Top Ten Books Featuring Travel

Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

Um, I don't know if the girls at The Broke and the Bookish are stalking me, or something, but today, June 4, 2013, I will LITERALLY be on a PLANE flying home from BEA. So. Talk about timely.

(Okay, obviously they're not stalking me. Obviously they're thinking about all the hundreds of people who flew/are flying home from BEA. But still. SPOOKY.)

While putting this list together, I realized I don't actually read that many travel-related books, even though I love them and travel in general (I've been to 30 countries, 5 continents, and 17 states). Obviously I need to read some more. Reading about travel, especially over the summer, is the best way to take a stay-cation-- aka going on a trip without having to leave your bedroom!

 
 
 
 

1. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith (my review)
Please let this happen to me on the plane today. PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN.

2. Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill
My review of this is going up very soon, but basically I thought it was ALL kinds of adorable.

3. Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Another review that's coming up. Suffice it to say, Gayle Forman never misses in the awesome department.

4. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (my review)
Yeah, this is probably the millionth time I've raved about Etienne St. Clair the merits of this book, but OH MY GOD does reading it make me want to go to Paris, like, yesterday.

5. Wanderlove by Kristen Hubbard
Globe-trotting done GLORIOUSLY well. Gosh, I love this book.

6. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
I LOVE road trips. I've always wanted to go on a proper one and fall in love, which is what I assume happens on all road trips.

7. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Ginny manages to go to like five European countries, and she does them all awesomely.

8. Decked with Holly by Marni Bates (my review)
The cutest, fluffiest, funniest cruise-ship read ever. Reality, it has no place here, but from what I've gathered, reality is highly overrated.

9. Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson (my review)
Norway seems like an awesome place to spend the summer, especially if you turn out to be a mythical Norse being of old (though I would make a crappy Valkyrie. Unless they need a token short, awkward Valkyrie? To guard the horses, or something? CALL ME, VALKYRIES!)

10. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
WHERE IS MY KOSTOS???

MG Bonus: Bloomability by Sharon Creech
This book, about a young American girl who goes to school in the Swiss Alps, was one of my childhood favorites (Guthrie!).

Classic Bonus: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
I don't know about you, but I feel like this is what Florence should always be like:




 


Yesssss.