Humor:

The Road To McCarthy: Around The World In Search Of Ireland,
Pete McCarthy 909.049162 MCC
British television personality McCarthy takes the reader on a humourous and delightful tour of the world as he searches for the fate of McCarthys gone before him.

Sand In My Bra And Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write From The Road,
Jennifer L. Leo, ed. 910.4082 SAN
Editor Leo has collected 28 hilarious travel stories submitted, accomplished comediennes.

Travels With A Primate: Around The World With An Archbishop, Terry Waite 910.4 WAI
Waite relates with humor his travels with Archbishop of Canterbury Robert A. K. Runcie.

Family Travels:

Three Weeks With My Brother, Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks 813.54 SPA
Bestselling author Sparks convinces older brother Micah to join him in a three-week trip across the globe.

Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, And A Journey To The End Of The Earth,
Daniel Glick 306.8742 GLI
Journalist Glick chronicles his six-month trip around the world with his 13-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter, a journey he takes up when he finds himself unexpectedly divorced.

The Road To Somewhere: Travels With A Young Boy Through An Old World,
James Dodson 910.4 DOD
The touching story of father and son out to explore the world, as former journalist Dodson takes his 10-year-old son on a trip to Greece, England, and Europe.

I’ll Be Damned If I’ll Die In Oakland: A Sort Of Travel Memoir, Al Martinez 910.4 MAR
Delightful Los Angeles Times columnist Martinez not only takes his wife and children, but eventually his grandchildren, on exciting global trips, which he shares here.

12,000 Miles In The Nick Of Time: A Family Tale, Mark Jacobson 910.41 JAC
Jacobson takes his wife and three children on a three-month trip throughout the world.

From Famous Travel Writers:

Sun After Dark: Flights Into The Foreign, Pico Iyer 910.4 IYE
The latest offering, accomplished travel author Iyer is a collection of essays and commentaries about traveling into different cultures and on being a “foreigner.”

The World: Travels 1950-2000, Jan Morris 909.825 MOR
Morris, formerly James, is an accomplished and admired travel journalist. In this collection of essays, she reflects on the world as she saw it over a fifty year span.

An American Traveler: True Tales Of Adventure, Travel, And Sport,
Randy Wayne White 910.4 WHI
A collection of White’s essays from Outside magazine’s “Out There” column.

A Way To See The World: From Texas To Transylvania With A Maverick Traveler,
Thomas Swick 910.4 SWI
Travel editor Swick saves the exotic places for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and here relates instead his travels to places he just has a hankering to see.

A House Somewhere: Tales Of A Life Abroad, Don George and Anthony Sattin, ed. 910.4 HOU
In this collection, various world travel writers share their experiences into the exotic.

The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, And The Search For Home, Pico Iyer 910.4 IYE
Not your typical travelogue, this is a reflection on common places, with a philosophical and spiritual bent.

Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings, 1985-2000, Paul Theroux 818.54 THE
Theroux’s observatons of the world, over a 15-year span.

Women’s Adventures:

No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late, Ayun Halliday 910.4 HAL
Off-beat does not quite accurately describe Halliday’s travel memoirs.

Stories Of World Travel / Wild Writing Women, Lisa Alpine, et. al. 910.202 STO
Professional San Francisco area writers, all women, share their travel experiences.

Expat: Women’s True Tales Of Life Abroad, Christina Henry de Tessan, ed. 910.202 EXP
Twenty-two down to earth tales of American women living abroad.

No Place For A Lady: Tales Of Adventurous Women Travelers, by Barbara Hodgson 910.4 HOD
The title of this fascinating book tells it all, except that the book also boasts wonderful illustrations.

Tales Of A Female Nomad: Living At Large In The World, Rita Golden Gelman 910.4 GEL
Gelman’s enthusiastic foray into the foreign is absorbing, unique, and original.

Living With Cannibals and Other Women’s Adventures, Michele Slung 910.202 SLU
From the National Geographic Society’s library, true accounts of the adventures of pioneering women.

Seafaring Adventures:

Searching For Paradise: A Journey Among The Last Real Islands,
Thurston Clarke 910.9142 CLA
Clarke takes us on an unforgettable “grand tour of the world’s unspoiled islands.”

8 Men And A Duck: An Improbable Voyage, Reed Boat To Easter Island,
Nick Thorpe 919.618 THO
Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl, travelers decide to build and sail a reed boat to Easter Island. By chance, Thorpe happens to go along, and shares the adventure.

