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Books About Countries
10 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Books About France: Essential Reading for Every Visitor
The best books set in France — from Provence to Paris, from WWII to the Belle Époque. Fiction, memoir, and history for travellers and Francophiles.
Books About Greece: Essential Reading for Visitors and Hellenic Dreamers
The best books set in Greece — from Zorba's Crete to Corfu's wildlife, Kefalonia in wartime to Homer's Mediterranean. Fiction, memoir, and myth for travellers to Greece.
Books About India: Essential Reading for Visitors and Curious Minds
The best books set in India — from Bombay's underworld to Kerala's backwaters, Partition to contemporary inequality. Fiction and memoir for every kind of traveller.
Books About Italy: Essential Reading for Every Visitor
The best books set in Italy — from Tuscany to Venice, Naples to Rome. Fiction, memoir, and historical fiction for travellers and Italophiles.
Books About Japan: Essential Reading for Visitors and Dreamers
The best books set in Japan — from Murakami's Tokyo to medieval Kyoto, from geisha culture to modern fiction. Fiction, memoir, and history for every kind of reader.
Books About Morocco: Essential Reading for Visitors to the Maghreb
The best books set in Morocco — from Marrakech's medina to the Sahara, Tangier's literary underground to a child's-eye view of the souks. Fiction and memoir for every traveller.
Books About Peru: Essential Reading for Visitors to the Andes
The best books set in Peru — from Machu Picchu's rediscovery to the Amazon, the Inca empire to Che Guevara's journey. History, travel, and fiction for every Andean traveller.
Books About Portugal: Essential Reading for Visitors to Lisbon and Beyond
The best books set in Portugal — from Pessoa's Lisbon to Night Train to Lisbon, from Saramago's allegories to the Salazar dictatorship. Literary fiction for every visitor.
Books About Spain: Essential Reading for Every Visitor
The best books set in Spain — from Hemingway's Pamplona to Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, from the Spanish Civil War to Cervantes' La Mancha. Fiction and memoir for travellers and Hispanophiles.
Books About Thailand: Essential Reading for Visitors to Southeast Asia
The best books set in Thailand — from Alex Garland's hidden beach to John Burdett's Buddhist detective, backpacker dreams to Bangkok's underworld. Fiction for every kind of Thailand traveller.
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