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New Books to Inspire Fall Travel
The Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee, the setting for one of our most anticipated fall books. Photo by Robert Broderick/Pexels.
Our TBR for the season includes the newest works from Barbara Kingsolver and Paul Theroux, as well a...
Next Travel Book Club: Andrew McCarthy
Don George and Andrew McCarthy in conversation at the 2026 Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference in Corte Madera, California. Photo courtesy Don George.
We’re so excited that not only is Andrew McCarthy joining us on Zoo...
Travel Book Club Reading List
Here’s the complete list of books we’ve read in The Travel Book Club since its founding as an in-house reading circle at National Geographic in 2008.
These 139 books (and counting) are grouped by geographic region. Countries also considere...
Q&A With Nelio Biedermann, author of “Lázár”
A sunny allée in Gödöllő, Hungary, site of a royal Hapsburg retreat. Photo by Nandor/Pexels.
Inspired by Nelio Biedermann’s own family history, Lázár follows the fate of an aristocratic Hungarian family from the turn of the 20th century to...
Next Travel Book Club meeting: August 28
Odd fact: St. Stephen’s Basilica, in Budapest, is home to the mummified right hand of the first king of Hungary. Photo by Amy Alipio
Please join us on Friday, August 28, at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT to discuss the bestselling novel Lázár! Although S...
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