Recommend good reads........

[ModemRat]

Just finished reading Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World.  I watched the DVDs and had a lot of questions and the book answered a lot of them.  I wrote up a book review with more details of my impressions if anyone is interested:

Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World (Book Review)

[Canuck]

Over Christmas I read Melissa Holbrook Pierson's fairly new book The Man Who Would Stop At Nothing, which is largely about the IBA and endurance riders, with a focus on one. I did a search and found this old thread. I even found a 2008 contribution from me to  my surprise. Anyway, it was a great thread and I thought it deserved a bounce, especially since there has to be a lot of good new books since 2008, and Holbrook Pierson's is one of them, though not quite as good as her The Perfect Vehicle (in my humble opinion). In fact, reading her latest has inspired me to plan to do another Iron Butt ride this summer.

[bluepoof]

Cool, thanks for the rec! I hadn't heard that she had a new(ish) book.  

[motociclista]

Shameless self promotion alert:

Since this old thread has been resurrected, I can recommend the book in my signature below.

And because I'm a biased source, more than a dozen excerpts of reviews are here: http://www.theridesofar.com/feedback.html.

[DosEquis00]

Shameless self promotion alert:

Since this old thread has been resurrected, I can recommend the book in my signature below.

And because I'm a biased source, more than a dozen excerpts of reviews are here: http://www.theridesofar.com/feedback.html.

I have to agree as the book was an excellent read!

[Orson]

I bought 101 Road Tales by Clement Salvadori.

While the guy has been everywhere on his bike, in comparison to the whimsical stylings of Peter Egan, Salvadori's writing is very dry and matter of factual. I hate to say it because the guy is such an accomplished traveler, but the book put me to sleep.