 | Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 England: The start for me is Yorkshire so it had to be this. Love, love, love it!
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 | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Buy new: £5.40 / Used from: £2.18 Scotland: Beautiful, memorable and just brilliant.
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 | The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £0.01 Wales: It's abit naughty to include this as I haven't read it yet (is on my pile) but I couldn't think of any more Welsh books (sorry, Wales!)
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 | Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01 Ireland: No list is complete without a bit of chick lit and this is one of the best.
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 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.95 France: The first of our stopovers in France is Perfume. A fantastically original and amazing book. Will linger with you long after the last page.
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 | Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 France: Settle down with a big box of chocolates and enjoy. Magical.
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 | Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Buy used from: £0.01 Holland: Breathtakingly beautiful book. I can't recommend this highly enough.
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 | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Buy new: £3.86 / Used from: £3.74 Germany: Brilliantly told story of a young girl in WW2. One you won't forget in a hurry.
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 | Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Norway: I didn't get on with this too well. Great idea for a book but I found it too clumpy and one dimensional.
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 | The Magus (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.34 Greece: This is my all time favourite book. Prepare to have your head messed with by the many twists but it is so worth it!
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 | The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Buy new: £4.75 / Used from: £0.01 Botswana: Now down to Africa. This is such a lovely, simple and refreshing read. The whole series is fantastic.
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 | Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.67 Russia: A big meaty romp of a read. Very powerful story and worth the time.
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 | The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 Afghanistan: There are quite a few books set here but this is the 1st one I read and what an eyeopener it was.
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 | Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 India: This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. A masterpiece in my opinion.
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 | River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £2.99 China: A superb look at Chinese life in a remote town on the Yangzte by an American who taught there. Brilliant.
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 | The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Buy used from: £0.98 China: I've read lots of books set in China but this one has stayed with me. A classic.
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 | Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Japan: Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
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 | The Beach by Alex Garland
Buy used from: £0.01 Thailand: Really good adventure story. Loved this.
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 | Take Me with You: A round-the-world journey to invite a stranger home by Brad Newsham
Buy used from: £0.01 Phillipines: Set here and a few other countries, this is a great true story and an inspirational one too.
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 | The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £2.59 Malaysia: A real find. An unusual love story and one that will stay with you.
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 | Godchildren by Nicholas Coleridge
Buy used from: £0.01 Indonesia: Set in Bali, this is a story of greed and love. Big thick book and a great read.
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 | The Dead Heart by Douglas Kennedy
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £1.25 Australia: This book really scared me. Don't be put off by the cover, it's nothing like it looks. Brilliant read.
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 | The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.00 USA: It has been called the Greatest Ever American Book. Not sure I'd go that far but it's more than worth a read.
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 | The Girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons
Buy new: £4.41 / Used from: £0.01 USA: I found this really difficult to put down. Really enjoyed this.
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 | Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Greenland: Last stop round the world and we finnish with a good old whodunnit.
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