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We get it, especially during these times of self-quarantine when actual travel isn’t happening.</p></div><div><div data-preamp="serena-chatbot"></div></div><div><p>Thankfully, some of the best journeys can be taken right on the page. These new travel memoirs will fuel your literary wanderlust… but be warned, they’re inspiring and might just motivate you to start planning your next trip <em>off</em> the page once travel bans are lifted. </p></div><div><p>Regardless of whether you’re a full-time homebody or you have more stamps in your passport than Rick Steves, you’ll enjoy these recent releases.</p></div><div class="css-20w1gi"><aside class="css-0 css-0" data-testid="sticky-inline-ad" data-sticky="false"><div><div data-empty="true" class="css-1sq15os"><div class="css-1hjaa0k"><span class="css-zya54r"></span></div><div id="inline2__slot" data-adbridg-ad-class="inline2__slot" data-ad="true" class="css-1t05dkn"></div></div></div></aside></div></div><div data-testid="tabbed-article-section" class="css-1avyp1d"><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><h2><div><a class="chartbeat-section" name="New-releases">New releases</a></div></h2><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><div><div><figure 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href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatist.com%2Fdiscover%2F2020-best-travel-memoirs&media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.post.rvohealth.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2020%2F05%2F1296x728_Book2.jpg&description=12%20Best%20Travel%20Memoirs%20to%20Read" title="Share on Pinterest" data-pin-custom="true" data-share-url="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book2.jpg"><span class="css-z1zfa">Share on Pinterest</span></a></hl-share-overlay></span></figure></div></div><div><p><em><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><a class="content-link content-link css-2ab2k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow sponsored nofollow" data-event="In-Content Affiliate Link|null|clicked" href="https://amzn.to/2Zup4pq?ascsubtag=null&correlationId=null" data-element-id="455df72a-ce20-45ed-8584-dfbeff3d408f" data-sponsors="amzn.to" data-sponsor-index="3" tagularDetails="[object Object]"><strong>Amazon Woman: Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and a Quest to Kayak the World’s Largest River from Source to Sea</strong></a></em> by Darcy Gaechter </p></div><div><p>The most life-changing and inspiring journeys often seem to be the solo kind. In this part memoir, part feminist manifesto, the author chronicles her harrowing 148-day journey to kayak the entire Amazon River. She was the first female ever to do so, and this story is filled with courage and strength in the face of many challenges, including 25 straight days of raging Class Five whitewater, “illegal loggers, narco-traffickers, murderous Shining Path rebels, and ruthless poachers in the black market trade in endangered species.” </p></div><div><div><figure class="css-yhe8zq"><span class="css-rwmw5v"><span class="css-tx1uqz"><picture class="css-16pk1is"><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book3.jpg 750w" media="(min-width: 1190px)"/><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book3.jpg 750w" media="(min-width: 990px)"/><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book3.jpg 879w" media="(min-width: 768px)"/><img src="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book3.jpg" alt="" class="css-1jytyml"/></picture></span><hl-share-overlay class="css-1mqo1cs"><a class="css-q7lbnd icon-hl-pinterest css-by55vd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-event="Any Page|Image Pinterest Click|Icon Clicked" data-element-event="OPEN|CONTENTBLOCK|Any Page|Article Body|BUTTON|Image Widget Pinterest Click|" href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatist.com%2Fdiscover%2F2020-best-travel-memoirs&media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.post.rvohealth.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2020%2F05%2F1296x728_Book3.jpg&description=12%20Best%20Travel%20Memoirs%20to%20Read" title="Share on Pinterest" data-pin-custom="true" data-share-url="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book3.jpg"><span class="css-z1zfa">Share on Pinterest</span></a></hl-share-overlay></span></figure></div></div><div><p><em><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><a class="content-link content-link css-2ab2k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow sponsored nofollow" data-event="In-Content Affiliate Link|null|clicked" href="https://amzn.to/36nxrnR?ascsubtag=null&correlationId=null" data-element-id="ad0a647f-8dc1-48a3-898f-9362b27a135c" data-sponsors="amzn.to" data-sponsor-index="4" tagularDetails="[object