A Suitcase Full of Books

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My Bookshelf

Canada England France  Holland Ireland Italy Japan Morocco Myanmar Scotland  USA Antarctica Curated Book Lists
 

Looking for a book for your next vacation? Or reading yourself around the world? Take a scroll through my bookshelf and maybe you’ll just find your next favorite read! Too busy to get through these books in print? Try listening to them via Audible! I not only use Audible to multi-task at home, but when traveling I love listening to books while I walk around the location/s the story takes place.

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Canada

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Prince Edward Island
On the Blog
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The Story Girl

The Story Girl by L. M. Montgomery
Prince Edward Island
On the Blog
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Pat of Silverbush

Pat of Silver Bush by L. M. Montgomery
Prince Edward Island
On the Blog
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Robert Service Poems

The Spell of the Yukon by Robert Service
Yukon Territory
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England

How Watson Learned the Trick

How Watson Learned the Trick by Arthur Conan Doyle
Windsor Castle
On the Blog
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
London
On the Blog
Amazon

Paddington

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
London
Amazon | Bookshop

Peter Pan

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
London
On the Blog
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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
London
On the Blog
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Tales from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, the Complete Works by William Shakespeare
London
On the Blog
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Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Stratford-Upon-Avon
On the Blog
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No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth

No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth by Spark Notes
Stratford-Upon-Avon
On the Blog
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The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Leicester
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Harry Potter

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
London
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Belle

Belle by Paula Byrne
London
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Stonehenge

Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell
Stonehenge
On the Blog
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The Famous Five

The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
Corfe, Dorset
On the Blog
Amazon

Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Dorset
On the Blog
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When Christ and His Saints Slept

When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Winchester
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Le Morte D'Arthur

Le Morte D’Arthur by Thomas Malory
Winchester
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Vathek

Vathek by William Beckford
Bath
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The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Oxford
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The Hobbit

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Oxford
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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Chatsworth House, Bakewell
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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Chawton
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The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen

The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright & Cass Grafton
Bath
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Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Bath
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Sanditon

Sanditon by Jane Austen
Brighton
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All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Thirsk & Grassington, Yorkshire
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Sixteen Souls

Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot
York, Yorkshire
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Selected Works of the Bronte Sisters

Selected Works of the Bronte Sisters by Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Bronte
Haworth, Yorkshire
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Narrowboat Nomads

Narrowboat Nomads by Steve Haywood
Oxford Canal
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
London
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France

French Milk

French Milk by Lucy Knisley
Paris
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The Little Prince

Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Paris
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Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach
Paris / Newport, Oregon
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The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
Paris
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Opera Garnier interior

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Paris
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Notre Dame de Paris

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Paris
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Les Deux Magots

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Paris
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Jardin du Luxembourg

Paris Letters by Janice MacLeod
Paris
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Chateau de Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Paris
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Breakfast in America

Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France by Craig Carlson
Paris
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Paris Library

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Paris
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Holland

Anne Frank's Diary

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Amsterdam
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The Wheel on the School

Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
Zaanse Schans
On the Blog
Amazon

Girl with the Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Delft
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The Miniaturist

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Amsterdam
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Ireland

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Dublin
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Italy

Heat Audio Book & Food

Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
Tuscany
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Juliet Club

Letters to Juliet: Celebrating Shakespeare’s Greatest Heroine, the Magical City of Verona, and the Power of Love by Lise Friedman & Ceil Friedman
Verona
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Japan

Strange Weather in Tokyo

Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
Tokyo
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Morocco

Caliph's House

The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah
Casablanca
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Myanmar

Burmese Days

Burmese Days by George Orwell
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Finding George Orwell in Burma

Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
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The Glass Palace

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
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Scotland

Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
Edinburgh
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Waverley

Waverley by Walter Scott
Edinburgh / Abbotsford
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United States of America

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
Sitka, Alaska
On the Blog
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Tip of the Iceberg

Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier by Mark Adams
Alaska
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A Fighter in Velvet Gloves

Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich by Annie Boochever and Roy Peratrovich Jr.
Juneau, Alaska
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Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Hartford, Connecticut
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Here at Hogwarts

Here at Hogwarts by Lucy Knisley
Orlando, Florida
On the Blog
Knisley’s website

Uncle Tom's Cabin & Josiah Henson's Narrative

The Life of Josiah Henson: An Inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom
Bethesda, Maryland
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Paul Revere's Ride

Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cambridge, Massachusettes
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On the Vlog
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Complete Tales and Poems Edgar Allan Poe

Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Boston, MA / Richmond, VA / Baltimore, MD / New York City, NY
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Paige of Beacon Hill

Paige of Beacon Hill by Sarah S. Brannen
Boston, Massachusetts
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Only available in store

Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Boston, Massachusetts
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The House of Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Salem, Massachusettes
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Walden

Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Concord, Massachusetts
On the Blog: Skip Walden
On the Blog: Literary Tour of Concord
On the Blog: Waldening
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Mosses and the Old Manse

Mosses from an Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Concord, Massachusetts
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Little Women

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Concord, Massachusetts
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Nature

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord, Massachusettes
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From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
New York City, New York
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The World of Pooh

The World of Pooh by A. A. Milne
New York City, New York
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
New York City, New York
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My Life and Hard Times

My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
Columbus, Ohio
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Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach
Paris, France / Newport, Oregon
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Murder at Yaquina Head

Murder at Yaquina Head (Thomas Martindale Mysteries Book 1) by Ron Lovell
Newport, Oregon
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Ramona the Pest book in front of the Ramona statue

Ramona the Pest by Beverley Cleary
Portland, Oregon
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Find the Ramona Collection (8 book set) on Bookshop or Amazon

The Essential Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

The Essential Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
Providence, Rhode Island
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Misty of Chincoteague

Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
&
Sea Star, Stormy, and Misty’s Twilight
Chincoteague, Virginia
On the Blog
Misty Box Set: Amazon | Bookshop

Death at the Shipshape Bookshop

Death at the Shipshape Bookshop by Greta McKennan
Alaska
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Antarctica

Endurance

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
On the Blog

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Literary Paris: Iconic Settings and Homes of Authors of Beloved Novels
Top Books for an Alaskan Cruise: Curated by an Alaskan Librarian