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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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Tata

Tata

Author: Valérie Perrin, Hildegarde Serle (translator)

Location: Gueugnon

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