The best travel books of 2021
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Epic Train Journeys
By Monisha Rajesh
Mixing the spectacular with a good selection of the niche and little-known, the 40 journeys is this well-presented photobook take you from the Andean Explorer in Peru through to The Ghan in Australia.
Tales from the Tillerman
By Steve Haywood
With the pandemic sending a surge of traffic to Britain’s 4,828km of canals, it’s a good time to reap the benefits of Steve Haywood’s 50 years of exploring the UK’s waterways. A warm, nostalgic celebration of a lifestyle, an island and its often eccentric inhabitants.
Journeys to Impossible Places
By Simon Reeve
Picking up where Step-by-Step left off, Journeys takes us behind the scenes of Reeve’s career in adventurous travel and acclaimed TV, and the lessons he learned along the way. But while his job sends him across the planet, from the Galápagos to Madagascar and taking in some of its most dangerous spots in between, Reeve discovers that the most impossible places are often much closer to home.
The Amur River
By Colin Thubron
One of the grandees of travel writing, Thubron enters his 9th decade by following the ‘almost impassable’ 4,500km Amur river along the Mongolia-China-Russia borders, encountering mistrust, resentment, tension and baffled, thuggish authorities. He also meets the locals, their cultures under threat from the political weight bearing down on them. It’s a powerful, relevant tale worthy of his very best work.
Black Girls Take World
by Georgina Lawton
What’s it like to travel the world solo as a Black woman? As well as travel tips on practical matters such as eating alone, this book addresses the issue of passport privilege. It also features interviews with the plus-size Instagrammer Annette Richmond from Fat Girls Traveling; Rhiane Fatinikun, who founded the Black Girls Hike group, and Jessica Nabongo, the first Black woman to travel to every country in the world.
Winter Pasture
by Li Juan
What inspired Li Juan to join Kazakh herders on their annual migration from Ulungur River to the Heavenly Mountains? Even she’s not sure once the sub-zero weather kicks in. However, her warm yet scalpel-sharp observations depict a fading lifestyle, a growing generation gap and vast, rugged landscapes. Read More…
