"We wanted to know which books, regardless of genre, changed the way they considered a certain culture or place or people; the books that inspired them both to write and to get out into the world themselves."
I agree with Blue Highways and The Round House. But I've read few of these books.
https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2007-08-08/the-86-greatest-travel-books-of-all-time
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Looking through this list. I find a couple of old friends. Quite a few strangers, and some mysteries to investigate.
"The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino (1957)"
And I spent a marvelous week together.