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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.

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Recently Added Books

Prague Revisited: From World War II to the Velvet Revolution

Prague Revisited: From World War II to the Velvet Revolution

Author: Bernis von zur Muehlen, Peter von zur Muehlen

Location: Prague

Genre: Historical, Nonfiction

The Ophelia Murders

The Ophelia Murders

Author: J M Simpson

Location: Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Murder with a Glass of Malvasia

Murder with a Glass of Malvasia

Author: Alexander Marriott

Location: Monemvasia, Greece

Genre: Mystery

Dystopian Paradise

Dystopian Paradise

Author: Marvin Cook

Location: Florida, Caribbean

Genre: Science Fiction/Future

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Lead Review (Paro)

  • Book: Paro
  • Location: Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Author: Namita Gokhale

"3.5* Priya is the ‘voyeur and diarist’ of the comings and goings of Paro, a striking woman who holds sway wherever..."

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Lead Review (A Crime Through Time)

  • Book: A Crime Through Time (Miss Darcy investigates)
  • Location: Derbyshire, Plymouth
  • Author: Amelia Blackwell

"Miss Darcy Investigates: A Crime Through Time by Amelia Blackwell is the first in a series of cosy crime novels. The..."

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Lead Review (The Daughter)

  • Book: The Daughter
  • Location: London
  • Author: T M Logan

"Evie is just completing her first term at University and her mother is driving from their home in Reading to North..."

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Lead Review (Nightingale and Co)

  • Book: Nightingale and Co
  • Location: Berlin
  • Author: Charlotte Printz, Marina Sofia (Translator)

"Nightingale & Co by Charlotte Printz is billed as a cozy drama. This is true, in that there are no gory..."

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Lead Review (The Long Delirious Burning Blue)

  • Book: The Long Delirious Burning Blue
  • Location: Arizona, Scottish Highlands
  • Author: Sharon Blackie

"A tale of self-discovery for both mother and daughter The Long Delirious Burning Blue by Sharon Blackie is a haunting and..."

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Lead Review (The Ringmaster)

  • Book: The Ringmaster
  • Location: Dunedin
  • Author: Vanda Symon

"The Ringmaster is the second (of six) in Vanda Symon’s Sam Shephard police detection series. Sam has moved on from being..."

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Lead Review (Escape to Pumpkin Cottage)

  • Book: Escape to Pumpkin Cottage
  • Location: Wye Valley
  • Author: Anna Burns, Jacqui Burns

"The two authors are a mother and daughter writing team and together they have created a delightfully put together story of..."

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A gripping psychological thriller, implausible at times

  • Book: The Silent Patient
  • Location: London
  • Author: Alex Michaelides

"3.75* The Silent Patient by Alex Michaeliides, a novel of psychotherapeutic dynamics set in London. Alicia Berenson killed her husband and..."

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Lead Review (The Cove)

  • Book: The Cove
  • Location: The Lizard Peninsula
  • Author: L J Ross

"The Cove is one of three novels in The Summer Suspense Mysteries set in Cornwall (together with The Bay and The..."

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Lead Review (Carnivore)

  • Book: Carnivore
  • Location: Dhaka, Manhattan
  • Author: K Anis Ahmed

"Carnivore by K Anis Ahmed, a novel of NEW YORK’s high end restaurant scene. This is a novel of New York’s..."

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