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Non-Fiction/Educational
- Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism by Elizabeth Becker
- Ours to Explore: Power, Privilege, and the Paradox of Voluntourism by Pippa Biddle
- The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer B. Lee
- Driving While Back: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin
- The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach by Sarah Stodola
- Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World by Anu Taranath
Travel Memoirs
- All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou
- King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman
- Eat, Pray, Love by Liz Gilbert
- The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea by Hyeonseo Lee
- Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
- The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo
- At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh Oxenreider
- Wild by Cheryl Strayed
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Travel Fiction
- Americanah by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie
- In Every Mirror She’s Black by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
- Everything is Not Enough by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Travel Guides
- Wander Woman: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World, Solo by Beth Santos: Part travel guide, part manifesto for the traveler you want to be, written by our own founder and CEO!
- What’s With Atlanta?: The Quirks, Personality, and Charm of the ATL by Paige Watts: This book will satisfy your curiosity about all the little things that make Atlanta tick and all the big events that shaped the city’s history.
- 5 Steps to Solo Travel by Dr. Mary Beth McCabe: For the solo female traveler, a 5 Step Guidebook Series to make the journey the best ever
Children’s Books
- The Airport Book by Lisa Brown
- Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
- Wally The Wandering Wallaby’s Around The World Adventure by Lauren Mae Pelkey
- Wally The Wandering Wallaby’s Wonders of The World Adventure by Lauren Mae Pelkey