Reading Around the World is one of my favorite ways to document my reading: by the country where it is set. My goal is to eventually read a book from each country in the world. If you’re looking for a book based on country, consider this your cheat sheet. I will be adding to this periodically.

North America

Not all of these are posted on the website, but here are some great reads that take place in North America.

The United States

  • An American Marriage (Georgia)
  • The Influencers
  • The Only Purple House in Town (Minnesota)
  • American Royals (Virginia/DC)
  • Malibu Rising (California)
  • The Great Gatsby (New York)
  • Spring Fling (Arkansas)
  • We Are the Brennans (New York)
  • Her Knight at the Museum (Illinois)
  • The Maui Effect (Hawaii, California)
  • Flirting with Disaster (Texas)
  • Lies and Weddings (Hawaii)
  • Dial A for Aunties (California)
  • Long Past Summer (New York/Georgia)
  • Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune (California)
  • Haunted Ever After (Florida)
  • Funny Story
  • The Emma Project (California)
  • Mr. and Mrs. American Pie (Arizona)
  • Happy Place (Maine)
  • Pineapple Street (New York)
  • The Spanish Love Deception (New York)

Mexico

  • Mexican Gothic 
  • The Maui Effect (Baja California)
  • Raiders of the Lost Heart

Canada

  • This Summer Will Be Different

Europe

Not all of these are posted on the website, but here are some great reads that take place in Europe.

The United Kingdom

  • Northern Spy (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
  • Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (Edinburgh, Scotland)
  • Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and everything else by Jane Austen (England)
  • The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
  • Is She Really Going Out with Him?
  • The Perfect Passion Company
  • Dial A for Aunties (England)
  • The Wedding Engagement
  • The Burnout
  • The Maidens
  • The Silent Patient

Ireland

Italy

  • Anna dagli occhi verdi (primarily Milan)
  • Il teatro dei delitti (Florence)
  • An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts/Guide astrologica per cuori infranti (Turin)
  • Code Word Romance (Amalfi Coast, Rome)
  • In the Garden of Monsters
  • The Villa
  • The Invitation (Italian Riviera)

Portugal

  • The Book of Disquiet (Lisbon)
  • The Maui Effect (Nazare)
  • Two Nights in Lisbon (Lisbon)

France

  • Connemara
  • Tender is the Night (French Riviera, Paris)

Greece

  • Elektra
  • The Odyssey
  • A Taste of Greek Summer

Spain

  • The Spanish Love Deception

Denmark

  • The Little Book of Lykke
  • My Hygge Home
  • The Little Book of Hygge

Asia

Not all of these are posted on the website, but here are some great reads that take place in Asia.

Indonesia

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

Japan

  • Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
  • The Full Moon Coffee Shop

The Philippines

  • Queen of the Universe

Australia/Oceania

Not all of these are posted on the website, but here are some great reads that take place in Australia/Oceania.

  • Big Little Lies 

Central and South America

Not all of these are posted on the website, but here are some great reads that take place in Central and South America.

Middle East/North Africa

Not all of these are posted on the website, but here are some great reads that take place in the MENA countries.

Africa

Not all of these are posted on the website, but here are some great reads that take place in Africa.