Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic:
Books That Take Place in Another Country
I thought I was really going to have to dig for this one but it was actually easier than I thought. Here are some of my favorite books with a foreign (non-U.S.) setting.
I thought I was really going to have to dig for this one but it was actually easier than I thought. Here are some of my favorite books with a foreign (non-U.S.) setting.
AUSTRALIA
Stolen - Lucy Christopher
Stolen - Lucy Christopher
SWEDEN
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
SCOTLAND
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
ENGLAND
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
RUSSIA
The Crown's Game - Evelyn Skye
ITALY
From Sand and Ash - Amy Harmon
CANADA
Good Boy - Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
FRANCE
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
NETHERLANDS
The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
WALES
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
SCOTLAND
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
ENGLAND
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
RUSSIA
The Crown's Game - Evelyn Skye
ITALY
From Sand and Ash - Amy Harmon
CANADA
Good Boy - Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
FRANCE
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
NETHERLANDS
The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
WALES
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
Have you read any of these books?
We have been talking about journals in my classes at school, so I shared Anne Frank with my primary students. I hope they will read her diary when they get older.
ReplyDeleteHere's my list: Books Set in Another Country. I hope you will stop by and take a look.
Oh, I hope they will, too, Deb. Such a powerful book. And it’s important that every generation learns and remembers what happened. Looking forward to checking out your list!
DeleteGreat list!
ReplyDeleteErica | Erica Robyn Reads
Thanks Erica!
DeleteI didn't realize From Sand and Ash was in Italy. I still need to get to that one!
ReplyDeleteYep, almost completely set in Italy, although there may have been bits toward the end that were just outside of Italy. I highly recommend it, Grace. It was my favorite read of 2017.
DeleteI've read Me Before You and Miss Peregrine. I do love books set in other countries.
ReplyDelete-Lauren
www.shootingstarsmag.net
Same here, Lauren. I love a peek into another way of life or another culture.
DeleteI love books set in foreign settings--gives me somewhere to go when I can't really go!
ReplyDeleteExactly! Armchair travel is awesome when you can’t actually jet out of the country. :)
DeleteGreat list!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joy!
DeleteI hopped over from the Blog Ahead challenge, btw. Good luck with that! I'm looking forward to having lots of scheduled posts!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to you, too, Joy! This is actually my first time actively trying to blog ahead and I’ll feel like such a success if I manage to get a little stash of posts ready. :)
Deleteof this list I have read he Diary of a Young Girl and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Loved both! I really want to read Stolen: A Letter to My Captor! That book! I know I'm going to like it! the Girl with the Dragon tattoo.. ugh I really want to read it but it's soooooo long! [whines]
ReplyDeleteIt’s been years since I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And it was sooo outside my wheelhouse but I was intrigued by the story and all the buzz around it. I ended up binging the first two books, counting the days until the third book released, and then inhaling it, too. Such a great trilogy! I know it’s now a series with another writer taking over but I probably won’t continue. As a side note, both movies (Swedish and English) were great adaptions!
Delete"The Diary of a Young Girl" makes me cry every time I reread it. "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" is a great read, too.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday.
I don’t think I’ve ever actually reread The Diary of a Young Girl. I was a teenager when I read it and I was devastated by it. Just wrecked. I knew what it was going in, but even so, it was tough and made quite an impression.
DeleteI really expected to see Outlander more but then, I have several blogs I want to hop over too yet. Great list!
ReplyDeleteSane here, Barb. I expect to see it on half the lists but that hasn't been so.
DeleteGood job! You got a lot of different countries in there!
ReplyDeleteKaren @ For What It's Worth
Thanks Karen!
DeleteI'm still upset I haven't read Outlander. I suck.
ReplyDeleteLOL It's definitely a time commitment!
DeleteThis was one of my favorite recent TT topics. I need more Sweden in my reading, and Wales too. Would love to see more rural Wales settings. Australia and france are usually winners for me as well.
ReplyDeleteAs a child I read several books by Ruth M. Arthur (a UK writer) and a few of those were set in Wales. I wouldn't mind rereading those. Sweden seems to have a horde of really great crime/thriller novels.
DeleteWhat a great list of books! I have Larsson on my list too! I loved The Nightingale!
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Thanks Leslie! The Nightingale is one of my favorites. I'm excited to read Hannah's latest, The Great Alone.
DeleteGreat list! I'm adding The Crown's Game to my TBR - I've been looking for books set in Russia since I enjoyed the Grisha trilogy so much, and it seems like there aren't that many. Thanks for sharing <3
ReplyDeleteI found The Crown’s Game to be a lot of fun. And I loved the setting.
DeleteI really need to continue on with The a Grisha trilogy! I read the first book last year but have yet to pick up the next one.
The Crown's Game was on my list this week too!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/top-ten-tuesday-152/
I enjoyed The Crown’s Game so much. I really need to read the follow-up soon.
DeleteI read four of these, and seeing the Nightingale makes me want to cry! That book was so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh that book. It destroyed me and I cried so many tears throughout it. Kristin Hannah never fails to impress me with her story telling and the research she does. Winter Graden was another by her that made a big impact.
DeleteThat should be Winter GARDEN.
DeleteOooh I did not know that From Sand and Ash was in Italy! Also didn't know about Miss Peregrine's! Learn something new in these TTTs, I say. The Crown's Game is one of my faves, because the author really nails the setting I think! Great choices!
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly From Sand and Ash was at least 99% in Italy. Man I loved the book. It was my top fave last year. I didn’t *love* Miss Peregrine’s But it fir the topic. Ha!
DeleteThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was one of my favorite reads, I loved it. Didn't put it on my list though-I definitely want to read Outlander.
ReplyDeletehttps://justmeandmyblogreviews.blogspot.com/2018/03/top-ten-tuesday-10-books-that-take.html
Ooh you've re-sparked my interest for The Crown's Game! I've had it on my TBR since before it came out, but I lost interest after a while, but I'm a sucker for books set abroad. I didn't know it's set in Russia! ♥
ReplyDelete- Aimee @ Aimee, Always
The Crown’s Game was a lot of fun. I kind of consider it “fantasy lite.” Perfect for readers like me who don’t read a lot of fantasy. :)
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