I had (and wanted) to do a lot of reading to study different kinds of travel writing for this thesis. If reading good travel writing is something you’re interested in, here is a list of the books I used for my thesis.
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
A Sense of Place by Michael Sharpio
The Best American Travel Writing 2014
The Best American Travel Writing 2015
The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011: True Stories from Around the World
The Cambridge Introduction to Travel Writing by Tim Youngs
Driving over Lemons: an Optimist in Spain by Chris Stewart
The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home by Pico Iyer
The Great Railway Bazaar: by Train through Asia by Paul Theroux
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Travels with Myself and Another by Martha Gellhorn
Travel Writing by Carl Thompson
For a list of my favorite travel blogs, check out the ones I follow on bloglovin.com!
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