Sailing Alone Around The World, and, The Voyage Of The Liberdade,
Joshua Slocum 910.41 SLO
The National Geographic Society reprinted these classics that were originally published in 1900 and 1890, respectively.

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before,
Tony Horwitz 910.92 HOR
Horwitz works as a sailor on a replica of Captain Cook’s ship, on a voyage that retraces Cook’s adventures.

The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition,
Tim Zimmermann 797.14 ZIM
Another account of extreme sports, as told by Outside and Sports Illustrated writer Zimmermann.

Lionheart: A Journey Of The Human Spirit, Jesse Martin 910.41092 MAR
17-year-old Martin sailed solo and unassisted for 10 months, on yacht called Lionheart.

Extreme Adventures:

Lonely Planet – On The Edge: Adventurous Escapades From Around The World,
Cecil Kuhne, ed. 910.202 LON
The “extreme adventure” pieces in this collection were previously published and may make you want to explore the original books, by such authors as Ted Conover, Buzz Aldrin, and Pico Iyer.

The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition,
Tim Zimmermann 797.14 ZIM
Another account of extreme sports, as told by Outside and Sports Illustrated writer Zimmermann.

Lionheart: A Journey Of The Human Spirit, Jesse Martin 910.41092 MAR
17-year-old Martin sailed solo and unassisted for 10 months, on yacht called Lionheart.

Travels Redux:

In Ruins, Christopher Woodward 930.1 WOO
British historian and art museum director Woodward takes obvious delight in sharing these remarkable essays about ruins.

Round The World Again In 80 Days, Jean Cocteau 910.4 COC
Cocteau follows in the footsteps of Verne’s Phileas Fogg.

Around The World With Mark Twain, Robert Cooper 813.4 TWA
Cooper retraces Twain’s year-long 1895 speaking tour 100 years later.

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before,
Tony Horwitz 910.92 HOR
Horwitz works as a sailor on a replica of Captain Cook’s ship, on a voyage that retraces Cook’s adventures.

Travels With Unusual Agendas:

Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Investor’s Road Trip, Jim Rogers 910.41 ROG
Financier and author Rogers takes to the road in a custom built Mercedes.

Take Me With You: A Round-The-World Journey To Invite A Stranger Home
by Brad Newsham 910.41 NEW
Newsham relates his journey to find someone from a distant land to bring home for a month, in fulfillment of a dream.

Other Travel Narratives You Might Enjoy:

Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across The Desert, William Langewiesche 916.604 LAN

Seven Years In Tibet, Heinrich Harrer 915.15 HAR

Two Years Before The Mast, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. 910.45 DAN

A Cosmopolite’s Journey: Episodes From A Life, Harry Brewster 910.4 BRE

My Old Man And The Sea: A Father And Son Sail Around Cape Horn,
David Hays and Daniel Hays 910.45 HAY

Maiden Voyages: Writings Of Women Travelers, Mary Morris, ed. 910.4 MAI

The Way Of The World, Nicolas Bouvier 910.4 BOU

Pole To Pole With Michael Palin, Michael Palin 910.4 PAL

To The Ends Of The Earth: The Selected Travels Of Paul Theroux, Paul Theroux 910.4 THE

When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time To Go Home, Erma Bombeck 818.54 BOM

Bad Trips, Keath Fraser. ed. 910.4 BAD

Sea Change: The Summer Voyage From East To West Scotland Of The Anassa,
Mairi Hedderwick 914.11 HED

Sea Change: Alone Across The Atlantic In A Wooden Boat, Peter Nichols 910.91631 NIC

Exit into History: A Journey Through The New Eastern Europe, by Eva Hoffman 914.30004 HOF

France Without Reservations: an Impromptu Travel Guide, by Maurice K. Thompson 914.404

Miles Away: A Walk Across France, Miles Morland 914.4904 MOR

Spain, Lucy McCauley, ed. 914.6 SPA

Open Lands: Travels Through Russia’s Once Forbidden Places, Mark Taplin 914.704 TAP

A Fez of the Heart: Travels Around Turkey In Search Of A Hat, Jeremy Seal 915.61 SEA

Digging to China: Down And Out In The Middle Kingdom, J.D. Brown 915.045 BRO

Journey Across Tibet, Sorrel Wilby 915.15 WIL

Turning Japanese: Memoirs Of A Sansei, David Mura 915.20448 MUR

Native Stranger: A Black American’s Journey Into The Heart Of Africa,
Eddy L. Harris 916.0432 HAR