskan Arctic, where she and her husband tested their physical.

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