In the last decade, these wanderlust-inducing travel books have taken us from Mumbai to Mexico City and everywhere in between.
British writer Geoff Dyer has made a career out of writing deft, enjoyable books on a diverse range of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction. Many read Dyer's 2004 essay collectionand were sold on his wonderful, humorous, smart prose. Even more so in the novel, another essay collection with a strong travel bent, Dyer takes us to Beijing, Tahiti, and the California desert, among other places.
Jacket design by Ervin Serrano; Jacket photograph courtesy of Raime Iacofano Courtesy of St. Martin's PressAuthor and blogger Matthew Kepnes is better known as Nomadic Matt. For the last decade or so, he's written and run one of the internet's most popular travel blogs, NomadicMatt.com, and has since parlayed his success into writing books and penning guides on his site.
Australian-born, New York City–dwelling writer Tony Perrottet is at his best when he's fusing offbeat history with his travel experiences. And here he does it best. Whether he's dredging up the lost"sex chair" of King Edward VII in Paris or he's talked his way into a-century pornography painted by Raphael, award-winning Perrottet offers readers a page-turning experience and great cocktail party conversation.
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