15 must-read travel books like A Capybara for Christmas: European Travel, Japanese Adventure, Maximum Mayhem by Simon Michael Prior

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A Capybara for Christmas: European Travel, Japanese Adventure, Maximum Mayhem

By: Simon Michael Prior

4.46

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

One family. Nine countries. And a search for a giant mouse. When the Prior family dash through…

If you liked the travel plot in A Capybara for Christmas: European Travel, Japanese Adventure, Maximum Mayhem by Simon Michael Prior , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Shave My Spider! A six-month adventure around Borneo, Vietnam, Mongolia, China, Laos and Cambodia

By: Tony James Slater

3.00

Format: None pages,

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2. More Ketchup Than Salsa

By: Joe Cawley

4.04

Format: 156 pages,

British author and his girlfriend chuck their jobs in the freezing north of England, going into hoc… read more

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3. Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

By: Ryan Benz

4.51

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2023 ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD WINNER B.R… read more

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  • memoir
"It’s only when we slow down that we notice all the beauty surrounding us."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"Stepping out of your comfort zone is far greater than the comfort itself."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"If the thing you are doing is giving you meaning and purpose, time spent doing it is never wasted."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"I realized that was how problems worked. When you quit worrying about them, they ceased being problems."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

Cover of Alligators Eat Marshmallows (And Other Things I Learned On My 10,000 Mile Road Trip Around The USA!): A Comedy Memoir by Tony James Slater

4. Alligators Eat Marshmallows (And Other Things I Learned On My 10,000 Mile Road Trip Around The USA!): A Comedy Memoir

By: Tony James Slater

4.46

Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition

“Show me America!” he cried out to the people. “Okay,” they replied, their voices a roar… “You aske… read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
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5. A Parthenon on our Roof: Adventures of an Anglo-Greek marriage

By: Peter Barber

4.41

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

In A Parthenon On Our Roof, we meet Alexandra, a product of Greek Fire. Born into the cradle of civ… read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
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6. Mistakes were Made

By: Andy C Wareing

4.30

Format: None pages, None

2020 turned out to be a year most of the world would spend in pajamas. And that’s what we should ha… read more

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7. Olive Leaf Tea: A humorous story of starting a new life abroad (New Life in Andalusia Book 3)

By: Sabina Ostrowska

4.27

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

A humorous account of a couple’s trials and tribulations in search of the good life in rural Andalu… read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
Cover of Mellow Mists and Walnut Wine: A Recipe for Life in the French Countryside (Life at Les Libellules Book 2) by Lindy Viandier

8. Mellow Mists and Walnut Wine: A Recipe for Life in the French Countryside (Life at Les Libellules Book 2)

By: Lindy Viandier

4.60

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

We set off in a direction we’ve never taken before, driving through the hazy morning sunshine. We s… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail by Joan M. Griffin

9. Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

By: Joan M. Griffin

4.44

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, an… read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
Cover of Mad Cow Sees Red: The Fifth Year in Rural Galicia (Mad Cow in Galicia Book 5) by Liza Grantham

10. Mad Cow Sees Red: The Fifth Year in Rural Galicia (Mad Cow in Galicia Book 5)

By: Liza Grantham

4.56

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE MAD COW IN GALICIA MEMOIR SERIES.It’s Liza’s fifth year in rural Galicia; wil… read more

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  • memoir
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11. Seasons To Be Cheerful (The Journey Book 11)

By: Craig Briggs

4.36

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

From Amazon bestselling author Craig Briggs, The Journey continues with book eleven in the series, … read more

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12. We're On Our Way USA: A Travel Adventure (Book One) (The Tailspin Travelogues)

By: Andy C Wareing

4.40

Format: None pages, None

The journey begins…but common sense stays home! Ever wondered what it’s really like to pick up y… read more

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Cover of Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart by Leslie White

13. Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

By: Leslie White

4.31

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life- She found it in an unlikely place.Devastated from th… read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
Cover of Building The Beast: How (Not) To Build An Overland Camper (The Wayward Truck Book 1) by Jacqueline Lambert

14. Building The Beast: How (Not) To Build An Overland Camper (The Wayward Truck Book 1)

By: Jacqueline Lambert

4.32

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Featuring ‘The Beast’, an expedition truck, as seen on TV A Vintage Truck: An Amateur Team: An… read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
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15. A Parthenon in Pefki: Further Adventures of an Anglo-Greek Marriage (The Parthenon series Book 2)

By: Peter Barber

4.65

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

The award-winning, bestselling A Parthenon in Pefki takes us back to Greece with Peter and Alexandr… read more

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16. A Capybara for Christmas: European Travel, Japanese Adventure, Maximum Mayhem

By: Simon Michael Prior

4.46

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

One family. Nine countries. And a search for a giant mouse. When the Prior family dash through… read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
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17. A Year On Land and Sea

By: Stephen Malins

4.53

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever danced with the devil and parachuted in the moonlight? Juggled work with play? Tried … read more

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  • travel
  • memoir
Cover of A Rosie Life In Italy 5: Romulus and Seamus by Rosie Meleady

