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A delightfully aimless and sharply witty stroll through Europe with a narrator who finds everything equally fascinating and ridiculous. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with A Tramp Abroad.
- breezy
- amused
- leisurely
- slightly chaotic
- 01
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Mark Twain
A breezy, absurd balloon ride that trades grounded realism for a satirical, sky-high parody of classic adventure tales.
- 02
Roughing It
Mark Twain
A boisterous, dust-choked stagecoach ride through the absurdities and tall tales of the nineteenth-century American frontier.
- 03
Neither here nor there
Bill Bryson
A hilariously cranky, nostalgic romp through the absurdities and discomforts of European backpacking.
- 04
The Road
Jack London
A gritty, restless ride on the underbelly of late 19th-century America, fueled by the raw thrill of survival and the open railway.
- 05
Daisy Miller
Henry James
A sun-drenched, gossipy stroll through European high society that slowly tightens into a tragic clash of innocence and rigid tradition.
- 06
The Marble Faun
Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1888
A shadowy, art-drenched descent into guilt and the loss of innocence among expatriates in Rome.
- 07
Voyage au Centre de la Terre
Jules Verne
A descent into the deep unknown where relentless scientific curiosity battles claustrophobic dread amid subterranean wonders.
- 08
Notes from a Big Country
Bill Bryson
A hilarious, slightly cranky re-acclimation to American life through the eyes of a returning expat.
- 09
Eiger Dreams
Jon Krakauer · 1990
An exhilarating and harrowing journey into the thin air of the world's most unforgiving peaks.
- 10
A year in Provence
Peter Mayle
A sun-drenched, wine-soaked escape into the humorous and hearty realities of French country living.
- 11
Cape Cod
Thoreau, Henry D.
A bracing, salt-sprayed walk along a stark shoreline with a wry and deeply observant companion.
- 12
Journal
Henry David Thoreau
A quiet, deeply observant walk through the woods with a mind that sees the universe in a single leaf.
