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This is a collection of just some of my all-time favorite books around the world! I love that novels can transport us; even without leaving home – and these books have taken me all over the globe.

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  • Books Set Around The World - A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    A Golden Age

  • Books Set In India - A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #bookworm #booklover #fiction #travel

    A Suitable Boy

  • Books Set Around The World, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, world novels, books and travel, book challenge, books to read, books for travel, books for travel lovers, books for trips, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    A Thousand Splendid Suns

  • Books Set In Nigeria - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. Books Set In Africa. Nigerian Books. #books #nigeria #travel

    Americanah

  • Books Set In France: Reading Challenge Printable

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  • Books Set In Iceland - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #fiction #iceland #travel

    Burial Rites

  • Books Set Around The World - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    Cutting for Stone

  • Books Set In China - Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong by Susan Blumberg-Kason. For books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com. chinese books, books about china, books on chinese culture, novels set in china, chinese novels, best books about china, books on china travel, best novels about china, contemporary novels set in china, chinese historical fiction, china inspiration, china travel, packing china, china reading list, popular chinese books, novels set in ancient china, best chinese literature, travel reads, reading list, books around the world, books to read, books set in different countries

    Good Chinese Wife

  • Books Set In Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. Books Set In Africa. Nigerian Books. #books #nigeria #travel

    Half of a Yellow Sun

  • Books Set In Africa: Ghana, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. africa books, african books, books african authors, africa novels, africa literature, africa culture, africa travel, africa book cover, africa reading challenge, african books to read, africa reading list, africa travel, best african books, books by african authors, books for travel lovers, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    Homegoing

  • Books Set In Each State, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. america reading challenge, books set in every state, books from every state, books from each state, most popular book in each state, books about each state, books to read from every state, us road trip, usa book list, american books, american book covers, american books reading list, usa books, us books, book challenge, reading challenge, books set in america, state books series, 50 states book list

    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

  • Books Set Around The World, Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, world novels, books and travel, book challenge, books to read, books for travel, books for travel lovers, books for trips, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    Let The Right One In

  • Books Set In Mexico - Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. mexican books, reading list, books around the world, books to read, books set in different countries, mexico

    Like Water for Chocolate

  • Books Set In Each State, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. america reading challenge, books set in every state, books from every state, books from each state, most popular book in each state, books about each state, books to read from every state, us road trip, usa book list, american books, american book covers, american books reading list, usa books, us books, book challenge, reading challenge, books set in america, state books series, 50 states book list

    Little Fires Everywhere

  • Books Set In Greece - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #fiction #travel #greece

    Middlesex

  • Books Set In Hawaii - Molokai by Alan Brennert. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books from around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #hawaii #travel #fiction #bookstoread #wanderlust

    Moloka’i

  • Books Set In Japan - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #bookworm #booklover #fiction #travel #japan

    Norwegian Wood

  • Books Set Around The World - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    One Hundred Years of Solitude

  • Books Set In Africa: Kenya, Out of Africa by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. africa books, african books, books african authors, africa novels, africa literature, africa culture, africa travel, africa book cover, africa reading challenge, african books to read, africa reading list, africa travel, best african books, books by african authors, books for travel lovers, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    Out of Africa

  • Books Set In Korea: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Visit www.taleway.com to find books from around the world. korean books, south korean books, books about south korean culture, korean english books, korean authors, korean translated books, korean novels, best books on korean history, best korean romantic novels, korean novels in english, famous korean literature, korean book cover, korean books to read, korean reading challenge, korea reading, korea packing list, korea travel, korea culture, korea inspiration, books and travel, korea bucket list, korea reading list, world books, seoul book, seoul book cover, books set in seoul

    Pachinko

  • Books Set Around The World - People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    People of the Book

  • Books Set In France: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. Visit www.taleway.com to find books from around the world. french books, french novels, best books set in france, popular books set in france, books about france, books about french culture, french reading challenge, french reading list, books set in paris, paris novels, french books to read, books to read before going to france, novels set in france, books to read about france, french english books, livres francais, famous french authors, france packing list, france travel, romance books set in france, mystery books set in france, historical fiction set in france, france travel books

