TripFiction

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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Lead Review (The Tiger’s Wife)

Book: The Tiger’s Wife
Location: Balkans
Author: Tea Obreht

"3,75* This is a creative story, imbued with magical realism, folklore and fantastical elements. It also encompasses the changing nature of..."

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Lead Review (Tombstoning)

Book: Tombstoning
Location: Arbroath
Author: Doug Johnstone

"20th anniversary re-release Author Chris Brookmyre pens the introduction to this resurrected novel and he ruminates on the success of Johnstone’s..."

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Lead Review (Everyone Brave is Forgiven)

Book: Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
Location: London, Malta
Author: Chris Cleave

"The author was inspired by his own family’s experiences during WW2, both in London and on Malta. Mary is an 18..."

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Lead Review (Ask Not)

Book: Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
Location: United States (USA)
Author: Maureen Callahan

"This is a very readable account and interpretation of the lives of many of the women in the American Kennedy clan...."

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Lead Review (After He Died)

Book: After He Died
Location: Argyll and Bute, Glasgow
Author: Michael J Malone

" #fromourbookshelves After He Died by Michael J Malone is a psychological thriller and another entertaining read from this clever and..."

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Lead Review (Swallows)

Book: Swallows
Location: Japan
Author: Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda (Translator), Natsuo Kirino

" Natsuo Kirino’s novel, Swallows, translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, is a provocative and emotionally layered exploration of surrogacy, class and independence in..."

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Lead Review (Cairo Gambit)