About Travelreads
Travelreads celebrates the best in travel writing with the simple goal of inspiring you to explore, dream, and discover the world – and of course, to read. We carefully curate our recommendations, selecting what we believe are outstanding examples of travel literature for both experienced travelers and armchair adventurers. Travel books make wonderful gifts for anyone who loves to wander, whether literally or through the pages of a good story. While we hope to grow this online travel bookstore into something special, our main focus remains connecting you with stories that might fuel your next adventure. We hope there's something meaningful for you here, waiting to be discovered. Happy reading!
Meet the Founder
Welcome to Travelreads! I started building this website (previously called A5 Travel Books) in 2011 while brainstorming on a how-to-build-a-website project with my oldest daughter. One of my favorite books as a kid was The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone, a story of a 16-year-old boy named Robin Lee Graham who set out to sail around the world alone, returning five years later. Not sure if it was the independence or the adventure that appealed to me, but it certainly was the start of a lifelong love of travel and of travel writing.
Our selection spans a diverse range of travel reads including globally acclaimed bestsellers, gems from niche categories like adventure and funny travel books, travel writing collections, timeless classics of travel literature, and even a few captivating choices for younger readers. You can trust that our reviews are independent. We will accept free books from authors to read, but we do not take any other direct compensation. You won’t find negative reviews here, as we just don’t share information on books that we don’t really love. If someone buys a book on Amazon after clicking through our links, we may earn a small commission, but that is not something that affects our editorial independence.
My first travel guidebook remains one of the loves of my life. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to backpack around Europe in the summer of 1989 with two close friends, a Eurail train pass, and a book called Let’s Go Europe. This was before cell phones, and so we lived and died with the recommendations in that guide.
Thank you for visiting, and I sincerely hope you find a travel read that gets you to explore, dream and discover. Please feel free to follow us on social media and to help the community with your own suggestions. Happy reading!
Alan Josephs