non-fiction books by women that inspire travel and adventure
Discover inspiring non-fiction books by women that fuel wanderlust and adventure. Explore captivating travel memoirs and true stories that will ignite your passion for exploration and the great outdoors.
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Dear Exile
by Hilary Liftin
A funny and moving story told through the letters of two women nurturing a friendship as they are separated by distance, experience, and time. Close …
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Tales of a Female Nomad
by Rita Golden Gelman
The true story of an ordinary woman living an extraordinary existence all over the world. “Gelman doesn’t just observe the cultures she visits, she participates …
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Four Corners
by Kira Salak
At age 20 Salak set off to become the first European women to traverse the South Pacific Island. In present-tense, journal-style only without any dates, …
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No Touch Monkey!
by Ayun Halliday
From taming the wild dog packs of Bali to requiring the services of a bonesetter in Sumatra, Ayun Halliday offers up the best of her …
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Holy Cow
by Sarah Macdonald
In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport …
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth
by Jamie Zeppa
A woman who lived for three years in Bhutan chronicles her extraordinary experiences in this Buddhist kingdom on the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. Reprint.
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Desert Places
by Robyn Davidson
The author tells of her experiences traveling through a year's migratory cycle with the Rabari nomads of northwest India in 1992.
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Tracks
by Robyn Davidson
The author recounts her almost two-thousand mile journey across Australia with nothing but a dog and some camels for company.
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Somebody's Heart Is Burning
by Tanya Shaffer
At the heart of her tale are the profound, complex, often challenging relationships she forms with those she meets along the way.".
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Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals
by Wendy Dale
From salsa dancing in a rum-induced haze and struggling to exercise in Colombia (“the guerillas were using the track again today”), to crossing international borders …