Object]"><strong>Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land</strong></a></em> by Noé Álvarez </p></div><div><p><em>Publishers Weekly</em> said of Noé Álvarez’s <em>Spirit Run</em>: “Álvarez debuts with a spellbinding narrative of his coming to terms with his place in America today … This literary tour de force beautifully combines outdoor adventure with a sharp take on immigration.” The son of working-class Mexican immigrants, Álvarez leaves behind a life of labor in Yakima, Washington to take part in a Native American marathon from Canada to Guatemala. On the run through mountains, deserts, and towns in the Mexican territory his parents left behind, he develops a renewed connection with the land.</p></div><div><div><figure class="css-yhe8zq"><span class="css-rwmw5v"><span class="css-tx1uqz"><picture class="css-16pk1is"><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book4.jpg 750w" media="(min-width: 1190px)"/><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book4.jpg 750w" media="(min-width: 990px)"/><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book4.jpg 879w" media="(min-width: 768px)"/><img src="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book4.jpg" alt="" class="css-1jytyml"/></picture></span><hl-share-overlay class="css-1mqo1cs"><a class="css-q7lbnd icon-hl-pinterest css-by55vd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-event="Any Page|Image Pinterest Click|Icon Clicked" data-element-event="OPEN|CONTENTBLOCK|Any Page|Article Body|BUTTON|Image Widget Pinterest Click|" href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatist.com%2Fdiscover%2F2020-best-travel-memoirs&media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.post.rvohealth.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2020%2F05%2F1296x728_Book4.jpg&description=12%20Best%20Travel%20Memoirs%20to%20Read" title="Share on Pinterest" data-pin-custom="true" data-share-url="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_Book4.jpg"><span class="css-z1zfa">Share on Pinterest</span></a></hl-share-overlay></span></figure></div></div><div><p><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><a class="content-link content-link css-2ab2k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow sponsored nofollow" data-event="In-Content Affiliate Link|null|clicked" href="https://amzn.to/2ZtyZvp?ascsubtag=null&correlationId=null" data-element-id="d7d6a183-bfb8-4595-87c5-2d8ed04b2b72" data-sponsors="amzn.to" data-sponsor-index="5" tagularDetails="[object Object]"><em><strong>Nala’s World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride Around the Globe</strong></em></a> by Dean Nicholson <br/>This one won’t be published until late summer, but we couldn’t resist including it here. Mark your calendar for the inspiring adventure of the Instagram phenomenon <a class="content-link content-link css-2ab2k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/1bike1world/">@1bike1world</a> and his “life-changing friendship with his rescue cat, Nala” as the duo bikes their way around the world.</p></div><div></div><div><div><figure class="css-yhe8zq"><span class="css-rwmw5v"><span class="css-tx1uqz"><picture class="css-16pk1is"><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookSun.jpg 750w" media="(min-width: 1190px)"/><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookSun.jpg 750w" media="(min-width: 990px)"/><source srcSet="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookSun.jpg 879w" media="(min-width: 768px)"/><img src="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookSun.jpg" alt="" class="css-1jytyml"/></picture></span><hl-share-overlay class="css-1mqo1cs"><a class="css-q7lbnd icon-hl-pinterest css-by55vd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-event="Any Page|Image Pinterest Click|Icon Clicked" data-element-event="OPEN|CONTENTBLOCK|Any Page|Article Body|BUTTON|Image Widget Pinterest Click|" href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatist.com%2Fdiscover%2F2020-best-travel-memoirs&media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.post.rvohealth.