Clare County Library in Ireland has put together a wonderful collection of travel literature entitled, “Around The World in 22 Books” that makes me very jealous that I don’t live on the Emerald Isle. Luckily, they’ve published the list of books included in the collection:

• Afghanistan: An Unexpected Light
• America: Old Glory, Ghost Riders, Stranger on a Train
• Australia: In a Sunburned Country, The Songlines
• Asia: A Fortune-Teller Told Me
• China: Red Dust
• Congo: Facing the Congo
• Ethiopia/Somalia/Sudan: Arabian Sands
• Himalayas: The Snow Leopard
• India: Slowly Down the Ganges, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
• Ireland: A Secret Map of Ireland
• Italy: Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere
• Iran/Iraq: The Valleys of the Assassins
• Mongolia: In the Empire of Genghis Khan
• Pacific Rim: Full Circle (free)
• Romania: Transylvania and Beyond
• Venezuela: In Trouble Again