Every year, the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards highlight the very best of recently published place writing, and select their 'travel book of the year.' We asked judgeTom Parfitt, the author and former foreign correspondent, to talk us through the six travel books that made the 2025 sh...
Botton delves into every aspect of travel, from the journey to the destination to the return home. His sophisticated prose and vivid imagery sucks you in as he examines the mundane, the beautiful, and the wondrous. It’s one of the most thought-provoking travel books I’ve read. Buy on ...
Support Five Books Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us bydonating a small amount. I love the conceit that time travel has been invented, but the only people who care about it are historians. It kind of reminds me of a time...
Like the author did in real life, the main character escapes from an Australian prison and flees to Bombay, hoping to hide among the multitude. The book details his struggles to find a balance between normal life and his dangerous dealings with the mafia. By turns gruesome and sensitive, Sha...
In this book, the author Rachel Friedman tells her story which started with a simple impulse followed by the action and very little thought to buy a ticket to Ireland where she meets an adventurous Australian girl who inspires her to travel to Australia and South America. ...
Conclusion | Best Beijing Travel Guide Book As you can see, there are a number of excellent Beijing travel guide books that will help you prepare for your trip. Not all of them are updated regularly, they don’t all have ebook versions, and they’re not all suited for the same kind of...
“Get to know the (fictional) underbelly of India in depth through the eyes of an illegal Australian immigrant.”– Alison A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth “A historical novel about an Indian family’s efforts to find a ‘suitable’ groom for the daughter in post-Independence, post-Partition era...
Best Lifestyle & Travel books 1.Vagabondingby Rolf Potts Check Price on Amazon Takeaways: Embracing long-term travel: Potts encourages readers to embrace the art of long-term world travel, emphasizing the value of immersing oneself in different cultures and experiences beyond traditional vacation tim...
The best way I know how to spark my wanderlust is to get inspiration from great travel books. My favorite travel books cover everything from a life changing experience to overcoming adversity. They make me laugh out loud and inspire me to explore the world. These books don’t focus on one...
Rachel Friedman has always been the consummate good girl who plays it safe, so she surprises no one more than herself when, on a whim she buys a ticket to Ireland, a place she has never visited. There she forms an unlikely bond with a free-spirited Australian girl who spurs Rachel on ...