I’m convinced that coaches and boats and spaceships are in the spirit of this week’s Top Ten Tuesday that is all about books with travel themes, so I included other conveyances on this list, too.

The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson. Watching YouTube videos about people who live on the canals in England helped me through the pandemic. I loved this journey in a novel.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Ryland Grace voyages into space with a mission to save the earth. Science fiction isn’t my go-to genre, but I liked this one, especially the aspect of human’s first interstellar travel. I can hardly wait until March 2026 for the film when Ryan Gosling will play the lead role.

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. There’s not much travel in the historical timeline from 1791, but the other story is all about an American woman who shows up alone in London when she expected to be there with her husband.

Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall. Chasing someone across the English countryside is a terrific plot for this Regency novel that has many scenes in carriages and on horseback.

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont. Harrogate, Yorkshire — one of my favorite fantasy travel destinations — was where Agatha Christie retreated when she went missing for eleven days after her marriage collapsed. Christie never told the story of her travels, so this novel explored what might have happened.

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín. Eilis Lacey travels across the Atlantic Ocean, with several memorable scenes on the ship, to emigrate from Ireland to the United States.

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. Three damaged people take a trip around damaged France shortly after World War II — an adventure story that also includes the World War I experience of a female spy.

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult. I think I’ve read four books set during COVID. This was the one that focused most on the experience of travel. I follow enough travel vloggers on YouTube to know that was a scary and challenging time.

The Huntress by Kate Quinn. Nina Markova was a Siberian peasant girl before she trained as a pilot of war planes.  Englishman Ian Graham abandons his successful career as a war correspondent and devotes his life, instead, to catching Nazi war criminals so they can be brought to justice. Between the two of them, we get to see a lot of travel.

Nemesis by Agatha Christie. Miss Marple takes a coach tour of the Famous Houses and Gardens of Great Britain in order to solve a puzzle that she is presented in a letter.

I enjoy vicarious travel through books. What books do you recommend for me to read?