Top Ten Tuesday | Books Featuring Travel or Transportation

Posted August 12, 2024 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 33 Comments

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.

Today’s topic is Books Featuring Travel or Modes of Transportation

I was initially worried about today’s topic because I couldn’t think of any books off the top of my head that would fit the topic, but then I scoured through my books and apparently I’ve got a few! I ended up having lots of fun with it, and I hope you enjoy these!

Top Ten Books Featuring Travel or Transportation

  1. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb – Featuring a ship. This is the first book in a series that I read a long time ago and remember loving. I’ve been meaning to reread them soon!
  2. The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie – Featuring a horse. This is one of my most favorite, underrated books. It’s the book I recommend to everyone whenever I can because it’s just such a shame it’s not more popular.
  3. The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary – Featuring a car. I love Beth O’Leary’s books and this was another great one.
  4. The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan – Featuring a bicycle. I’ve talked about Stephen P. Kiernan before. He’s one of my favorite underrated authors and I have loved every single book I’ve read by him. I cannot recommend him enough. Please read him!
  5. The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers – Featuring a spaceship. This book has got my heart. I love the found family element, and the way the author approaches differences in species and culture. We could all learn something from it.
  6. Life of Pi by Yann Martel – Featuring a boat. Another favorite! I love the story and the philosophy. I love how fantastical it is, and yet, so very believable (because I want to believe it!).
  7. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones – Featuring a moving castle (what? It transports people, doesn’t it?). I love the movie, I love the book. What’s not to love?
  8. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne – Featuring a submarine. It’s been so long since I read it, I don’t remember a thing, but I remember loving Jules Verne’s books as a child.
  9. Wild by Cheryl Strayed – Featuring a shoe (I guess we’re missing the other side, but it still transports the person wearing it…). I haven’t actually read this book, but I couldn’t not recognize shoes as modes of transportation. They don’t get enough love!
  10. Falling Upwards by Richard Holmes – Featuring a hot air balloon. I haven’t read this one either, but it’s supposedly the book the movie, The Aeronauts, was based on. I loved the movie and when I found out it was based on a book, it was like, I gotta read that!

Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?

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33 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday | Books Featuring Travel or Transportation

  1. I still want to read a novel by Beth because they do sound really good and based on its title, the one you featured seems an ideal fit for this topic, which I did think was lots of fun. 🙂

    • I’ve been thinking more about shoes only after I started running more. I think we take them for granted most of the time, but good shoes are so essential when you’re running or spending more time on your feet!

    • Oh my gosh, I’m so happy to hear that! His other books are amazing too! I read almost all his books (except the latest one) and rated all of them five stars, they are all just so good!

  2. Ohhh! Howl’s Moving Castle! I didn’t even THINK about that being a version of transportation. What a great idea.

    I love how diverse your list is. So many different options! Excellent!

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