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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.

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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Galway Confidential

Galway Confidential

Author: Ken Bruen

Location: Galway

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The Little Café in Copenhagen

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Lead Review (The Paris Peacemakers)

  • Book: The Paris Peacemakers
  • Location: France, Paris
  • Author: Flora Johnston

"This novel deals with the notion of peace – politically on the world stage and on a personal level – set..."

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Lead Review (Black Storms)

  • Book: Black Storms
  • Location: Barcelona
  • Author: Peter Bush (Translator), Teresa Solana

"Black Storms by Teresa Solana is set in modern-day Barcelona. The book takes its title from a revolutionary hymn. Solana uses..."

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Lead Review (The Trunk)

  • Book: The Trunk
  • Location: Seoul, South Korea
  • Author: Kim Ryeo-ryeong, Kolab (translation team)

"Well, this is different! Wedding & Life (WL) is the most exclusive matchmaking service in Korea. The agency caters for people..."

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Lead Review (The Traitor’s Wife)

  • Book: The Traitor’s Wife
  • Location: Hollywood, Naples
  • Author: Sarah Steele

"War-time Naples clashes with the glitz of Hollywood The Traitor’s Wife by Sarah Steele, is an intriguing historical novel that seamlessly..."

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Lead Review (The Blue Hour)

  • Book: The Blue Hour
  • Location: The Scottish Borders, West of Scotland
  • Author: Paula Hawkins

"The author certainly feels as though she has definitely regained some of her form in this novel of class, wealth and..."

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Lead Review (In The Shadows of Love)

  • Book: In the Shadows of Love
  • Location: Lahore
  • Author: Awais Khan

"At the heart of this novel is the waxing and waning relationship between Mona and her rich husband Bilal. They have..."

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Lead Review (Real Americans)

  • Book: Real Americans
  • Location: Beijing (Peking), United States (USA)
  • Author: Rachel Khong

"Real Americans by Rachel Khong tells a familiar story, of first-generation children of immigrants and the efforts they need to make..."

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Lead Review (Half Swimmer)

  • Book: Half Swimmer
  • Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Author: Jo Heinrich (Translator), Katja Oskamp

"The stories are set in and around Berlin, forming snapshot vignettes of Tanja’s life. She is a teen, developing into a..."

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Lead Review (The Group)

  • Book: The Group
  • Location: Madrid
  • Author: Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translator), Sigge Eklund

"As a reader, you would be hard-pressed to discover that name of the translator. The translator’s name is only mentioned in..."

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Lead Review (The World After Alice)

  • Book: The World After Alice
  • Location: Maine
  • Author: Lauren Aliza Green

"3.5* In Elizabeth Cottage a host of disparate family and friends are gathering to celebrate the marriage of Morgan Hensley and..."

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