World Hum has a great post on the Travel Books We Loved in 2007. Surprisingly, I haven’t read any of them. Haven’t even heard of more than a few. [Just what I need, a longer wishlist 
]. I think the ones I’m most interested in reading are:
- Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers –Alane Salierno Mason, Dedi Felman and Samantha Schnee
- Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron (actually already on my wishlist)
- Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff by Rosemary Mahoney
No particular reason, they just sound interesting, especially the first. My choices don’t surprise me, I tend to read about the same cultures often.
There’s another post, also from World Hum on the best travel books of all time (from 2006). I feel slightly more accomplished with this list The ones I’ve read:
- “The Great Railway Bazaar” by Paul Theroux – good read, although I picked it up and put it down a few times. Very different look at a much changed world.
- “In A Sunburned Country” by Bill Bryson – and its cousin “Down Under” – I still remember where the title came from. I read it in 2002 when I first visited and fell in love with Australia.
- “The Songlines” by Bruce Chatwin – on Mt. TBR
- “Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck – read this this summer during my own travels – the book saw the highlights of my Europe trip and I loved the book
- “Road Fever” by Tim Cahill – on My. TBR
- “Baghdad Without a Map” by Tony Horwitz – on Mt. TBR
- “The Size of the World” by Jeff Greenwald – Mt. TBR – started this and put it down, need to pick it up again.
I still have a long ways to go, but I’m enjoying the comments about the list. What do you think? What should I read in 2008? I need a good book to start the year off with.
