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My Favourite Book Settings

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Are you more likely to pick up a book if you know it is set in a certain place or city? I certainly am, and that is why I love this week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday. It was difficult for me to narrow it down to ten of my favourite book settings because I am someone who appreciates atmospheric in a novel. Let me know if we have any favourites in common!

Boarding Schools

The Broken Girls, Plain Bad Heroines, Never Let Me Go, and The Poppy War

I just know that boarding schools are going to be on so many people’s lists today! There is something about them that rarely misses, especially in thrillers/mysteries.

Bookstores

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, The Thirteenth Tale, You, and Swimming Lessons

There is something so romantic about bookstores, but they can also be the perfect backdrop for a mystery, which is why three of the four books I recommended are thrillers!

Islands

The Guest List, And Then There Were None, Raven Black, and The Light Between Oceans

This was a more recent realization for me, but I absolutely love books set on islands! There is something about the isolation that adds to the atmosphere.

Ireland

Normal People and Wonder

There is something about books set in Ireland and Irish writers in general that appeals to me. Sally Rooney and Emma Donoghue are my two favourite Irish authors, but there are so many others who I want to read from!

Space

Project Hail Mary, The Darkness Outside Us, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, and All Systems Red

I adore all types of SciFi, but I am especially drawn to anything set in space. I love books that take place on spaceships in particular. I don’t know why!

New York

City of Girls, Final Girls, The Diviners, and The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Anywhere in Canada

All My Puny Sorrows, The Glass Hotel, A Dark and Hollow Star, and Still Life

As a Canadian, I love reading books either set in or written by Canadians. I am trying to be better at picking up books published by independent Canadian publishers as well.

Small Towns

The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society, The Dutch House, and Anne of Green Gables

There is something so charming about a small-town setting!

Forests

Be Not Far From Me, Silver in the Wood, The Boy From the Woods, and The Bear and the Nightingale

Forest are so vast and magical and make for the perfect setting for so many genres from fantasy to thrillers!

Haunted Houses

White Smoke, The Death of Jane Lawrence, The Widow of Rose House, and The House of Salt and Sorrows

Give me all of the haunted house stories! I have really been into them lately and they are my perfect books for this time of year.

What is your favourite book setting?

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