Books have inspired me in so many ways. Not just to try to write my own stories or to use writing as a means of expressing myself, but as I mentioned in a previous post, my love for travel was born out of my love for books.
I have compiled here some of my most favourite books (as much as I can remember them) that pertain to travel, either because they were set in a different country or are about travelling because the characters go travelling or are set in a different world. It is by no means encompassing, and I know that the other so-labeled travel novels are not here (such as The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho and The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares) but I plan to add as I read or as I remember them, and I would love it if you could share books that you've read or that have inspired you to travel in the comments section.
Books Set in Different Countries
- Alaskan Courage Series by Dani Pettrey (Alaska - United States)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Germany)
- Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier (Poland)
- The Good Master Series by Kate Seredy (Hungary)
- Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge (Holland)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (France)
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (France)
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (Australia)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel Series by Baroness Orczy (France, England)
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (France)
- The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly (Turkey)
- The Wheel on the School by Meindert Dejong (Holland)
- Austenland by Shannon Hale (England)
- The Brontë Plot by Katherine Reay (England)
- Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare (North America)
- Close to You by Kara Isaac (New Zealand)
- Red Sails to Capri (Italy)
- Two Blue Doors Series by Hillary Manton Lodge (Italy, France)
- What Katy Did Next by Susan Cooleridge (Europe)
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (North America)
Books in Different Worlds
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
- The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
- Firebird Trilogy by Kathy Tyers
- The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
- The Lamb Among the Stars Series by Chris Walley
- The Legends of the Guardian-King by Karen Hancock
- The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupere
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Penumbra by Samantha Bennett
- The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
- Saving Mars by Cidney Swanson
- Shivering World by Kathy Tyers
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
How about you? What books have inspired you to travel?
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