Books like Round Ireland with a fridge by Tony Hawks

A nonfiction novel chronicling the adventures of a group of friends on their cross-country journey of discovery, featuring characters like Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty as real-life friends Neal Casady.

Bill Bryson humorously chronicles a two–person hike along the Appalachian Trail, mixing lively anecdotes with insightful looks at its history, ecology, and the people who live along the route.

Harold Fry, recently retired, embarks on an unlikely 250‑mile journey from Kingsbridge to Berwick‑upon‑Twed to visit a dying friend, and in doing so discovers his own past and the meaning of love.

A true‑life comedic travelogue of J. Maarten Troost’s two‑year adventure in Kiribati’s Tarawa, detailing his struggles with heat, unreliable electricity, limited food, and eccentric locals in the South Pacific.

Linked narratives that spotlight the women behind, beside, and ahead of superheroes—moving beyond sidelined roles to give them depth, wit, and agency.

Steinbeck’s day‑by‑day narrative of his Gulf of California voyage with biologist Ed Ricketts blends scientific insight with adventurous travel, offering a vivid portrait of marine life and the region’s geography.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1885 adventure, a 120‑mile trek through France’s Cevennes with only his donkey as companion, offers a pioneering early account of hiking for pleasure.

Isabella L. Bird’s 1878 travelogue chronicles her 1,400‑mile journey across Japan by horse, ferry, foot, and jinrikisha, offering a vivid portrait of a society on the cusp of modern change.

A humour/travel book written by Karl Pilkington.

John M. Synge’s six‑week visits to the Aran Islands in the late 1890s, recommended by Yeats, profoundly shaped his writing and led to the plays for which he is best remembered.

A stunningly witty exploration of the American landscape -- not to mention a brilliant comic's mind -- this diary is chock-full of everything you ever wanted to know about Eric Idle, Monty Python, America, and sleeping on a bus. In these pages, the sixth-nicest Python is cheeky, touching, and funny when recounting the riotous tales of his beginnings, his affectionate reminiscences of his fellow Pythons, traveling the world, and taking us backstage at the smash Broadway hit Spamalot.Fascinating, moving, at times even amusing, this book will dramatically improve your sex life, will make you feel intelligent and charming within the first several pages, and after a few chapters, will permanently eliminate all your personal or health problems. So come experience eighty days, 15,750 miles, and forty-nine cities as you never have before!

Annie Hawes travels through Italy, encountering an irresistible man and trying to adapt to Ligurian culture.

Tim Moore delivers a humorous yet informative tour of London’s history through the 28 streets, stations, and utilities of Monopoly, uncovering city secrets and urban evolution along the way.