Whether you're lounging on a beach or dreaming of your next adventure, these books will transport you across time and continents. From gripping historical fiction to real-life explorer tales, here’s a curated list for travelers who love to read—and readers who love to travel.
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Unable to commit to his fiancée of nearly four years, the author finds himself plagued by doubts that have clung to him for a lifetime. So, he sets out on a deeply personal journey played out amid some of the world’s most evocative locales. Award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy (best known for Pretty in Pink) writes chapters set in Patagonia, the Amazon, New York City, Dublin, Vienna, Costa Rica and Mount Kilimanjaro. Also available as an audiobook. By Andrew McCarthy.
Setting out to answer questions such as, “Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world?” and “Are people in wealthy countries happier?” follow the author’s exploration of how happiness is connected to a place. Also available as an audiobook. By Eric Weiner.
When the author and her husband learn their rented house has sold, they hatch a plan to live in Mexico for the length of a visitor visa. They then move to Nicaragua. What ensues over the next decade of long-stay travel, as they migrate from one continent to the next across the Americas and Europe, is an uncertain yet fulfilling quest to discover their new home. Is it a long-term place they love, with the familiarity of accumulated belongings? Or is it being nomadic, future unknown but ever adapting and exploring? By Ellen Barone.
As a newlywed traveling in Italy, the author is struck by culinary echoes of the delicacies she ate and cooked back in China, where she’d lived for more than a decade. How had food and culture moved along the Silk Road and what could still be felt of those long-ago migrations? She sets out to discover the connections, both historical and personal, eating a path through western China and on into Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and across the Mediterranean. Also available as an audiobook. By Jen Lin-Liu.
A must-have for the curious wine aficionado, a tour-de-force review of the world's wine grapes—for each variety (even the most obscure), the revered Master of Wine Robinson offers its genetic parentage, where it's found and what to expect in the bottle. It's expensive, but worth it. We highly recommend the Kindle version, as puts access to this invaluable information at your fingertips in any location, at any dinner table. By Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz.
In Paris for a weekend visit, the author, a New Yorker, sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman—and never went home again. This memoir is about a young woman caught up in two passionate love affairs, one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with French cuisine. Also available as an audiobook. By Elizabeth Bard.