Travel books to read

One of the best ways to learn about a destination is to read someone else’s account of it. These non-fiction books will inspire wanderlust all over the globe.

In this post we asked bloggers for their recommendations for their favourite non-fiction travel books and this post is full of inspiring destinations, memoirs and books about travel and self-discovery. Here are the 25 best travel memoirs and non-fiction travel books to inspire wanderlust.

How Not to Travel the World: Adventures of a Disaster-Prone Backpacker by Lauren Juliffe

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How not to travel the world is a travel memoir by well-known travel blogger Lauren Juliffe who set off on a yearlong adventure to see the world with zero experience and common sense.

Lauren elaborates on stories from her blog Never Ending Footsteps and tells stories about how she navigates her way through Europe before meeting a guy online and on a whim de