| It's hard to find great travel writing, but it's out there. | | | | reasons for existence, of who and what he is or is |
| Part of the reason for this is that so much travel | | | | becoming is reminiscent of the fantastic soul searching |
| writing is also considered nature writing or narrative | | | | that came from the travel writing of the Beat |
| non-fiction. Part of the reason is that the field is so | | | | generation. Miller's account of his trip is great, going |
| competitive because of a lot of good authors | | | | through the moments of beauty, the necessity of good |
| competing for a relatively small market space. But | | | | road trip music, and admitting his moments of |
| there is a wide array of great travel fiction out there, | | | | embarrassment and fear as freely as any other part |
| and here is my list of the best ten travel novels I've | | | | of his journey. |
| read over the past couple years. | | | | 9) Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah |
| 10) Through Painted Deserts, by Donald Miller. This is | | | | MacDonald. The early reading of this book can be |
| one I actually found in the "Christian Non-Fiction" | | | | hard, because after the first few chapters there's a lot |
| section, which can be unfair. There's no question Miller | | | | of the Western perspective, the whining of living |
| is a Christian, but he's a writer first and foremost, he's | | | | conditions and poverty, the type of scorn you don't |
| not preachy, and his questioning of his own faith, of | | | | care to read from travel writing. |