Travel Books That Will Give You Serious Wanderlust

If you are looking for some great travel books to get you ready for your next adventure, take a look at these curated by the Readsaga review team.

Love With a Chance of Drowning, by Torre DeRoche

Travel blogger Torre DeRoche writes this book, and while I usually don’t like “chick travel love stories,” I couldn’t put this one down. It’s a beautifully written book about overcoming her fear of the ocean to sail across the Pacific with her boyfriend. The way she describes the scenery, the people, and her experience makes me want to follow in her footsteps. It’s powerful, vivid, and moving. It’s the best travel book I’ve read all year.

The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah

Inspired by the Moroccan vacations of his childhood, Shah decides to buy a house in Casablanca. He moves his family from England to break out from London’s monotony and exposes his children to a more carefree childhood. I randomly picked this up in a bookstore and couldn’t put it down. Shah is an engaging writer, and I was glued to every word. While dealing with corruption, the local bureaucracy, thieves, gangsters, jinns causing havoc, and the hassle that seems to come with even the most simple interactions, Shah weaves a story that is simply one of the best I’ve read all year. It’s beautifully written and endlessly enthralling. You must buy this book!

The Lost City of Z, by David Grann

This book seeks to find out what happened to Percy Fawcett, who trekked through the Amazon jungle in search of the fabled lost city of Z. Blending history, biography, and travelogue, Grann intermingles information about Percy’s life and expeditions with the science behind the myth of Z and the possibility that there could have been vastly advanced civilizations in the Amazon. The book reminded me of Turn Right at Machu Picchu: a modern writer follows a fabled explorer through the jungle. I learned a lot about the region and history of the cultures that inhabited the land long before Westerners came stomping about killing people.

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