Book News

The top 20 travel books of the past century, with reader comments on what's missing from the list.

An interview with Alain de Botton about his new book.

On the death of Lévi-Strauss, a reappraisal of Tristes Tropiques, which begins “I hate traveling and explorers.”

The NY Times reviews Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

Hemingway's memoir of life in Paris in the 20s, soon to be a major motion picture.

My Favorite Place on Earth, interviews with famous people— from Natalie Portman to the Dalai Lama—about the places they loved most

Ten Great Road Trips in American Literature from Smithsonian, and the top 30 travel books from World Hum

"In America Eats! Pat Willard takes readers on a journey into the regional American cuisine where WPA writers—including Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, and Nelson Algren—were dispatched in 1935 to document the roots of our diverse culinary cuisine."

The Guardian's top 10 travel books.

Gallatin alumna Kirsten Reed has published a road-trip novel, The Ice Age.