One of the most essential things to bring on a trip is a great book. Any trip is guaranteed to have long waiting periods on an airplane, bus, or train. I find the best to bring is a shorter lightweight paperback.
This last year I’ve had the opportunity to read a couple great books that I found are perfect for travel. Each book was easy to read, and involved people traveling to discover more about themselves and the world.
Great Books for Traveling: In no particular order
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
Chris, otherwise know as Alex, ditches graduate school and the conventional life to become a tramp and search for the meaning of life across North America, which he discovers too late.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
After World War II a female writer begins a conversation with the literary society on the English island of Guernsey. She travels there to write their story of the German occupation and finally lives her own real-life story.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Miss
ion to Promote Peace… One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson
An American climber, Greg Mortenson, rescued by a small village in Pakistan promises to build a school. The one turns into fifty-five. An inspiring story of his sometimes dangerous adventures in the Middle East and the peace-making effect of educating youth.
Austenland, by Shannon Hale
After a series of failed relationships, a New York Graphic Designer, Jane heads to England to immerse herself in a Regency-era resort to conquer her Darcy issues.
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
To escape her harsh father and to learn the truth of her mother’s life, Lilly Owens, runs away, lead by a Black Madonna, to the home of three sisters, who give her a loving home while she discovers her mother’s history.
For this Thanksgiving epic journey I am taking along The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Which I can’t wait to start.
What great book are you looking forward to diving into this holiday season?
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An update on The Help by Kathryn Stockett: A novel about a young Ms. Skeeter and a book she writes with two black domestic servants about working in white Southern households in the early 1960s. While I enjoyed reading this book, I was very disappointed in the ending. What could have been a wonderful story about the fight for equal rights, I feel like ended with the Ms. Skeeter getting all the benefit, a job in NY with a publishing house, and and the domestic servants all the consequences, loss of their and their husbands jobs for participating in the book. While the book tries to end on a hopeful note I can’t get over the inequality and the lack of responsibility that Ms. Skeeter takes.
Into the Wild and The Secret Life of Bees are two of my favorite reads! Great picks!
Thanks for the recommendation for Into the Wild. I instantly loved it. Have you read any new books you have love lately?
Great suggestions! And such an awesome quote and really awesome graphic! Did you design that? Love it!