Travel Books: Indie Travel Writing & Classics

Travel writing thrives on a distinctive voice, and independent travel writers have plenty: solo journeys, slow travel, long walks and life abroad. Read them here alongside historic travelers' accounts, free in our classics library.

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Life on the Mississippi/books/Life-on-the-Mississippi-Mark-Twain by Mark Twain The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 1/books/The-Travels-of-Marco-Polo-Volume-1-Marco-Polo by Marco Polo The Cruise of the Nona/books/The-cruise-of-the-Nona-Hilaire-Belloc by Hilaire Belloc See the full collection: Travel & exploration classics/classics/travel-exploration Write travel books?

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What's a good classic travel book?

Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, or the comic Three Men in a Boat.

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12 books to start with

The Time Machine

Life on the Mississippi

Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World

Set in Silver

My Friend the Chauffeur

The Silent Barrier

Washington Confidential

The mystery of the Blue Train

Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Below The Grid

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