At twenty-three, Elspeth Beard set off alone on a 35,000-mile motorcycle journey around the world, determined to prove herself after a painful breakup. Traveling with little money and only the supplies strapped to her BMW, she faced war zones,…
Nowhere for Very Long recounts Brianna Madia’s travels across the American West in her beat‑up orange van, Bertha, alongside her two dogs and husband. In candid, vivid prose, she reflects on the beauty and hardship of choosing an unconventional…
The Last American Road Trip follows journalist Sarah Kendzior and her family as they drive across the United States during years of political upheaval, technological chaos, and the pandemic. Determined that her children experience the country’s…
Driving the Green Book retraces the journeys Black travelers once made using the Negro Motorist Green Book to navigate a dangerous, segregated America. Alvin Hall and Janée Woods Weber travel from New York to New Orleans, visiting former safe havens…
Travels with Charley recounts John Steinbeck’s cross‑country journey to rediscover America at age fifty‑eight, driving rural roads and highways with his poodle, Charley. As he meets truckers, locals, wildlife, and old friends, Steinbeck reflects on…
This Land Is Your Land follows Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels to museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, and reenactments across the country, exploring where Americans learn—and argue about—their past. Framed by…
William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map -- if they get on at all -- only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill:…
West with Giraffes tells the true‑inspired story of two giraffes who survive a 1938 hurricane at sea and embark on a twelve‑day cross‑country journey to the San Diego Zoo, viewed through the memories of 105‑year‑old Woodrow Wilson Nickel. Blending…
All My Mother’s Lovers follows twenty‑seven‑year‑old Maggie Krause, whose mother’s sudden death leaves behind five mysterious letters to men Maggie has never met. As she embarks on a road trip to deliver them, she uncovers her mother’s hidden life…
In this powerful novel, thirteen‑year‑old Jojo travels with his troubled mother, Leonie, and younger sister to Parchman Farm, where his father is being released from prison. Along the way, Jojo navigates the complicated legacies of the men in his…
In June 1954, eighteen‑year‑old Emmett Watson returns home after serving time in a juvenile work farm, planning to leave Nebraska with his young brother for a fresh start in California. But when two fellow inmates unexpectedly appear with a very…
At sixty‑three, lottery winner PJ Halliday is worn down by heartbreak, failing health, and years spent numbing his pain at the bar. But when his high school sweetheart becomes widowed, he seizes on a chance for renewed purpose—only to suddenly…
