Best Travel Books

A good book and a vision of future events is one of the best ways to pass all those extra hours at home while you’re stuck during quarantine. 
“Travel books” means much more than a manual. Some people discover their dreams by fiction, others by food. We had taken a book when we decided to run, and let the words send us to exotic lands for a great adventure.Words can remind you of a favorite holiday or prepare you for the next holiday. Here are some of the best travel books which will inspire you to set on your own adventure after lockdown .

CRAZY RICH ASIANS

by KEVIN KWAN

The movie stormed the world and is one of the few books on travel which translate beautifully into screening. Peek behind the glass of the hidden billionaire  families who have more money. Crazy Rich Asian people introduce you into the fascinating world of Singapore’s ultrarich families, who travel for private parties to Hong Kong and Macau, and come to Australia for a moment. Once Rachel accepts the invitation from her aunt, she gets quite a shock to spend the summer in Asia. As the story moves, she discovers that her humble boyfriend is the most worthy bachelor of Asia, and all of us – including his mother – are ready to separate them.

THE KITE RUNNER

by KHALED HUSSAINI

This precious travel novel tells the story of a child named Amir and Hassan. This story takes place in the backdrop of instability, ranging from the collapse of the monarchy of Afghanistan to the Pakistani migration of refugees and the rise of the Taliban regime. The most disturbing scene of this book portrays an act of sexual harassment that Amir refuses to prevent against Hassan. This book was also made into a movie.

SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET 

by HEINRICH HARRER

The memoir of the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer is famous for the travel film Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet. Harrer’s escape from a detention camp in India to Tibet is included in the adventure travel book. He spent a couple of years in Lhasa, and then became instructor and the 14th Dalai Lama’s  friend.

A WALK IN THE WOODS

by BILL BRYSON

From Georgia to Maine the Appalachian Trail encompasses one of America’s most spectacular areas, magnificent mountains, quiet forests, funky lakes. And Bill Bryson is definitely your most enjoyable and fascinating guide. He takes us to the past and ecology of the route, to the other hardy citizens he encounters along the way-and to a few bears. The book was adapted to a traveling film as well.

INDIA: A MILLION MUTINIES NOW

by V.S. NAIPAUL

It also is the last of Naipaul’s nofiction trilogy on India. The book blends great psychological depths with the pictorial look. Perhaps more than any book about India, this one gives readers a sense of place. The book takes them on a journey toward throwing away the ties of faith and caste.

INTO THE WILD

by JON KRAKAUER

This non-fiction book recounts the excellent story of a solo-adventure young man in Alaska. In 1992, he left his well-to-do family in the mountains north of Mt. McKinley, and hiked to Alaska. He gave charity savings of 25,000 dollars, left his car and most of his possessions, burned all cash in his wallet and built a new life for himself.

HOLY COW: AN INDIAN ADVENTURE

by SARAH MACDONALDS

A book on the Indian Nation trip. This is the story of Sarah McDonalds, a journalist from India who is left with a feeling of sun, pollution and deprivation. After eleven years, her destiny takes her back to her hometown and so begins her funny experience of her journey. She encounters yogis, swamis, Bollywood stars and men of all faiths. It is a woman’s trip on a survival mission. This is an adventure book in India, as the title itself tells us.

WALKING IN THE HIMALAYAS

by LEVISON WOOD

In 2015, Levison Wood, a volunteer traveler , strolled the Himalayas along Afghan soil road and across cities, skipped the main route and streets of five nations to Bhutan. The book he wrote on his arrival is strolling through the Himalayas. Wood meets at Kabul, as it is ‘better to escape the Terry Taliban feels they can bag an infidel,’ he meets a shaman, talking to the beheaded goat’s head, taking blood in the Karakoram range, fleeing from a car crash by a broken arm and leg, see Mount Everest in Kala Patthar, and in Nepal when he is just fed with his foot and colon.