The year’s best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane. 

An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2019, collected by esteemed guest editor Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind and Underland. The Best American Travel Writing gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to recognise this annual volume as the gold standard for excellence in travel writing.