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Books set in location – great reading for your travels

Books set in location offer great travel reading. TripFiction was created to make it easy to match a location with a book, and thanks to our searchable database you can find a book relevant to any trip. A resource for both actual and armchair travellers.

TripFiction features many thousands of novels, travelogues and memoirs set in over 2,800 countries, regions, and cities from around the world – so your taste and destination are almost bound to be covered. We are an Amazon Affiliate and we earn a commission for every book purchased through our site. We do this to enable us not to charge for either Membership or individual book searches.

When you are planning your travel reading, don’t forget to research your location on TripFiction. You will find advice on the best books to read for wherever you want to go. TripFiction lets you see a location through an author’s eyes.

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Recently Added Books

The Tuscan Villa

The Tuscan Villa

Author: Ella Carey

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  • Book: One of Us
  • Location: Cambridge, London
  • Author: Elizabeth Day

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Lead Review (The Four Deadly Seasons)

  • Book: The Four Deadly Seasons
  • Location: Venice, Vienna
  • Author: David Hewson

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Novel set in AUSTRALIA

  • Book: Nine Perfect Strangers
  • Location: Australia
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  • Location: Nevada
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  • Location: World
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“One mother’s impossible choice. One daughter’s epic search”

  • Book: The Silent Resistance
  • Location: Haugesund, London
  • Author: Anna Normann

"Anna Normann is the collaborative pseudonym of two authors for whom, both individually and together, documenting WWII in novel form, is..."

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  • Book: Road To True North
  • Location: Iceland
  • Author: Sarah Holding

"Road to true north is a coming of age story with true heart. Olly and his dad take a trip to..."

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  • Book: Darling Mine
  • Location: Berlin
  • Author: Jamie Bulloch (Translator), Romy Hausmann

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Lead Review (Days at the Torunka Café)

  • Book: Days at the Torunka Café
  • Location: Yanaka
  • Author: Eric Ozawa (translator), Satoshi Yagisawa

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Lead Review (Murder in Moonlit Square)

  • Book: Murder in Moonlit Square
  • Location: Delhi
  • Author: Paul Waters

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