Travel Books

[The Batlord]

I love me some travel books, especially those with some humor about the author's dubious ability to integrate into a foreign culture or that highlights how dealing with unfamiliarity can be hilarious. But really I just love nonfiction books that explore worlds I've never and will likely never explore in a way that bring them to life.

J. Maarten Troost got me into this genre with The Sex Lives of Cannibals and Getting Stoned with Savages and Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods cemented my realization that this was my bag of chips. Even the Eat portion of Eat, Pray, Love was fun even if Pray made me toss the book in the proverbial fireplace.

So what's good with travel books?