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Rosie H

For me it has to be The Lord of the Rings. I have never read a quest story that's been quite as good.

Rhonda

Time and again Jack Finney.

Chris

11.2263 Stephen King, time travel, brilliant read.

craftygreenpoet

There are probably a lot though one of my favourites is Peter Matthiessen's Snow leopard! Wonderful story of travelling in search of the elusive big cat.

Pam - Travellin' Penguin

I loved the travel books by Alice Steinbach who has sadly passed away. Without Reservations was his first and best one. Lovely book giveaway.

Pam - Travellin' Penguin

Ooops that should say "Her" not "his"

Marte

Tolkien - Lord of the rings
Elizabeth von Arnim - The enchanted April
Willis - Doomsday book

Tracey

When Nights were Cold by Susanna Jones.. great story.

Geraldine

Tschiffely's Ride by A.S.Tschiffely which he wrote about his epic ride in 1925 from Buenos Aire to New York. He rode with two horses Mancha and Gato. I read it in the 60s and have never forgotten it.

 Barbara MacLeod

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig or his other one called Lila.

Alison P

Kindred by Octavia E Butler. I am not a fan of science fiction but was persuaded to read this book by a friend and loved it. It's the story of a modern black American woman who is transported back to the antebellum South. A great book.

Ruthiella

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.

Please put my name in the hat. But I hope Pam wins...because she is a Travellin' Penguin. It seems appropriate :)

Jade

My love of the Greek islands was inspired by both The Magus and My Family And Other Animals. Those books are so disimilar yet both of them capture the magic of the sea and the sun and the cypress trees...

Please put my name in the hat. This book sounds just up my street, especially as it can be read in small bites...

Mystica Varathapalan

Without Reservations Alice Steinbach - travel, the soul and independent women! gorgeous reads

Miriana

I would say Americanah, the latest book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, that tells the story of two Nigerians travelling to and settling in the US and the UK, to go back home afterwards.

Cornflower

I am so sorry to hear about Alice Steinbach, Pam. I've read two of her books (Without Reservations and Educating Alice) and enjoyed them very much.

Ann P

Ann Bridge - Illyrian Spring

Nicky

The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning has some memorable journeys and a general feeling of being adrift from home.

Miriana

True! I loved that book and also The Levant Trilogy.

Carole

I never managed The Lord of the Rings, but I loved The Hobbit, so I hope that counts.

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