    Perfume

  • Books Set In Korea: Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin. Visit www.taleway.com to find books from around the world. korean books, south korean books, books about south korean culture, korean english books, korean authors, korean translated books, korean novels, best books on korean history, best korean romantic novels, korean novels in english, famous korean literature, korean book cover, korean books to read, korean reading challenge, korea reading, korea packing list, korea travel, korea culture, korea inspiration, books and travel, korea bucket list, korea reading list, world books, seoul book, seoul book cover, books set in seoul

    Please Look After Mom

  • Books Set Around The World - Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    Rooftops of Tehran

  • Books Set Around The World, Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, world novels, books and travel, book challenge, books to read, books for travel, books for travel lovers, books for trips, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    Shadow Country

  • Books Set In China - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. For books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com. chinese books, books about china, books on chinese culture, novels set in china, chinese novels, best books about china, books on china travel, best novels about china, contemporary novels set in china, chinese historical fiction, china inspiration, china travel, packing china, china reading list, popular chinese books, novels set in ancient china, best chinese literature, travel reads, reading list, books around the world, books to read, books set in different countries

    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

  • Books Set Around The World - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    The Alchemist

  • Books Set Around The World - The Book of Night Women by Marlon James. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    The Book of Night Women

  • Books Set In Mexico - The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. mexican books, reading list, books around the world, books to read, books set in different countries, mexico

    The Book of Unknown Americans

  • Books Set In Germany - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com. german books, books about germany, germany inspiration, books germany, germany travel, novels set in germany, german novels, german reading, germany reading challenge, books set in europe, german culture, german history, books arounds the world, books to read, reading challenge, travel reads

    The Book Thief

  • Books Set In Morocco - The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah. For more Moroccan books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com. books morocco, morocco book, books about morocco, morocco inspiration, morocco travel, morocco reading, morocco reading challenge, morocco packing, marrakesh book, marrakesh inspiration, marrakesh travel, travel reading challenge, fes travel, casablanca travel, tangier travel, desert travel, reading list, books around the world, books to read, books set in different countries, books and travel, morocco bookshelf

    The Caliph’s House

  • Books Set In Japan - The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #bookworm #booklover #fiction #travel #japan

    The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories

  • Books Set In Amsterdam - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #bookworm #booklover #fiction #travel #amsterdam

    The Goldfinch

  • Books Set Around The World, The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, world novels, books and travel, book challenge, books to read, books for travel, books for travel lovers, books for trips, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    The Great Gatsby

  • Books Set Around The World - The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    The Hired Man

  • Books Set Around The World - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    The Kite Runner

  • Books Set In France: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier. Visit www.taleway.com to find books from around the world. french books, french novels, best books set in france, popular books set in france, books about france, books about french culture, french reading challenge, french reading list, books set in paris, paris novels, french books to read, books to read before going to france, novels set in france, books to read about france, french english books, livres francais, famous french authors, france packing list, france travel, romance books set in france, mystery books set in france, historical fiction set in france, france travel books

    The Lady and The Unicorn

  • Books Set In India - The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #bookworm #booklover #fiction #travel

    The Lowland

  • Books Set Around The World - The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    The Luminaries

  • Books Set In Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. africa books, african books, books african authors, africa novels, africa literature, africa culture, africa travel, africa book cover, africa reading challenge, african books to read, africa reading list, africa travel, best african books, books by african authors, books for travel lovers, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    The Poisonwood Bible

  • Books Set Around The World, Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, world novels, books and travel, book challenge, books to read, books for travel, books for travel lovers, books for trips, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    The Shadow of the Wind

  • Books Set In Australia - The Strays by Emily Bitto. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. australian books, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books around the world, books to read, books set in different countries, australia

    The Strays

  • Books Set In Greece - The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. #books #novels #fiction #travel #greece

    The Two Faces of January

  • Books Set Around The World - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    The Wonder

  • Books Set In Each State, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. america reading challenge, books set in every state, books from every state, books from each state, most popular book in each state, books about each state, books to read from every state, us road trip, usa book list, american books, american book covers, american books reading list, usa books, us books, book challenge, reading challenge, books set in america, state books series, 50 states book list

    To Kill a Mockingbird

  • Books Set In Australia - Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson. For more books visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. Ideas for those who like to travel, both in life and in fiction. australian books, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books around the world, books to read, books set in different countries, australia

