The 4 best travel books (wanderlust guaranteed)

Not all who wander are lost

J.R.R Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship

What if some of us want to get lost to find our ways? Sometimes travel is the best thing when it comes to exploring and finding the lost voice within us. Bringing out the hidden explorer in you will give you the rare opportunity to connect with the world and see it from a different perspective.

What if some of us want to get lost and find our ways? Sometimes traveling is the best thing you can do. Maybe all the exhaustion of long flights and miles of walking down roads you've never explored before is why you start to lose your way to actually find it.

The best travel books that will awaken wanderlust in you

The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton

If the purpose of art is to expand your worldview and help you experience the world, then travel is undoubtedly an art, as Alain de Botton says.

With his book, he reminds all travelers of the purpose of travel and why we should focus on why we should travel instead of where we should travel. Doesn't that sound like what we all need? As mass tourism takes over the world, people tend to neglect the true purpose of travel. This book invites you to change that and aims to expand your horizons.

Travel agents would be smarter to ask us what we hope to change about our lives, rather than simply where we want to go.

Alain de Botton

On the road by Jack Kerouac

If you want to feel the true spirit of the Beat Generation, you must read this book! Kerouac's words will make you wonder and inspire you to plan that road trip you've been putting off. Definitely one of the best travel books for us!

I just won't sleep," I decided. There were so many other interesting things to do.

On the road, Jack Kerouac

Bazaar on rails: A journey around the world by Paul Theroux

Do you love to travel by train? Then this travel book is a must-read for you. It is a modern classic of travel literature, in which Theroux describes his odyssey by train from Britain across Asia. Theroux's epic journey is all about the railways of the countries he visits on his grand continental tour. With this travel book, you have the chance to create a new perspective on the act of travel itself.

In one go, anything is possible: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, intrigue, a good night's sleep, and monologues from strangers crafted like Russian short stories.

Paul Theroux

A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe by Faith Conlon

Solo travel has long been associated with the image of solo male travellers taking their backpacks, hitchhiking and travelling from one place to another to discover what new countries have to offer them. But there are some female solo travelers who can and will change that stereotype.

A Woman Alone is a compilation of travel stories written by women traveling alone. If you want to be inspired by these brave women, you must read this travel book.

"Traveling alone, invisible as a ghost, was also a method of self-discovery. What was I actually doing when no one was watching me?"

A Women Alone

TripLegend offers the perfect Travel for all those who want to get the taste of traveling alone and meet cool and like-minded people on their trip. Don't forget to take your favorite travel book with you for wanderlust even during your trip!

We hope you enjoyed our selection of the best travel books and that we were able to inspire you to read a new travel book!