18. A Rosie Life In Italy 5: Romulus and Seamus

By: Rosie Meleady

4.50

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Rosie is facing the ultimate ‘empty mansion syndrome’ in her 22-roomed Italian villa. With both he… read more

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Cover of Bucket To Greece Volume 16: A Comical Living Abroad Adventure by V.D. Bucket

19. Bucket To Greece Volume 16: A Comical Living Abroad Adventure

By: V.D. Bucket

4.68

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Abandoned in a bucket…to new adventures in GreeceThe delightfully comic account of a British couple… read more

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Cover of Hot Pools, Paua Shells & a Pandemic: Travels around the world by Lisa Rose Wright

20. Hot Pools, Paua Shells & a Pandemic: Travels around the world

By: Lisa Rose Wright

4.48

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

“Slugger Stewart and Slammer Lisa made short work of our big bathroom and laundry room demolition.”… read more

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  • travel
Cover of Geoffrey and Denise: A Right Rural Ruckus (Never a Dull Moment) by Sharon Hayhurst

21. Geoffrey and Denise: A Right Rural Ruckus (Never a Dull Moment)

By: Sharon Hayhurst

4.56

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

No. 1 Best Seller in Rural Life Humor, Nature Writing, Animal Care & Pet Essays, and Humor Essays.W… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Wake Me Up For The Elephants: Comic tales of a restless traveller by Marjory  McGinn

22. Wake Me Up For The Elephants: Comic tales of a restless traveller

By: Marjory McGinn

4.40

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

“Keenly observed, fun-filled tales, yet with a beautifully understated appreciation of life’s poign… read more

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23. Down Under in Melbourne: How one couple from London embraced the opportunities of a new life in Australia

By: Stephen Malins

4.41

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

Travel writer Steve Malins spent time as a young man challenging himself and learning about the wor… read more

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24. Confessions of a VAT Inspector

By: Dawn Fallon

4.33

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

When Dawn Fallon abandons her ambitions to be a professional musician and becomes a Civil Servant, … read more

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  • memoir
Cover of French Tales, Travels and Two Fox Terriers: Mountains, Marmots and Much, Much More (Our French Odyssey Book 2) by Jane   Smyth

25. French Tales, Travels and Two Fox Terriers: Mountains, Marmots and Much, Much More (Our French Odyssey Book 2)

By: Jane Smyth

4.26

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

“Summer in the mountains is usually hot, the mornings presenting blue, cloudless skies which may at… read more

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Cover of Sidesteps to The Somme on The Shoe: Travels by Barge Along the Western Front (Faring on The Shoe) by Valerie Poore

26. Sidesteps to The Somme on The Shoe: Travels by Barge Along the Western Front (Faring on The Shoe)

By: Valerie Poore

4.84

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

What do you do when you plan a summer boat trip and the canal runs out of water? This is what happe… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Musings from a Greek Village: Peter Barber's Musings by Peter Barber

27. Musings from a Greek Village: Peter Barber's Musings

By: Peter Barber

4.57

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Philosophy in Greece is not dead. It is alive and well through the musings of writer and thinker, P… read more

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Cover of Kookaburras, Cuppas & Kangaroos: Adventures of a Yorkshire Lass Down Under in the ’60s by S. Bavey

28. Kookaburras, Cuppas & Kangaroos: Adventures of a Yorkshire Lass Down Under in the ’60s

By: S. Bavey

4.51

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Fueled by her spirit for adventure and with her 10 pound ticket in hand, Elizabeth Isle leaves 1960… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of From an Umbrian Farmhouse to Como's Quiet Shores (Someday Travels Book 3) by E.J. Bauer

29. From an Umbrian Farmhouse to Como's Quiet Shores (Someday Travels Book 3)

By: E.J. Bauer

4.78

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

After previously experiencing France and the Iberian peninsula, the incorrigible Elizabeth returns … read more

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  • memoir
Cover of How to Start a Riot in a Brothel in Thailand by Ordering a Beer and Other Lesser Known Travel Tips. by Simon Yeats

30. How to Start a Riot in a Brothel in Thailand by Ordering a Beer and Other Lesser Known Travel Tips.

By: Simon Yeats

3.86

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Book 1 of the hilarious book series that those in the know will want to read on the train to work s… read more

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Cover of How to Survive Making Yourself Look Silly While Dancing with the German Mafia at a Bavarian Nightclub and Other Lesser Known Travel Tips by Simon Yeats

31. How to Survive Making Yourself Look Silly While Dancing with the German Mafia at a Bavarian Nightclub and Other Lesser Known Travel Tips

By: Simon Yeats

4.36

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Book 3 of the hilarious book series that those in the know will want to read before taking their dr… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

Ryan Benz

4.51

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Tony James Slater

4.46

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A Parthenon on our Roof: Adventures of an Anglo-Greek marriage

Peter Barber

4.41

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Olive Leaf Tea: A humorous story of starting a new life abroad (New Life in Andalusia Book 3)

Sabina Ostrowska

4.27

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Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

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Ethan Gallogly

4.31

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Joan M. Griffin

4.44

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David Smart

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