Books Set Around The World

Don’t miss all of our North American reading lists to inspire your travels.

Explore and travel to South America with these books.

Headed to Europe? Find books set in, about, and from Europe.

Spark your wanderlust and inspire your trip to Africa with these fantastic African books and authors. Discover books set in and about Africa.

Looking to spark your wanderlust to Asia? Don’t miss these Asian books and authors. Encounter books set in and about Asia.

Travel across Oceania with these books. Explore books about and set in Oceania as well as authors from Oceania.

Travel to a beautiful island oasis or explore a large island country with these fantastic books set on islands for adults and teens.

Which hotel novels will inspire your next getaway? Explore our favorite books set in and about hotels, motels, retreats, and inns.

Learn more about and travel to castles - real and imagined - with our all-ages castle reading list.

Set sail across the world with these books about ships and boats - big and small.

For history lovers, especially, unearth fiction and nonfiction books about shipwrecks.

All aboard! Don't miss these books set on and about trains.

Inspire your next outdoor adventure with these books about hiking and backpacking. Fiction and nonfiction hiking books included.

Find inspiration in the toughest terrain with these books about survival.

Inspire your next road trip adventure with these books. Find fiction and nonfiction books about road trips for adults and teens.

What are the best books to listen to while driving?

Navigate the world with these fiction and nonfiction books about maps and cartography.

Get inspired by our favorite travel writers and their books.

Discover books by Indigenous authors from across the globe, including the United States, Polynesia, Australia, and Egypt.

We just love these thought-provoking fiction & nonfiction books for adults and teens.

Find books set around the world sure to make you tear up. Have those tissues ready.

We might be a little biased, but who can resist a reading list filled with inspiring libraries and fantastic libraries?

Read the best books about books, libraries, bookstores, writers, librarians, and more.

Give your bestie a call or hug after reading the best fiction and nonfiction friendship books.

From toxic relationships to those filled with love and adoration, unearth the best sister books.

From thrillers to rom-coms, nothing beats a great fictional book about weddings.

Sing, dance, and rock out around the world with the best music books for adults and teens.

Read a book based on your favorite color in the title.

Read more great books with main characters in their 40s to 60s.

Perfect for adults and teens, explore these powerful YA LGBTQ+ books.