One of the greatest joys of traveling for this long is that we get to read a lot of books along the way. Below is a list of the books we’ve enjoyed so far, which we’ll continue to update. We’ve read a few stinkers that we haven’t included so as not to bring to our readers’ attention a lousy book! We’re also not including the travel guides that we use in every country. If you want a review of any of the books below, let us know.
Too Big to Fail – Andrew Ross Sorkin
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson
Cloudstreet: A Novel – Tim Winton
Crazy for the Storm – Norman Ollestad
Eventide – Kent Haruf
The Informers – Juan Gabriel Vasquez
The Glass Castle: A Memoir – Jeannette Walls
Half Broke Horses – Jeannette Walls
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon – David Grann
*Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
The Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played With Fire; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
*Super Sad True Love Story – Gary Shteyngart
*The Passage – Justin Cronin
True History the Kelly Gang: A Novel – Peter Carey
Little Bee – Chris Cleave
The Jungle Effect – Daphne Miller
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathon Swift
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Savages – Don Winslow
*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
*Faithful Places – Tana Frenche
* = These are the books that we would unequivocally recommend as a truly fantastic read.
Jessica
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