    Tracks

  • Books Set Around The World, We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, world novels, books and travel, book challenge, books to read, books for travel, books for travel lovers, books for trips, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    We Need New Names

  • Books Set Around The World, What Is The What by Dave Eggers - Visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, world novels, books and travel, book challenge, books to read, books for travel, books for travel lovers, books for trips, travel reads, travel reading list, reading list, reading challenge, books around the world

    What Is The What

  • Books Set Around The World - White Teeth by Zadie Smith. For more books that inspire travel visit www.taleway.com to find books set around the world. world books, books around the world, travel inspiration, world travel, novels set around the world, world novels, books and travel, travel reads, reading list, books to read, books set in different countries, world reading challenge

    White Teeth

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“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.” My book for Kenya was this classic tale. Books Set In Kenya: Out of Africa by Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen)

See the full list: https://taleaway.com/books-set-in-africa-african-novels/ “Out of Africa is Isak Dinesen’s memoir of her years in Africa, from 1914 to 1931, on a four-thousand-acre coffee plantation in the hills near Nairobi. She had come to Kenya from Denmark with her husband, and when they separated she stayed on to manage the farm by herself, visited frequently by her lover, the big-game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton, for whom she would make up stories “like Scheherazade.” In Africa, “I learned how to tell tales,” she recalled many years later. “The natives have an ear still. I told stories constantly to them, all kinds.” Her account of her African adventures, written after she had lost her beloved farm and returned to Denmark, is that of a master storyteller, a woman whom John Updike called “one of the most picturesque and flamboyant literary personalities of the century.” #karenblixen #isakdinesen #outofafrica #kenya #denmark #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #book #books #bookclub #bookworm #bookhoarder #bookobsessed #bookish #bookaholic #bookcommunity #bookblogger #bookaddict #booklover #bookcover #instabook #instaread #read #reading #bibliophile #stayhomeclub #literaturelover #readingafrica #africanbooks #rungstedlund
“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.” My book for…
An essential read for coffee lovers! This tale moves between San Francisco and Yemen, telling the true story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali and his mission to resurrect the art of Yemeni coffee. Enjoyed exploring some of the places from the book in real-life, especially my beloved Blue Bottle Coffee.

Books Set In San Francisco and Yemen: The Monk Of Mokha by Dave Eggers

See the full list: https://taleaway.com/books-set-in-san-francisco “The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana’a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen’s central place in it.

He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the country’s rugged mountains and meet beleagured but determined farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people.” #sanfrancisco #yemen #monkofmokha #themonkofmokha #daveeggers #coffee #portofmokha #bluebottlecoffee #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #book #books #bookclub #bookworm #bookhoarder #bookobsessed #bookish #bookaholic #bookcommunity #bookblogger #bookaddict #booklover #bookcover #instabook #instaread #read #reading #bibliophile #stayhomeclub
An essential read for coffee lovers! This tale moves between San…
Africa is a part of the world I dream of exploring more. This list of books set in Africa is a literary trip through the continent, bringing this part of the world to life and most certainly inspiring some wanderlust!

See the full list: https://taleaway.com/books-set-in-africa-african-novels/

#africa #africanbooks #africanliterature #readingafrica #africanauthors #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #book #books #bookclub #bookworm #bookhoarder #bookobsessed #bookish #bookaholic #bookcommunity #bookblogger #bookaddict #booklover #bookcover #instabook #instaread #read #reading #bibliophile #stayhomeclub
Africa is a part of the world I dream of exploring more. This list of…
A love story that spans decades, by Chilean writer Isabel Allende – one of the worlds most widely read Spanish language authors.

Books Set In San Francisco: The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

See the full list: https://taleaway.com/books-set-in-san-francisco “In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom.

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family, like thousands of other Japanese Americans are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world.” #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #book #books #bookclub #bookworm #bookhoarder #bookobsessed #bookish #bookaholic #bookcommunity #bookblogger #bookaddict #booklover #bookcover #instabook #instaread #read #reading #bibliophile #sanfrancisco #isabelallende #thejapaneselover #womenintranslation #translatedfiction #stayhomeclub #libros
A love story that spans decades, by Chilean writer Isabel Allende – one…
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