I don’t know about you, but I LOVE going to other countries in books. It’s fun to read about the ones I want to visit and re-visit the ones I’ve been to. In a couple months we’ll be talking about books that awaken the travel bug in us, so I’m being very selective and not including books with strong travel themes so I can share those then. I’m hoping that this week’s topic will expand my TBR like crazy. I can’t wait to see where books have taken you!
Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney (France)
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (France)
The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall (France to Turkey)
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco (Romania)
Heist Society by Ally Carter (Italy, Austria, Poland, France, England)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (Czech Republic)
From What I Remember… by Stacy Kramer & Val Thomas (Mexico)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Thisby)
(I’m cheating with this one since Thisby doesn’t exist, but the author said that she pictured it as being a place like Ireland or Scotland, and it definitely feels like it!)
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher (Australia)
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas (Aruba)
Which countries have you enjoyed visiting through books? I want a ton of recommendations, so I’m going to do my best to visit all of you. But if there’s something you REALLY love, can you tell me in the comments so I definitely don’t miss it?
I haven’t read any of these but I have Anna and the French Kiss on my TBR–it looks so good! Happy reading :)
It’s one of my favorite books! I hope you can read it soon. :)
wish I had remembered to add STOLEN to my list. I love that book so much! My TTT
Oh my goodness, I love it too! It’s pretty amazing. :)
I almost added ‘French Kiss’ because I adore that novel, but then I decided to save it for our upcoming travel topic. “Heist Society” is a series I look forward to trying, and hope it ends up being a happy, entertaining series that makes its reader smile. :)
Heist Society is wonderful! I love those books. They are fun and swoony and silly. I grinned my way through them. :)
I put The Scorpio Races on mine too! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who cheated! Lol. It was too good to pass up. Daughter of Smoke and Bone is one I’ve really been wanting to read!! I gotta get on it. Great list as always!!
Thank you!
The Scorpio Races is definitely too good to pass up for this topic. :) DoSaB is super unique and really good! I definitely enjoyed my read. I hope you get to read it soon!
I forgot about Daughter of Smoke and Bone and The Scorpio Races is another great one!! The Conspiracy of Us looks good too (Turkey!!) Loved this topic.
The Conspiracy of Us is wonderful! It’s one of my favorites.
So glad to hear you loved this topic!
I mostly enjoy getting countries in books when it isn’t USA or Europe (the common countries of Europe anyway) and we get a nice bit of culture along the way. Which is what I focused on for this ttt. :)
USA and several countries in Europe are definitely the most common. I’d love to find more books that take place in less commonly written about countries. I’ll have to check out your list!
From this list I’ve only read Daughter of Smoke and Bone and it made my list too!
Did you enjoy DoSaB? I visited your list and saw that you added Cinder and Shadow and Bone! Great picks! I wish I’d thought to add those. :)
Also, I LOVE your blog’s layout and design. So pretty!
I did! I immediately fell in love with Laini’s writing. So gorgeous! It’s one of the few angel books I really liked a lot!
AWWW thanks Jana!! :D That makes me so happy.
You know, I think it’s the only angel book I’ve enjoyed! lol. I’m not usually a fan of those.
And you’re welcome!!
I cheated on one too! Lol!! Totally forgot about HPD! I would’ve been a perfect 10 with no cheats had I remembered it! Lol!
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Ihaven’t read any of your books but they have wonderful covers!
I do really love some of them. :)
I like seeing a few different places (Czech Republic , Romania, Poland). I read a lot of English and Australian authors, therefore, a lot of their books are set in their home countries, and France pops up a lot, but I don’t get to go to eastern Europe or Asia much.
Who are some of your favorite Australian authors? I haven’t read many books set there, but have loved the ones I did. :)
I am totally in love with Cath Crowley, but I discovered all the Aussie authors via their US releases. There are some that have not had US releases, but I really want to read.
I have a couple of Cath’s books. I’ve heard so many great things about her. :)
I haven’t read any of these, but have been aware of several. I can see that this topic is going to make my TBR much longer. Which is not a bad thing at all!
Haha. Yeah, um… sorry not sorry? lol. This topic is kind of breaking my TBR, too, but I see that as a really good thing!
I included Anna and the French Kiss in mine as well! Loved that book.
Oh, me too. Anna is definitely a favorite of mine. :)
I’m very partial to books set in Europe, especially Italy. I loved The Scorpio Races, by the way.
