The Traveler, Daren Simkin – a short story about a traveler named Charlie
The Places In Between, Rory Stewart – a true story of walking across Afghanistan in 2002
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, Susan Gilman – memoir of her Asian travels
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson – fictional adventures of a 100 year old (reminds me of Forrest Gump)
Wanderlust: An Affair with Five Continents, Elisabeth Eaves – a fun travel memoir
First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life, Eve Brown-Waite – adventures with the Peace Corps and beyond
The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World, Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett, Amanda Pressner – adventures and friendship
Peace Meals: Candy-Wrapped Kalashnikovs and Other War Stories, Anna Badkhen – more serious stories from a war reporter
Miles from Nowhere A Round the World Bicycle Adventure, Barbara Savage – One of my favorite round the world travel books
Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert – I know it is cliché. But I enjoyed both the book and the movie (which is rare). It is a wonderful story filled with travel lust, friendships (old and new), and self-discovery.
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