This page is to help you find books on the region/country you are looking for. You will find that some of the books appear under several countries, depending on where the writer has visited.
Countries are grouped according to United Nations classification. Türkiye is listed under Asia but since it spans two continents, it is included in both Asia and Europe in the categories.
Africa / Americas / Asia / Caribbean / Europe / Oceania / The Poles
AFRICA
Algeria
A Handful of Honey—Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria: Annie Hawes
Botswana
Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Burkina Faso
Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Côte d’Ivoire
What Is Africa To Me? – Fragments of a True-to-Life Autobiography: Maryse Condé
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Egypt
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
All Strangers are Kin—Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World: Zora O’Neill
Ghana
What Is Africa To Me? – Fragments of a True-to-Life Autobiography: Maryse Condé
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
The Imported Ghanaian: Alba Kunadu Sumprim
Guinea
What Is Africa To Me? – Fragments of a True-to-Life Autobiography: Maryse Condé
Kenya
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Morocco
A House in Fez—Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco: Suzanna Clarke
A Handful of Honey—Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria: Annie Hawes
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
All Strangers are Kin—Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World: Zora O’Neill
Mozambique
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Namibia
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Nigeria
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Looking for Transwonderland—Travels in Nigeria: Noo Saro-Wiwa
Senegal
What Is Africa To Me? – Fragments of a True-to-Life Autobiography: Maryse Condé
Sierra Leone
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
South Africa
Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Tunisia
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Zimbabwe
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
AMERICAS
Argentina
Patagonian Road—A Year Alone Through Latin America: Kate McCahill
Bolivia
Patagonian Road—A Year Alone Through Latin America: Kate McCahill
Brazil
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Canada
Chile
Travels in a Thin Country—A Journey through Chile: Sara Wheeler
Colombia
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Patagonian Road—A Year Alone Through Latin America: Kate McCahill
El Salvador
Patagonian Road—A Year Alone Through Latin America: Kate McCahill
Guatemala
Patagonian Road—A Year Alone Through Latin America: Kate McCahill
Haiti
Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Honduras
Mexico
Tales of a Female Nomad—Living at Large in the World: Rita Golden Gelman
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Sliced Iguana—Travels in Mexico: Isabella Tree
Nicaragua
Tales of a Female Nomad—Living at Large in the World: Rita Golden Gelman
Patagonian Road—A Year Alone Through Latin America: Kate McCahill
Peru
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Patagonian Road—A Year Alone Through Latin America: Kate McCahill
United States
Forward—Letters Written on a Trip Around the World: Lina Boegli
Destination Heartland—A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past: Cynthia Clampitt
Stranger on a Train—Daydreaming and Smoking around America with Interruptions: Jenny Diski
Travels with My Radio: Fi Glover
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Thousand-Miler—Adventures Hiking the Ice Age Trail: Melanie Radzicki McManus
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Why LA? Pourquoi Paris? An Artistic Pairing of Two Iconic Cities: Diane Ratican
Non-Stop Metropolis—A New York Atlas: Edited by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Shapiro
Unfathomable City—A New Orleans Atlas: Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker
Wild—From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail: Cheryl Strayed
(Note: this is the only women’s travel book posted on Talking About Books.)
ASIA
Armenia
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
Azerbaijan
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
Bangladesh
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Bhutan
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Cambodia
A Short Ride through the Jungle—The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
China
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
Wild by Nature—From Siberia to Australia: Sarah Maquis
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Georgia
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
India
Walking in Clouds – A Journey to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar: Kavita Yaga Buggana
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
The Kama Sutra Diaries—Intimate Journeys through Modern India: Sally Howard
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Around India in 80 Trains: Monisha Rajesh
Indonesia
Tales of a Female Nomad—Living at Large in the World: Rita Golden Gelman
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Indonesia etc.—Exploring the Improbable Nation: Elizabeth Pisani
Iran
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
Revolutionary Ride—On the Road in Search of the Real Iran: Lois Pryce
Honeymoon in Purdah—An Iranian Journey: Alison Wearing
Israel
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Tales of a Female Nomad—Living at Large in the World: Rita Golden Gelman
Japan
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Korea, Republic of
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Kyrgyzstan
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
Laos
A Short Ride through the Jungle—The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Wild by Nature—From Siberia to Australia: Sarah Maquis
Lebanon
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Travels with My Radio: Fi Glover
Malaysia
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Mongolia
Wild by Nature—From Siberia to Australia: Sarah Maquis
Myanmar
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Nepal
Walking in Clouds – A Journey to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar: Kavita Yaga Buggana
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Pakistan
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
A Journey Interrupted—Being Indian in Pakistan: Farzana Versey
Qatar
All Strangers are Kin—Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World: Zora O’Neill
Singapore
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Syria
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Thailand
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Wild by Nature—From Siberia to Australia: Sarah Maquis
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Türkiye
Porcelain Moon and Pomegranates—A Woman’s Trek through Turkey: Üstün Bilgen-Reinart
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Turkmenistan
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
United Arab Emirates
All Strangers are Kin—Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World: Zora O’Neill
Uzbekistan
Lands of Lost Borders – A Journey on the Silk Road: Kate Harris
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
Viet Nam
A Short Ride through the Jungle—The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
CARIBBEAN
Bahamas
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
An Embarrassment of Mangoes—A Caribbean Interlude: Ann Vanderhoof
Barbados
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Cuba
Dancing with Cuba—A Memoir of the Revolution: Alma Guillermoprieto
Dominica
An Embarrassment of Mangoes—A Caribbean Interlude: Ann Vanderhoof
Dominican Republic
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
An Embarrassment of Mangoes—A Caribbean Interlude: Ann Vanderhoof
Grenada
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
An Embarrassment of Mangoes—A Caribbean Interlude: Ann Vanderhoof
Jamaica
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
St. Lucia
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Trinidad and Tobago
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
An Embarrassment of Mangoes—A Caribbean Interlude: Ann Vanderhoof
EUROPE
Austria
Travels with My Radio: Fi Glover
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Belgium
Travels with My Radio: Fi Glover
Denmark
The Year of Living Danishly—Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country: Helen Russell
Finland
France
One More Croissant for the Road: Felicity Cloake
Walking to the End of the World—A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago: Beth Jusino
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Why LA? Pourquoi Paris? An Artistic Pairing of Two Iconic Cities: Diane Ratican
Germany
Greece
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Iceland
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Italy
The Politics of Washing—Real Life in Venice: Polly Coles
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Italy—100 Locals Tell You Where To Go, What To Eat & How To Fit In: Gigi Griffis
Calabria—The Other Italy: Karen Haid
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Montenegro
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
Russia
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Wild by Nature—From Siberia to Australia: Sarah Maquis
Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Spain
Walking to the End of the World—A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago: Beth Jusino
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
A Chorus of Cockerels—Walking on the Wild Side in Mallorca: Anna Nicholas
Switzerland
A Slow Train to Switzerland: Diccon Bewes
United Kingdom
A Fine Romance—Falling in Love with the English Countryside: Susan Branch
A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
Writing on the Road—Campervan Love and the Joy of Solitude: Sue Reid Sexton
OCEANIA
Australia
Forward—Letters Written on a Trip Around the World: Lina Boegli
Tracks—A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback: Robyn Davidson
Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Wild by Nature—From Siberia to Australia: Sarah Maquis
New Zealand
Forward—Letters Written on a Trip Around the World: Lina Boegli
Papua New Guinea
Four Corners—A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea: Kira Salak
Samoa
Forward—Letters Written on a Trip Around the World: Lina Boegli
Women's Travel Books 