Sometimes it is difficult to getting away…except when reading a book! This month we asked our staff for suggestions of books that take place in a specific location, have a strong sense of place or contain travel. This is what they gave us.
Fiction
Death at La Fenice
By Donna Leon
Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck
Gulliver’s Travels
By Jonathan Swift
Book/Overdrive eBook/Hoopla eBook/Hoopla Audiobook/Hoopla Graphic Novel
Less
By Andrew Sean Greer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne Barrows
Independent People
Halldór Laxness
A long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
The River
Peter Heller
Red Sorghum
Mo Yan
Kids
Maisy Goes to London
By Lucy Cousins
Nonfiction
125 Wacky Roadside Attractions
National Geographics
Born a Crime
By Trevor Noah
Devil in the White City
By Erik Lareson
Book/Large Print/Audio CD/Overdrive eBook/Overdrive Audiobook
Everything & Everywhere
By Marc Martin
National Park Adventures
By Noah Adams