Nancy Pearl Recommends Armchair Travel Books

Marcie Sillman gets book hugger Nancy Pearl's recommendations for a good book to take you to an exotic location from the comfort of your favorite reading chair.

1. “Between Terror and Tourism,” by Michael Mewshaw
2. "Let’s Not Go To The Dogs Tonight," by Alexandra Fuller
3. "Bangkok 8 Series," by John Burdett
4. "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay," by Emily Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis Skinner
5. "Innocence Abroad," by Mark Twain
6. "Travels With A Tangerine," by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
7. "Desert Queen," by Janet Wallach
8. "Lawrence in Arabia," by Scott Anderson
9. "Travels in a Thin Country," by Sara Wheeler
10. "The Saddest Pleasure," by Moritz Thomsen
11. "Living Poor," by Moritz Thomsen
12. "Travels With Charley," by John Steinbeck
13. "The Great Railway Bazaar," by Paul Theroux
14. "The Second Son," by Jonathan Rabb
15. "Tracks," by Robyn Davidson
16. "Sacred Willow," by Duong Van Mai Elliott
17. "The Spiritual Tourist," by Mick Brown
18. "An End To Suffering," by Pankaj Mishra
19. "The Raj Quartet," by Paul Scott
20. "Midnight’s Children," by Salman Rushdie
21. "Tuning The Rig," by Harvey Oxenhorn
22. "The Beautiful Mystery Series," by Louise Penny
23. "Fools Rush In," by Bill Carter
24. "Red Summer," by Bill Carter
25. "Love Thy Neighbor," by Peter Maass
26. "Alaska Blues," by Joe Upton
27. "Passage To Juneau," by Jonathan Raban
28. "The Book Of My Lives," by Aleksander Hemon
29. "The Long Way Round," by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
30. "Ghost Rider," by Neil Peart
31. "I See By My Outfit," by Peter Beagle
32. "The Curve of Time," by M. Wylie Blanchet

This segment originally aired on August 5, 2013.