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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 2,500 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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Below The Deck

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Lead Review (Our Evenings)

  • Book: Our Evenings
  • Location: England, London, South East England
  • Author: Alan Hollinghurst

"  Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2025 (which, in fact, this year has been cancelled and you can read why on..."

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Lead Review (The Second Chance Supper Club

  • Book: The Second Chance Supper Club
  • Location: Northumberland
  • Author: Caroline Roberts

"  “Northumberland’s wildly rugged beauty had drawn her back…” Fictional Tilldale is within striking distance of Alnwick. Cath lived quite happily with..."

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Lead Review (Slanting Towards the Sea)

  • Book: Slanting Towards the Sea
  • Location: Zadar
  • Author: Lidija Hilje

"A Marie-Claire UK Best New Book for August 2025. This came highly recommended from two people, who have the inside track..."

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Lead Review (The Dacre Dilemma)

  • Book: The Dacre Dilemma
  • Location: The Lake District
  • Author: Rebecca Tope

"Rebecca Tope is well known for writing crime mysteries with a good sense of place. The Dacre Dilemma is no.15 in..."

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Lead Review (The Illuminated)

  • Book: The Illuminated
  • Location: India
  • Author: Anindita Ghose

"The Illuminated by Anindita Ghose is a challenging, mind-broadening read – and I loved it! Ghose is an excellent storyteller, she..."

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  • Book: Blurred
  • Location: Romania
  • Author: Iris Wolff, Ruth Martin (translator)

"Iris Wolff was born in the medieval town of Sibiu in Transylvania. She emigrated as a child and now lives in..."

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Lead Review (Lost Lambs)

  • Book: Lost Lambs
  • Location: United States (USA)
  • Author: Madeline Cash

"Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash, novel set in fictional small-town America. Author Madeline Cash has an acute sense of the ridiculous..."

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Lead Review (And then There was You)

  • Book: And Then There Was You
  • Location: St Ives
  • Author: Miranda Dickinson

"Merryn owns a cafe in a secluded courtyard in St Ives called Sweet Reverie. One evening she is weaving her way..."

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On the Amalfi Coast Magic Happens

  • Book: The Infinite Terrace
  • Location: Amalfi Coast, Anglesey
  • Author: Lindy Viandier

"The Infinite Terrace, the debut novel in the Italian Interlude series, written by Lindy Viander gripped me from start to finish...."

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Moving and Gracious

  • Book: The Infinite Terrace
  • Location: Amalfi Coast, Anglesey
  • Author: Lindy Viandier

"As Lindy Viandier is the author of two memoirs I’ve read and loved, I was thrilled to be sent an ARC..."

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