A journey doesn’t have to cost anything. Just pick up a book and follow along. Though, these may have you ready to book your next trip.
Wild
by Cheryl Strayed
No matter the reason for your journey—author Cheryl Strayed’s was to confront addiction, divorce and death—Mother Nature’s resort is a comforting and therapeutic trip anyone can take to find themselves again.
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
A sheepherder believes he can find a better life if he sets out beyond his small village. Traveling, meeting new people and learning new cultures and crafts, protagonist Santiago comes to find that what we truly want is sometimes right in front of us, but we will only know it if we explore the surrounding world.
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
Set in the 1920s, Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley journey across the world with a group of expatriates to explore life from Paris to Spain and cafes to bullfighting while the Lost Generation finds renewal.
No Reservations
by Anthony Bourdain
Take a trip across the world with Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain in a journey of not only food but the culture and people who bring a spice to life.
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
In a quest to live like authors Jack London and John Muir, Christopher McCandless graduated college, donated all his savings to charity, abandoned his possessions and set out into the wilderness. Though his tale did not end well—his body found four months later—we’ve all at one point wanted to throw it all away and start a new life.
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Cross-country road trips are for entertainment or a quest for meaning in life. In Jack Kerouac’s it is both.
A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson
Revel in a tale that is close to home as Bill Bryson and his college friend take to America’s great Appalachian Trail as they intend to walk to entire 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine. The middle-aged men’s journey is a touching, funny memoir that proves it is the company you keep that makes the journey.
The New York Times 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada
Edited by Barbara Ireland
To journey you don’t have to go far, and The New York Times brings you bountiful cities and towns in North America that showcase the culture and natural beauty of the continent. Broken into geographical areas, 150 weekend trips are all planned out for you.
Travels with Charley
by John Steinbeck
The great American author wrote numerous tomes based in the land of America, but later in life, he decided to embark across the land he had written about for so long. He set out with his companion Charley, a French poodle, and took in the characters of the country, the hostilities and loneliness among them and the understanding of strangers as friends.
