As summer approaches and public health restrictions are eased, the prospect of travel, long denied for many, beckons invitingly. If you are not quite ready to plan a trip yet, consider some of the best that travel writing has to offer, from classics like William Bartram’s exploration of the Southeast in the 1770s to the latest from best-selling travel writer/novelist Paul Theroux. The following list leans heavily toward the literary travel-writing end of the spectrum (no Fodor’s or Rick Steves guides here). Only one title per author is included, although several, such as Theroux, Robert D. Kaplan, and the incomparable Patrick Leigh Fermor, have a number of other worthwhile titles in our collection.