Spanning the Globe: Armchair Travel

Armchair travel tales to help you circle the globe or stay right in your own backyard

Africa

The Last Blank Spaces: Exploring Africa and Australia 
Dane Kennedy
910.941 KEN

Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff
Rosemary Mahoney
916.2 MAH

The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
Paul Theroux
916.8 THE

The Black Nile: One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World’s Longest River
Dan Morrison
962.055 MOR

Antarctica/Arctic

The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing  
919.89 LAN

Berserk: My Voyage to Antarctica in a Twenty-seven-Foot Sailboat   
David Mercy 
919.89 MER

Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica
Tom Griffiths
919.89 GRI

Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent
Gabrielle Walker
919.89 WAL

China

The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret Place

Hong Konged: One Modern Family’s (Mis)Adventures in the Gateway to China
Paul Hanstedt
915.1 HAN

Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man’s Attempt to Understand the World’s Most Mystifying Nation, or, How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
J. Maarten Troost
915.1 TRO

River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
Peter Hessler
915.138 HES

Shadow of the Silk Road  
Colin Thubron   
915.8 THU

Europe

On the Road to Babadag: Travels in the Other Europe

Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon    
Michael O’Brien  
940.27 OBR

In Europe: Travels Through the 20th Century
Geert Mak
940.5 MAK

Great Britain

True Brits: A Tour of Great Britain in All Its Bog-Snorkelling, Shin-Kicking, and Cheese-Rolling Glory

Whisky, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster: Traveling Through Scotland with Boswell and Johnson
William W. Starr
914.11 STA

On an Irish Island
Robert Kanigel
941.96 KAN

I Never Knew That About London
Christopher Winn
942.1 WIN

Italy

Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World 
Anthony Doerr  
813.54 DOE

Incontinent on the Continent: My Mother, Her Walker, and Our Grand Tour of Italy
Jane Christmas
914.5 CHR

The Last Summer: A Summer in Italy
Rachel Cusk
945 CUS

The Other Side of the Tiber: Reflections on Time in Italy
Wallis Wilde-Menozzi
945 WIL

Japan

Wrong About Japan: A Father’s Journey With His Son

Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei   
David Mura   
915.20448 MUR

Tokyo on Foot: Travels in the City’s Most Colorful Neighborhoods
Florent Chavouet
915.2135 CHA

Mexico/Central and South America

Mexican Days: Journeys into the Heart of Mexico
Tony Cohan
917.2 COH

Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin’s South America
Eric Simons
918 SIM

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
David Grann 
918.11 GRA

First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century
David Lida
972.53084 LID

The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal
Julie Greene
972.875 GRE

Middle East

Magic Bus: On the Hippie Trail from Istanbul to India

Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran
Jason Elliot  
915.5 ELL

Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah’s Beard: A Journey Through the Inside-Out Worlds of Iran and Afghanistan
Nicholas Jubber
915.5 JUB

Saved by Beauty: Adventures of an American Romantic in Iran
Roger Housden
955 HOU

Walking Israel: A Personal Search for the Soul of a Nation
Martin Fletcher
956.94054 FLE

Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut
Salma Abdelnour
956.925 ABD

South Seas

Among the Islands

Sailing by Starlight: In Search of Treasure Island: A Conjecture
Alex Capus   
910.45 CAP

Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
J. Maarten Troost
919.595 TRO

The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
J. Maarten Troost
919.681 TRO

Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island
Peter Rudiak-Gould  
919.683 RUD

Russia

Strange Telescopes: Following the Apocalypse from Moscow to Siberia

Lost Cosmonaut: Observations of an Anti-Tourist
Daniel Kalder
914.74 KAL

Molotov’s Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History
Rachel Polonosky
947 POL

Travels in Siberia
Ian Frazier
957 FRA

United States

Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-be Hero’s American Odyssey

Driving Home: An American Journey
Jonathan Raban
917.3 RAB

Romancing the Road: A Driving Diva’s Firsthand Guide, Vol. II, West of the Mississippi
Gerry Davis
917.8 DAV

Adventures in Yellowstone: Early Travelers Tell Their Tales
Compiled by M. Mark Miller   
917.8752 ADV

The Last Empty Places: A Past and Present Journey Through the Blank Spots on the American Map
Peter Stark   
973 STA

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