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10 Solo Travel Books to Get Cozy With This Fall

October 30, 2021

1. Outlander Series (Diana Gabaldon)

Outlander Book
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

(Book series includes: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, Fiery Cross, Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Hearts Blood)

“Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.
 
Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.”(Amazon)

2. Men in Kilts (Katie Macalister)

Men in Kilts
Men in Kilts Book

“At a mystery conference in Manchester, Kathie Williams makes her move on a burly Scotsman…and winds up falling in love before the night is over…” (Amazon).

3. Paris Letters (Janice MacLeod)

My favorite solo travel books : Janice MacLeod Paris Letters
Janice MacLeod Paris Letters Book

“Exhausted and on the verge of burnout, Janice poses this questions to herself as she doodles on a notepad at her desk. Surprisingly, the answer isn’t as daunting as she expected. With a little math and a lot of determination, Janice cuts back, saves up, and buys herself two years of freedom in Europe” (Amazon).

4. Under The Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes)

My favorite solo travel books : Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun book

“Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected treasures at every turn: faded frescos beneath the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard under wildly overgrown brambles in the garden, and, in the nearby hill towns, vibrant markets and delightful people. In “Under the Tuscan Sun, she brings the lyrical voice of a poet, the eye of a seasoned traveler, and the discerning palate of a cook and food writer to invite readers to explore the pleasures of Italian life and to feast at her table” (Amazon).

5. The Simple Wild: A Novel (K.A. Tucker)

Simple Wild Wild by K. A. Tucker

Calla Fletcher was two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the process. Calla never looked back, and at twenty-six, a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when her father reaches out to inform her that his days are numbered, Calla knows that it’s time to make the long trip back to the remote frontier town where she was born (The Simple Wild, Amazon).

6. Wild at Heart: A Novel (K.A. Tucker)

Wild at Heart by K. A. Tucker

Calla Fletcher returns to Toronto a different person, struggling to find direction and still very much in love with the rugged bush pilot she left behind. When Jonah arrives on her doorstep with a proposition she can’t dismiss, she takes the leap and rushes back to Alaska to begin their exciting future together (Wild at Heart, Amazon).

7. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Cheryl Strayed)

My favorite solo travel books : Cheryl Strayed, Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Wild Book

At age 26, following the death of her mother, divorce, and a run of reckless behavior, Cheryl Strayed found herself alone near the foot of the Pacific Crest Trail. Inexperienced, over-equipped, and desperate to reclaim her life. Wild, tracks Strayed’s personal journey on the PCT through California and Oregon, as she comes to terms with devastating loss and her unpredictable reactions to it. While readers looking for adventure or a naturalist’s perspective may be distracted by the emotional odyssey at the core of the story, Wild vividly describes the grueling life of the long-distance hiker, the ubiquitous perils of the PCT, and its peculiar community of wanderers. Others may find her unsympathetic–just one victim of her own questionable choices. But Strayed doesn’t want sympathy, and her confident prose stands on its own, deftly pulling both threads into a story that inhabits a unique riparian zone between wilderness tale and personal-redemption memoir (Jon Foro, Amazon)

8. Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude (Stephanie Rosenbloom)

My favorite solo travel books : Stephanie Rosenbloom, Alone Time
Stephanie Rosenbloom, Alone Time book

A wise, passionate account of the pleasures of traveling solo. In our increasingly frantic daily lives, many people are genuinely fearful of the prospect of solitude, but time alone can be both rich and restorative, especially when travelling. Through on-the-ground reporting and recounting the experiences of artists, writers, and innovators who cherished solitude, Stephanie Rosenbloom considers how being alone as a traveller–and even in one’s own city–is conducive to becoming acutely aware of the sensual details of the world–patterns, textures, colors, tastes, sounds–in ways that are difficult to do in the company of others (Amazon)

9. Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)

My favorite solo travel books : Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love book

“In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, country home, successful career—but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she left behind all these outward marks of success, and set out to explore three different aspects of her nature, against the backdrop of three different cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.” (Amazon)

10. Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)

Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer

“Krakauer’s page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.”(Amazon)

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