Book Recommendations: TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
Hi, guys!! This is Silvana and today I bring you a special list of books. I think I have never taken so long to do one since we started the blog. But this one... oh my god, guys. So let me explain things first. For a while I have wanted to do a recommendation list with books that are set in countries all around the world. I think I saw Dahlia Adler talking about this on Twitter or something? But either way, I really got the idea from her.
A while ago I made a list but I never really found a lot of books, but to be honest, I wasn't searching enough and I didn't know a lot of books then. But now months later, I actually could come up with a big list and of course, Goodreads helped me HUGELY. Plus I want to thank some people that also made my life easier by helping me: Maf (@Bookwormwanders), Eri (@willowmoore), Siiri (@rosecoballoway), Brianna + Angelina (@otakutwins1) and Sue (@SueYAHollywood) and of course my own co-blogger, Mana.
There are some oldies, new releases and some not-yet released ones as well. A little bit of everything. The characters might be on vacation in that country. They might be from that country. They might be time-traveling to that country. It also might be an alternate universe of that country. Anything is possible definitely.
You can totally click the image on top of this text so you can see the picture better and bigger and brighter. But either way, I'm going to go from continent to continent and put the title/author/place they are set and the link of the books down below, so you can see the pictures better + the books!
- The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock {Alaska}
- Whenever I'm With You by Lydia Sharp {Alaska}*
- A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes {Toronto}
- Saving the CEO by Jenny Holiday {Toronto}
- Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill {Montreal}
- The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig {Time-traveling: Honolulu}
- Summer of Sloane by Erin L. Schneider {Honolulu}
- Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall {México}
- North of Happy by Adi Alsaid {México}*
- Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia {México}
- Evenfall Volume 2 by Santino and Ais {México}
- Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard {Belize/Guatemala}
- Without Borders by Amanda Heger {Nicaragua}
- The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon {Jamaica/New York}
- Down for the Count by Christine Bell {Puerto Rico}
- A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry {Puerto Rico}
- When the Stars Align by Jeanette Grey {Puerto Rico}
- Angel's Grace by Tracey Baptiste {Trinidad & Tobago}
- 100 Hours by Rachel Vincent {Colombia}*
- Withering Hope by Layla Hagen {The Amazon rainforest}
- City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende {The Amazon rainforest}
- Origin by Jessica Khoury {The Amazon rainforest}
- A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson {The Amazon rainforest}
- Settling the Score by R. S. Grey {Rio de Janeiro}
- Summer Attractions by Beth Bolden {Rio de Janeiro}
- The Head of the Saint by Socorro Acioli {Brazil}
- With Every Breath by Lia Riley {La Patagonia} 27
- The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín {Ireland}
- How to Fall in Love by Cecelia Ahern {Dublin}
- Running Back by Allison Parr {Ireland}
- Mean To Be by Lauren Morrill {London}
- Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman {England}
- Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor {Time-traveling: Scotland}
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins {France}
- The Chocolate Thief by Laura Florand {France}
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón {Spain}
- The Vacationers by Emma Straub {Mallorca}
- Season of Love by Harper Bliss {Portugal}
- On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis {Amsterdam}
- Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin {Germany}
- The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke {Time-traveling: East Berlin)*
- This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee {Geneva}
- Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor {Prague}
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld {Austria/UK}
- Racing the Sun by Karina Halle {Italy}
- Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch {Tuscany}
- Wish You Were Italian... by Kristin Rae {Rome}
- Blonde Ops by Charlotte Bennardo {Rome}
- Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman {Macedonia}
- I Do by A. J. Pine {Greece}
- My Best Friend, Maybe by Caela Carter {The Greek Islands}
And I Darken by Kiersten White {Ottoman Empire aka Turkey}*problematic- The Bastard of Istambul by Elif Shafak {Turkey/US} 52
- Queen of Someday by Sherry D. Ficklin {Russia}
- Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick {Russia} 54
- Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor {Nigeria}
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor {Nigeria}
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie {Nigeria}
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie {Nigeria}
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi {Ghana + more countries}
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor {Namibia}
- City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson {Kenya}
- Coconut by Kopano Matlwa {South Africa}
- Steeplejack by A. J. Hartley {Alternate universe: South Africa}
- Diamond Boy by Michael Williams {Zimbabwe/South Africa}
- Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz {Egypt}
- The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty {Egypt}*
- A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar {Egypt/Kuwait}
