Nothing to Declare

The first book I'm sharing here was my favorite book through my twenties, and that's saying something because generally if I'm asked what my favorite is (color, food, movie, etc.) I say I don't pick favorites. This book, though, spoke to so many things in my life: wanderlust, an internal conversation about what I want out of life, a sense of adventure, the loneliness that sometimes comes with life's biggest adventures, being willing to embark on something risky... all things that occur again and again in life. I've come back to this book after years away and love it now, too. It is a beautifully written memoir:

Mary Morris Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone