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Daily Circuit Blog
Stephanie Curtis

12 books that inspire wanderlust

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Today on the show, we asked what books have inspired you to travel. Here are the novels, histories, and travelogues that were mentioned on the air by Kerri, callers and me.

"Great Plains" – Ian Frazier

"Endurance" – Alfred Lansing

"O My America" – Sara Wheeler

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"Into Thin Air" – Jon Krakauer

"Dark Star Safari" – Paul Theroux

"The Portrait of a Lady" – Henry James

"Hawaii" – James Michener

"Growth of the Soil" – Knut Hamsun

"The Dark Highlander" – Karen Marie Moning

"City of Joy" – Dominique Lapierre

"On The Road" – Jack Kerouac

"Ulysses" – James Joyce