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2020%2F05%2F1296x728_BookSun.jpg&description=12%20Best%20Travel%20Memoirs%20to%20Read" title="Share on Pinterest" data-pin-custom="true" data-share-url="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookSun.jpg"><span class="css-z1zfa">Share on Pinterest</span></a></hl-share-overlay></span></figure></div></div><div><p><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><a class="content-link content-link css-2ab2k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow sponsored nofollow" data-event="In-Content Affiliate Link|null|clicked" href="https://www.amazon.com/See-You-Piazza-Places-Discover/dp/0451497694/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585680178&sr=8-1&ascsubtag=null&correlationId=null" data-element-id="80f704da-ae5a-4a52-8a82-39d33668dd03" data-sponsors="amazon.com" data-sponsor-index="6" tagularDetails="[object Object]"><em><strong>See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Ital</strong></em></a><em><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><a class="content-link content-link css-2ab2k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow sponsored nofollow" data-event="In-Content Affiliate Link|null|clicked" href="https://amzn.to/2WSztJJ?ascsubtag=null&correlationId=null" data-element-id="30cf8895-7380-400c-b92b-3fd1fc56d5fc" data-sponsors="amzn.to" data-sponsor-index="7" tagularDetails="[object Object]"><strong>y</strong></a></em> by Frances Mayes</p></div><div><p>From the bestselling author of <em><span style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></span><a class="content-link content-link css-2ab2k4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow sponsored nofollow" data-event="In-Content Affiliate Link|null|clicked" href="https://amzn.to/2ZqYkpG?ascsubtag=null&correlationId=null" data-element-id="b96a8e27-0cbe-4cf3-aef2-19ec81f396ed" data-sponsors="amzn.to" data-sponsor-index="8" tagularDetails="[object Object]">Under the Tuscan Sun</a></em> (which also inspired the movie that made us all want to pack up and move to Bramasole), this is the book to pick up if you love epicurean travel narratives. 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Famous for its monastery and full of history, the island is often found to be spiritually renewing. 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In this part memoir, part feminist manifesto, the author chronicles her harrowing 148-day journey to kayak the entire Amazon River. 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It’s like taking a vacation as you read of Italy’s hidden pleasures, peppered with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisine."]},{"tagName":"div","source":"\u003cfigure class=\"css-yhe8zq\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-rwmw5v\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-tx1uqz\"\u003e\u003cpicture class=\"css-16pk1is\"\u003e\u003csource srcSet=\"https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookTides.jpg 750w\" media=\"(min-width: 1190px)\"/\u003e\u003csource srcSet=\"https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookTides.jpg 750w\" media=\"(min-width: 990px)\"/\u003e\u003csource srcSet=\"https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookTides.jpg 879w\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"/\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookTides.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"css-1jytyml\"/\u003e\u003c/picture\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003chl-share-overlay class=\"css-1mqo1cs\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"css-q7lbnd icon-hl-pinterest css-by55vd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-event=\"Any Page|Image Pinterest Click|Icon Clicked\" data-element-event=\"OPEN|CONTENTBLOCK|Any Page|Article Body|BUTTON|Image Widget Pinterest Click|\" href=\"https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatist.com%2Fdiscover%2F2020-best-travel-memoirs\u0026media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.post.rvohealth.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2020%2F05%2F1296x728_BookTides.jpg\u0026description=12%20Best%20Travel%20Memoirs%20to%20Read\" title=\"Share on Pinterest\" data-pin-custom=\"true\" data-share-url=\"https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/1296x728_BookTides.jpg\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-z1zfa\"\u003eShare on Pinterest\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/hl-share-overlay\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e"},{"tagName":"p","children":[{"tagName":"em","children":[{"tagName":"a","attributes":{"href":"https://amzn.to/2Zsk1Wr","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer nofollow sponsored nofollow","data-sponsors":"amzn.to","className":"content-link content-link css-r3ankp","data-sponsor-index":9},"source":"\u003cstrong\u003eTo the Island of Tides: A Journey to Lindisfarne\u003c/strong\u003e"}]}," by Alistair Moffat"]},{"tagName":"p","source":"A journey through historical landscapes awaits in this travel memoir in which the author travels through Scotland and northern England to Lindisfarne (aka the Holy Isle). Famous for its monastery and full of history, the island is often found to be spiritually renewing. 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Women and their amazing adventures over land and air — from Constantinople to Crimea, Antarctica to the Andes. 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