You should check out a book called "Off the Map" written by two authors simply known as Hib and Kika. It's everything that On the Road and Catcher fail to satisfy.

Thanks for the recommendation! The book sounds like a great reading. I think it’ll be difficult to find it at my local imported-book stores, though.

There is also this book titled Life Traveler by a local writer, Windy Ariestanty. Beautifully written travelogue which focuses on internal revelations she found during her travels. It’s narrated mostly in my native language though, but here’s my favorite quote of the book:

We just need to stay away for a moment to get back home.