Reading Adventures
Books are a wonderful way to enhance your travel. Audiobooks help pass the time while driving, while “real” books can keep you company while you drink your morning coffee, lounge by your campfire, or hunker down during a storm. They can be pure entertainment or teach you more about the history and people you will encounter. Browse below to find your next best read.
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General Book Lists
The 12 Best Feel-Good Books That Warmed My Heart Last Year
I read more than 200 books in the past year and these 12 stood out as the best feel-good books. They left my heart warmed and my soul revived. Sometimes there are days in your life when you want to read a book, not because it’s a literary wonder, but because it leaves you with…
23 Epic Outdoor Adventure Books Really Loved by Women
A comprehensive list of outdoor adventure books written by women for women. Non-fiction and fiction options across genres.
12 Outstanding Books That Will Make You Feel Like a World Traveler
Reading the world, one book at a time. Join the challenge, Part 1 I can’t take it anymore! Even though I’m a dedicated introvert, this home lockdown is leaving me pacing around like a caged wolf. I know it’s for the greater good, and my personal safety, but my wanderlust is calling to me. It…
State Book Lists
Watch this location – I’m in the process of curating book lists for every US state (and I’ll also be adding all the Canadian provinces). For the past 4 years, I’ve read at least one book from every state – it’s a fantastic way to learn about the places you’re traveling to.
Books Set in California – Make the Most of Your Road Trip
The only reading list you need to find the best books set in California. Perfect for your road trip, including multiple genres & audio picks.
Books Set in California – Make the Most of Your Road Trip
The only reading list you need to find the best books set in California. Perfect for your road trip, including multiple genres & audio picks.
Make It Your Best Trip: Bring Along One Of These Exceptional Arizona Books
Will you be traveling to Arizona this winter? If so, pick up one or more of these reader-approved Arizona-set books and fully immerse yourself in what it means to be an Arizonan. Vast numbers of people head their vans and RV’s to Arizona for winter meet-ups and extended stays out of range of the blizzards,…
10 Terrific Set-in-Wyoming Books Sure to Make Your Road Trip Better
Inside: Wyoming is a vast state, and these books will surely bring its wilderness wonders, culture, and history to life. Perhaps, like me, your road trip plan will be inspired by a great read. There is no better accompaniment to a road trip than an engrossing audiobook. And print books are equally enjoyable when you’re…
Individual Book Reviews
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
This riotous, fast-paced, deeply human novel is set in the housing projects in south Brooklyn. This is NOT A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Not by a mile. But it IS Brooklyn, in all its complex dysfunction. James McBride hit it out of the ballpark with his newest novel. I predict this book will get shortlisted…
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley – Book Review
The Autobiography of Malcolm X has been on my To-Read list for years, but I finally picked it up and read it. I am so glad I did. My main thought as I finished it was that the world lost a brilliant man too soon. I wonder at Malcolm’s potential accomplishments and legacy if he…
Epic Time Travel Novel – Best I Have Read in Years
Book review: 11.22.63 by Stephen King. One of the best time travel books, fiction Hard to believe, I know, but I have never read a novel by Stephen King. While I read a lot of books every year (200 in 2019), across most genres, I avoid horror. I can take a gruesome murder mystery, but…