Best Books on Travel & Places

Cities, coastlines and journeys, from your sofa. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the travel & places documentaries.

1. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes - View on Amazon
4. The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux - View on Amazon
5. The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy - View on Amazon
6. Italian Neighbors by Tim Parks - View on Amazon
7. Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb - View on Amazon
8. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
9. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway - View on Amazon
10. My Life in France by Julia Child - View on Amazon
11. Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik - View on Amazon
12. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
13. Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart - View on Amazon
14. Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
15. Ghosts of Spain by Giles Tremlett - View on Amazon
16. The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth - View on Amazon
17. Danubia by Simon Winder - View on Amazon
18. Lost Japan by Alex Kerr - View on Amazon
19. The Roads to Sata by Alan Booth - View on Amazon
20. Japanland by Karin Muller - View on Amazon
21. The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzō (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
22. River Town by Peter Hessler - View on Amazon
23. Country Driving by Peter Hessler - View on Amazon
24. Wild Swans by Jung Chang (4.5/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Europe

1. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes - View on Amazon
2. The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy - View on Amazon
3. Italian Neighbors by Tim Parks - View on Amazon
4. Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb - View on Amazon
5. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
6. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway - View on Amazon
7. My Life in France by Julia Child - View on Amazon
8. Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik - View on Amazon

Best Books on Asia

1. Lost Japan by Alex Kerr - View on Amazon
2. The Roads to Sata by Alan Booth - View on Amazon
3. Japanland by Karin Muller - View on Amazon
4. The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzō (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
5. River Town by Peter Hessler - View on Amazon
6. Country Driving by Peter Hessler - View on Amazon
7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
8. Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux - View on Amazon

Best Books on The Americas

1. Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon - View on Amazon
3. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
4. Klondike by Pierre Berton - View on Amazon
5. The Last Spike by Pierre Berton - View on Amazon
6. Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
7. In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin (3/5) - View on Amazon
8. The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux - View on Amazon

Best Books on Africa, the Middle East & Oceania

1. Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux - View on Amazon
2. The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński - View on Amazon
3. West with the Night by Beryl Markham (3.4/5) - View on Amazon
4. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
5. Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger - View on Amazon
6. From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
7. Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence - View on Amazon
8. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson (3.8/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Epic Journeys

1. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane - View on Amazon