- The Blazing Star by Imani Josey {Time-traveling: Egypt}
- The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty {Egypt}* 68
- Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin {Gaza}*
- The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan {Israel}
- If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan {Iran}
- The Secret Sky by Atia Abawai {Afghanistan}
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini {Afghanistan}
- Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed {Pakistan}
- Fire Boy by Sami Shah {Pakistan}
- The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi {India}
- The Windfall by Diksha Basu {India}
- The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni {India}
- A Time to Dance by PadmaVenkatraman {India}
- The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna {India}
- What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munsweera {Sri Lanka}
- Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai {Sri Lanka}
- Sea by Heidi R. Kling {Indonesia}
- Crushingly Close by Stella Torres {Indonesia/Manila}
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan {Singapore}
- The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo {Malacca}
- Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai {Vietnam/Alabama}
- All's Fair in Blog and War by Chrissie Peria {Macau}
- The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim {Medieval China}*
- Interim Goddess of Love by Mina V. Esguerra {Manila}
- Prom Queen Perfect by Clarisse David {Philippines}
- Feels Like Summer by Six de los Reyes {Philippines}
- Better At Weddings Than You by Mina Esguerra {Philippines}
- Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions by Six de los Reyes {Philippines}
- Want by Cindy Pon {Taipei}*
- Welcome to the Underworld by Con Template {Seoul}
- Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh {Futuristic Korea}*
- Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz {South Korea}*
- Risuko: A Kinoichi Tale by David Kudler {Japan}
- A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith {Time-traveling: Japan}
- The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco {Japan}
- A Place I Belong by Cynthia Kadohata {Japan}*
- Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse {Tokyo}*
- Bucket List to Love by CP Santi {Tokyo}*
- Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta {Australia}
- When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah {Australia}
- Upside Down by Lia Riley {Australia}
- How To Keep a Boy From Kissing You by Tara Eglington {Australia}
- Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung {Australia}
- Chasing Crazy by Kelly Siskind {New Zealand}
- Where Sea Meets Sky by Karina Halle {New Zealand} 107
23 comments
Guys!!! This is one of the coolest blog posts I've ever seen. I love the maps and I love your selections. Really awesome!
ReplyDeleteajahsadands Julia!!! thank youuu omg this is the greatest compliment ever (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
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I have been looking for a post like this for ages, it's such a brilliant idea and super helpful, plus the maps are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe're glad you find it in our post yay! Thankyou thank you!! Eeeeep truly you're so sweet
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Crushingly Close is from Manila :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I know there's a trip to Indonesia at some point? So that's why I put it there hehe Thank you tho!!! :)
DeleteSil
Thank you!!! We're glad you enjoy it <3
ReplyDeleteSil
This is such an amazing list. I love that there are THREE Japan books! Eek. Time to look into those...
ReplyDeleteIf you're into horror stories (kinda?) you should check out The Girl From the Well! Contemporary side: Seven Days of You. Historical side: Risuko. And a bit of a time-traveling adventure/scifi: A Darkly Beating Heart! And thank you so much for checking our list out!
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This is awesome -- I love the maps! Definitely added a book or two to my TBR.
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Yay!!! So glad you did <3 thank you!
DeleteSil
This is so awesome! I love how you broke up everything in terms of country and have those maps; I'm definitely going to reference this in the future! :)
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH this means a lot truly <3
DeleteSil
This is an amazing idea! Thanks so much for putting it together!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for checking it out :')
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OMG THAT'S SO AMAZING!!!!!! omg omg omg!! thank you so much for this amazing post! i love how it summarizes all the books set outside the US, it's just so cool!
ReplyDelete- Maha @ younicorn reads
(✿◠‿◠) wooooo so happy you love it! hahaha thank you so much <3 *sobs*
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Sil you are the bomb dot com dot com 5ever. This list is all the amazings, five times over. Thank you for being a heavenly angel and making this
ReplyDelete- Aila @ One Way Or An Author
haha Aila <333 You're so kind YOU'RE AN ANGEL ლ(╹◡╹ლ) please never change
DeleteSil
This list is amazing! Thank you so much for putting this up! :D
ReplyDeleteTasya // The Literary Huntress
Yay!!! thanks for saying that and checking it out <3
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This list is SO COOL! I've read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (absolutely loved it) and Anna and the French Kiss. I love this post!
ReplyDeleteBOTH VERY VERY GOOD :') I hope you get to read more from this list! Thanks for checking it out
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