Around the world in books

I love to read and I love to travel - so when I'm at home I put the two together on my bookshelf. Now I'm bringing my world of books to you, so that when you go travelling you can also experience your destination within pages of fiction, crime, biographies and short stories.


America (USA)
Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Gutering
The Tea Rose (Trilogy), by Jennifer Donnelly
Tuesdays with Morri, by Mitch Albom
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 
Open, by Andre Agassi
And if you're travelling to Hollywood - pack a Jackie Collins (or two)!


Asia (South & Central)
My Forbidden Face: Growing up under the Taiban - a young woman's story, by Latifa
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini 
Born Under a Million Shadows, by Andrea Busfield
The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway
The Reluctant Fundamentalistby Mohsin Hamid

Australia
The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough
Solomon's Song, by Bryce Courtenay
Tomorrow when the war began (series), by John Marsden
Trust Me, by Lesley Pearse

Austria
Chess: a novel, by Stefan Zweig

Canada
Recipe for Bees, by Gail Anderson-Dargaitz

Cuba
White Rose (Una Rosa Blanca), by Amy Ephron

Czech Republic
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera

Denmark
(The Complete) Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, by Lily Owens
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, by Peter Hoeg

England
London, by Edward Rutherford
The Very Thought of You, by Rosie Alison
Wideacre (Trilogy), by Philippa Gregory
Never Look Back, by Lesley Pearse

France
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
The Secret Life of Josephine: a novel, by Carolly Erickson

Germany
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne
The Book Thief, by Markus  Zusak

Greece
The Island, by Victoria Hislop

India
Q&A (also known as Slumdog Millionaire), by Vikas Swarup
A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry 
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, by Sarah MacDonald
Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts
Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Italy
The Glassblower of Murano, by Marina Fiorato
The Italian Wedding, by Nicky Pellegrino
The Food of Love, by Anthoy Capella 
Inspector Montalbano series, byAndrea Camilleri
Death in Venice and other stories, by Thomas Mann


Japan
Silk, by Alessandro Baricco


Morocco 
The Caliph's House, by Tahir Shah
The Saffron Gate, by Linda Holeman
The Voices of Marrakech, by Elias Canetti 

New Zealand
Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones
The Whale Rider, by Witi Ihimaera
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield, by Katherine Mansfield
I Am Not Esther, by Fleur Beale
Footrot Flats, by Murray Ball
Cleo, by Helen Brown


Russia
The Bronze Horseman (Trilogy), by Paullina Simons
The Red Scarf, by Kate Furnivall
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy (if you're going for a really long holiday!)


Scotland
The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon


Spain
The Return, by Victoria Hislop


Sweden
The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), by Stieg Larsson
A Winter Book, by Tove Jansson
Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs, by Linda Olsson

Turkey
Portrait of a Turkish Family, by Irfan Orga

UK
Notes from a Small Island, by Bill Bryson

Ukraine
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka

Zimbabwe

The Cry of the Go-Away Bird, by Andrea Eames