Fiction

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

The Book of Lost Things byJohn Connolly

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Prestige by Christopher Priest

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

Carnevale by Michelle Lovric

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Sharpe’s Escape by Bernard Cornwell


Non Fiction

The 4-Hour Work Week: escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich by Timothy Ferriss

Catch Me if You Can by Frank W. Abagnale

Dead Lucky by Lincoln Hall

Escape from Kabul by Eberhard Muehlan

The Great Escape: nine Jews who fled Hitler and changed the world
by Kati Marton

The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux

The Grey Nomad’s Guidebook by Cindy and Jeremy Gough

Papillon by Henri Charriere

The Secret Life of Houdini : the making of America’s first superhero
by William Kalush

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

Vagabonding: an uncommon guide to the art of long-term world travel
by Rolf Potts

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

The Girl from Botany Bay: the true story of the convict Mary Broad and her extraordinary escape by Carolly Erickson

Leaning towards Pisa by Sue Howard

Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby

On the Road by Jack Kerouac