537 books
—
783 voters
Travel
Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the
...more
Related Genres
Peter Hessler
More Good Minds Suggest…
His Favorite Books on China: Hessler shares his favorite books about China, ranging from the Ming Dynasty to present day.
1,835 members,
last active a moment ago
23 members,
last active 1 days ago
17,880 members,
last active an hour ago
17,074 members,
last active a minute ago
Memories of what I did when I was still interesting
10 chapters — updated Jan 19, 2016 07:02PM — 38 people liked it
10 chapters — updated Jan 19, 2016 07:02PM — 38 people liked it
Tags
Tags contributing to this page include: travel and travel-writing





































































