Bob Payne Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Bob Payne on X
Only CN Traveler writer to put Polynesian tattoo on expenses. 142-country memoir, Escape Clauses: Getting Away With A Travel Writing Life, is on Amazon now.

Around the World in 80 Days: (Original Edition)
J. Verne
Today in Travel. 1828. Birth of Jules Verne will make it possible to travel around the world in 80 days. https://t.co/aAcczOWcJW
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The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel
Rolf Potts
Among three recently published travel books, I cannot decide which one I am enjoying the most: Why We Travel, by Patricia Schultz, The Vagabond's Way by Rolf Potts, or my own Escape Clauses - Getting Away With a Travel Writing Life. So, my recommendation? Read all three. https://t.co/CCHOBvhFkX
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why We Travel: 100 Reasons to See the World
Patricia Schultz
Among three recently published travel books, I cannot decide which one I am enjoying the most: Why We Travel, by Patricia Schultz, The Vagabond's Way by Rolf Potts, or my own Escape Clauses - Getting Away With a Travel Writing Life. So, my recommendation? Read all three. https://t.co/CCHOBvhFkX
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Today in Travel. 1835. Red-letter day for recreational river rafting with birth of Huckleberry Finn author Mark Twain. https://t.co/4wDSaqTVgn
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Around the World in 80 Days
Julio Verne
Today in Travel. 1828. Birth of Jules Verne will make it possible to travel around the world in 80 days. https://t.co/aAcczOWcJW
Out of stock

On the Road: (Penguin Orange Collection)
Jack Kerouac
Today in Travel. 1957. New York Times publishes rave review of Jack Kerouac’s novel, On the Road, giving far too many people the idea that they too should document their car trip. https://t.co/J2YyOmHeEy
Paperback, 2016
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book