Travelogue

A travelogue is a written record of a journey. Travelogues have a long history, from Pausanias' account of 2nd-century Greece, to Marco Polo's travels in 13th-century Asia, to the 19th-century ramblings of Mark Twain, through to modern travel literature. ...more

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We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year

Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

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The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

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Lists

Girl in the Mirror by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

A Long Way from St. Louie by Colleen J. McElroy

The African-American Travel Guide by Wayne C. Robinson

Travel by African-Americans Published in Decade: 1990s

5 books — 2 voters

The Wakeful Wanderer's Guide to New New England & Beyond by Jim Infantino

The Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot

Best Entertaining Travel Books

37 books — 65 voters

Richard Wright's Travel Writings by Virginia Whatley Smith

Adventures of a Continental Drifter by Elliott Hester

Travel by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2000s

4 books — 2 voters

Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni Herison

Roadtrip reading

25 books — 35 voters

IS THAT EVEN A COUNTRY, SIR! by Anil Yadav

The Age of Kali [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2017] Books Wagon by William Dalrymple

Travelogues Based In India

31 books — 11 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

One Heart - Many Breaks by Sandeep Kumar Mishra

Non-fiction Best

241 books — 57 voters

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“ At about eight-thirty or nine the friends make a halt, already in sight of Moranchel. Moranchel is on the left of the Cifuentes road, at some two hundred paces from the highway. It is a gloomy, dark town that seems to have no business being surrounded by green fields. The old man sits down in the ditch and the traveler lies on his back and looks up at some little clouds, graceful as doves, which are floating in the sky. A stork flies past, not very high, with a snake in its beak. Some partridge ...more ”
― Camilo José Cela, Journey to the Alcarria: Travels through the Spanish Countryside

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