Me too! Books set in Italy are my FAVORITE. I’ll be sharing a bunch of the ones I love in June for our travel bug TTT topic. :)
I haven’t read any of these, but Hunting Prince Dracula is on my TBR list, and I’m really looking forward to it! I realized, while writing my post, that my reading list is really North America and Europe centric, so I hope to branch out a bit more in my reading this year. :)
HPD was probably my favorite book of 2017. It’s amazing, and I hope you get to it soon!
My list is definitely Europe centric as well, so if you find any books you enjoy in other countries I hope you’ll let me know!
I haven’t read any of these books but Anna and the French Kiss is on my TBR for so long :D And it made into my list too :)
AHHHH. Read Anna! I love it so much! I hope you’ll tell me what you thought of it when you do get to it!
Haha sure. I’ll keep a note of it :)
I loved Daughter of Smoke & Bone! I still want to read Anna and the French Kiss. Great list!
I loved it too! It’s super unique, which is so nice to find. :)
Anna is AMAZING. Please tell me what you thought of it once you read it!
Yaaaay we share Hunting Prince Dracula on our lists! And I need to read The Conspiracy of Us, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and The Scorpion Races! :D Great post!
I LOVED HPD! I’m trying to decide when I want to re-read it, and I’m thinking October would be perfect.
Yes, you must read all those books! I loved all three. :)
Hehe re-reading it would be so much fun! I can’t wait for the next Audrey Rose book :D
UGH. Me too! And I love that it’s set on an ocean liner! I bet it’s going to be super creepy.:)
I hope it’ll be awesome and creepy! :O :D
Stolen and Dangerous Girls are both on my “To Read” list. I feel like I must not have read the summaries very closely, though, because I didn’t realize that they were set in Australia and Aruba. Like you, I love “visiting” other places through books (and in real life as well), so I guess that gives me yet another reason to look forward to reading them!
Both books are wonderful, so I highly recommend you read them soon!
A good list! The only one I’ve read is Daughter of Smoke and Bone and I didn’t think to add it to my list!
It’s a really unique book, don’t you think? I need to finish the trilogy soon, but it’s been so long since I read it that I barely remember anything anymore! lol.
I still need to read Daughter of Smoke and Bone and The Scorpio Races. Sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who hasn’t read them. They’re on so many lists today.
I only just read The Scorpio Races a few months ago, so you’re not too far behind me! :)
I really need to read Hunting Prince Dracula! I added it to my list this week too because it takes place in Romania and I am originally from there. Hopefully I’ll get to it soon.
Oh, how cool that you’re from Romania! I hope you do get to read it soon. It was my favorite book of 2017. :)
The Scorpio Races is one of my favourite books. Thisby should be a real island.
Mine too! It’s a beautiful book, and I’d love to visit Thisby! I wish it were a real place, too!
I think the country I haven’t been to yet that I most enjoy reading about is probably Ireland – thanks to Maeve Binchy…and yet she didn’t make my list; huge oversight.
Here’s my list by the way: https://jhohadli.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/ttt-another-country
My omission of Binchy was not technically an oversight given my approach to the challenge. You’ll see what I mean if you check it out. Which I hope you do.
I’m running over right now! I’m excited to see what you did with this topic. :)
I’d have to agree with you. I love reading about Ireland, but still haven’t been there. I hope to go someday! I think I own one Binchy book, but have never read that. I guess I should fix that soon! Which of hers is your favorite?
That’s a rough one. I’ve read a lot of Binchy. She was one of the ways me and a book loving friend of mine stayed connected over the years. We have different tastes in books but would always exchange Binchy – both agreeing that she was like comfort food to us. I liked most– Tara Road, Circle of Friends, Evening Class, Scarlet Feather, Quentins, Firefly Summer, Nights of Rain and Stars, The Lilac Bus; in fact, of the ones I read, the only one I didn’t warm to was The Return Journey and even that I didn’t dislike as such.
It’s nice to know she’s such a great author! The one of hers that I have is Nights of Rain and Stars. Thanks for all the recommendations. :)
How could I forget The Heist Society?!?! I loved that series.
It’s SO GOOD, right? I still need to read the third book. It totally got buried under a pile of other books. lol
Oh my gosh, I LOVE Daughter of Smoke and Bone so much! Those books are magical! And they make me want to travel to all the places she talks about.