7 Books That Will Unleash Your Inner Travel Bug

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Need a little wanderlust in your life? Don’t we all. If you’re not sure where you’d like to travel — or you don’t have the money to travel and you want to live vicariously through someone else — it’s time to invest in a travel book or two. Here are 11 of the best books that we guarantee will make you want to take that big trip after all.

1. “What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir” — Kristin Newman 

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The Skinny: A memoir about a woman who, unlike her friends who have settled down and had children, finds herself in love with the world around her and in international relationships.

2. “The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel” — Milan Kundera

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The Skinny: Set in the Czech Republic in the 1960s, a young physician struggles with political unrest.

3. “On The Road” — Jack Kerouac

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The Skinny: A memoir documenting Kerouac’s many trips around the world with his friends after World War II.

4. “Daughter of Fortune” — Isabel Allende

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The Skinny: Set in California during the 1848 Gold Rush, the adopted child of an English brother and sister and her Chinese physician are drawn into a mysterious adventure to the west.

5. “Istanbul: Memories and the City” — Orhan Pamuk

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The Skinny: In this memoir, an Istanbul native paints himself and his city in multiple perspectives and through different lenses.

6. “As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning” — Laurie Lee

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The Skinny: Set in 1936, Laurie Lee reminisces on his young life in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and what lies ahead.

7. “The Scapegoat” — Daphne du Maurier

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The Skinny: After an Englishman and a French aristocrat meet by chance at a railway station, they decide to change places, and ultimately, change lives.