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Travel the world without leaving home
PlainsongPlainsong by Kent Haruf
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First stop USA - Colorado to be exact
Like Water for ChocolateLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
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Then head south of the border down Mexico way for a feast of a book
The House of the SpiritsThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
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Allende never specifies exactly where this book is set, but it's obviously based on events in Chile
A Town Like AliceA Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
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Take a trip to Australia with a stopover in wartime Malaysia on the way
The God of Small ThingsThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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Lose yourself in Kerala (India) with two-egg twins Rahel and Esta
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of ChinaWild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
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Discover 20th century China from the viewpoint of the women who lived through it
The Wind-up Bird ChronicleThe Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
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Follow Toru through a surreal Japanese urban landscape
Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in DesolationCry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton
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See life in apatheid South Africa, its beauties and its woes
The Poisonwood BibleThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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Travel downriver to the Congo with the tragic Price family
Half of a Yellow SunHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Discover the tragedy of the Biafran war (Nigeria)
Hideous KinkyHideous Kinky by Esther Freud
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Get on the hippy trail to Morocco with the 5-year-old narrator
Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
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Fall in love in revolutionary Russia
My Family and Other Animals (Essential Penguin)My Family and Other Animals (Essential Penguin) by Gerald Durrell
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Let Gerard Durrell show you life (wild and domestic) in Corfu (Greece)
Hunting and GatheringHunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
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Spend time in an apartment block in Paris with Camille and friends
The Shadow Of The WindThe Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Visit post-Civil-war Barcelona