Travel broadens the mind, so they say, but sometimes a good piece of travel writing can be just as effective. So if you're homeward bound for the next few months, but itching to jet off somewhere exotic, explore the world from your armchair with our pick of the best books for travel junkies.
Words: Stacey Siebritz
Main picture credit: Rex Features
Beginning with the beguiling: “I slept with my French husband halfway through our first date”, these enchanting memoirs (and recipes) trace a woman’s growing affection for both French food and her French lover.
When Danny decides to say 'yes' more, he never dreams where the journey will take him. From Australia to Amsterdam, Barcelona to Singapore, this brilliantly funny book shows just how far a 'yes' can go.
This vivid Thailand tale of one man’s search for paradise may have been a critique of backpacker culture, but it continues to inspire countless travellers to search for their own perfect beach.
With its wild dogs and diplomats, bull sharks and beer shortages, this laugh-out-loud account of life in the South Pacific will resonate with anyone whose ever fantasized about a tropical island paradise.
Durrell’s memoirs of a childhood stay with his eccentric family in 1930s Corfu are enchanting. Sun-soaked and sentimental, this book glows with gentle humour and genuine affection for bird, beast and relative.
Warning: this honest and humorous account of a writer’s search for happiness across Italy, India and Indonesia may induce severe wanderlust, as well as an irresistible craving for pizza.
Weiner’s exploration of the happiest (and unhappiest) nations on earth is a fascinating look into the relationship between culture and contentment. It may even tempt you to book a one-way ticket to somewhere new.
This is the classic American road-trip story – a semi-autobiographical tale of a restless and breathless search for pleasure and adventure, in which the journey is far more important than the destination.
This diary of a young Che Guevara is not that of a political revolutionary – rather, it is a lively account of two adventurous best friends, one temperamental motorcycle and an epic journey across South America.
What begins simply as running research becomes an epic journey into Mexico’s copper canyons, to find the Tarahumara, an ancient tribe of ultra athletes, and the legendary runner Caballo Blanco, the ‘White Horse’. Inspiring.
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