For National Geographic, I covered my favorite (recently published) travel-inspiring books.
Richard Power’s “Playground” was the most extraordinary book I read in 2024 (I read it while scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef where I finally saw my first massive manta ray like the one on the cover). The New Tourist by Paige McClanahan should be required reading for anyone who considers themselves a “traveler.” All these books will reawaken your sense of wonder to find awe around the world—or at home—where we need it most these days.
Here are the travel-inspiring books I feature in my @natgeo article (link in bio):
📕 “Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging” by @tararoberts_explorer (The first Black female National Geographic Explorer to grace the cover of the magazine.)
📕”Playground” by Richard Powers
📕”The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel” by @paigemcclanahan
📕 “The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World” by Elizabeth Rush
📕 “Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert” by @markonthemap
📕 “Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive” by @eliot.stein
📕 “50 True Tales from Our Great National Parks” by @stephanieapearson
📕 “100 Nights of a Lifetime: The World’s Ultimate Adventures After Dark” by @bystephanievermillion
📕”Finding Your Feet: The How-To Guide to Hiking and Adventuring” by @rhianesworld
📕”Here Not There: 100 Unexpected Travel Destinations” by @andrewtyrrellnelson
📕 “Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World” by Craig Foster (@myoctopusteacher filmmaker)
📕 “Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders” by Joshua Foer and Cara Giaimo @atlasobscura
📕 “Taiwan Travelogue” by Yang Shuang-zi
What books (travel-inspiring or otherwise) are you all reading right now?
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a month agoprospect.cleaning
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a year agogoeverfar
ooh will have to check out some of these reads 😍 As a small business owner myself, I appreciate your suggestion to buy books from independent bookstores rather than Amazon.
2 years agopiersgreatperhaps
I loooove your list! So many overlaps, and others to add to my Goodreads 😍😍
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