This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is recommendations for armchair travelers:
- Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence (British couple goes on vacation, falls in love with the region, and buys a fixer upper there. Hilarious to read about, but probably not to live through.)
- The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (Girl and boy meet by chance in New York City and have an adventure.)
- My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (A widow moves her family to Corfu, Greece, in the late-1930s)
- Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods (Middle-aged man and his out-of-shape buddy embark upon a hike of the Appalachian Trail)
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (No matter your opinion of Cathy and Heathcliff, you can’t deny the power of the moors)
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (A teen ends up bound to the Mayan god of death and must travel around Mexico to help free him—and her)
- Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (A forced proximity romance between a widow and an MLB pitcher trying to overcome the yips in a coastal town in Maine)
- Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia (A treasure hunt through Boston)
- All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (The fictionalized adventures of a vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s)
- Empire of Shadows by Jacquelyn Benson (A woman finds a map to a secret city and travels to Belize to follow it)
Honestly, I feel like there are certain cities (New York, London, Paris…) that I could do individual lists for.
How about you? Are there books you’d recommend especially for the setting?
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Peter Mayle’s book has been on my TBR list for a LONG time, I really need to read it (so thanks for this very good nudge!) I loved My Family and Other Animals as well as All Creatures Great and Small… I mean, is there a better place than the Dales? I would add The Salt Path by Raynor Winn and James Rebanks The Place of Tides… both are fantastic books that take you to amazing places!
Comment by Kat 02.17.26 @ 7:22 amI love All Creatures Great and Small and My Family and Other Animals so much.
Comment by Lauren @ Al 02.17.26 @ 9:27 amI love the variety of reads you have here! I will have to give a few of these a try.
I am shocked I have not read any of these yet.
Here’s my TTT: https://readintowonderland.blogspot.com/2026/02/t10t-books-i-liked-but-cant-remember.html
Comment by Harlow Rose 02.17.26 @ 11:58 amBill Bryson’s travelogues are always such fun to read.
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
Comment by Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out 02.17.26 @ 12:20 pmBill Bryson has been a popular choice this week. I really need to read one of his books.
Here’s my TTT post: https://readbakecreate.com/time-to-plan-that-vacation-books-featuring-travel/
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