AMSTERDAM (early 18th Century) The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton "The author has clearly researched the period in great detail and the sense of place is so well rendered.." @picadorbooks.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

COTE d'AZUR #amreading One for grammar enthusiasts.... 🙄

Quentin Bates escaped English suburbia as a teenager, jumping at the chance to spend a pre-university gap year working in the far wild west of Iceland, back in a pre-internet era before even fax machines. For a variety of reasons, the gap year turned into a gap decade, during which he went native,…

Arnold Clover is back! A thrilling story about music, obsession and revenge……a literary labyrinth of mystery & Venetian delicacies. Bravo @davidhewson.com #VeniceBooks #Venice #Vivaldi #Casanova

#USA Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women they destroyed by Maureen Callahan "..a timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power.." www.tripfiction.com/the-kennedys... This book, based on real people and events, shows the pattern of male destructive behaviour in one family #booksky

Where will your next novel take you? "See a location through the eyes of an author" www.tripfiction.com We now feature 2,850+ locations across the world #blueskybooks #booksky

#readtheworld Pushpinder Khaneka writes in the Guardian about #travelybook "Novels can go beyond merely being set on location. They can describe and landscape, but they can also capture a nation’s spirit and reveal something of its soul..." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #blueskybooks

#Japan "..a provocative and emotionally layered exploration of surrogacy, class and independence in modern-day Japan.." www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... Swallows by Natsuo Kirino TR: Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda @canongate.co.uk

Fancy a book set in #SPAIN? www.tripfiction.com/find-a-book/.... Let yourself be transported around the country from the comfort of your armchair #blueskybooks #booksky

Late 1930s thriller set in #EGYPT and #PALESTINE www.tripfiction.com/late-1930s-t... "..a good and exciting read that will immerse you in the time in which it is set..." CAIRO GAMBIT by S W Perry #blueskybooks #booksky

Psychological thriller set in #CORONADO (San Diego) and #London www.tripfiction.com/psychologica... I Would Die For You by Sandie Jones "..It bowls along at a good pace, it’s easy enough to read.." #blueskybooks #booksky

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New on our database joining curated books set in #DELHI www.tripfiction.com/books/murder... Murder in Moonlit Square by @paulwaters.bsky.social ‘Takes us to the colour and crowds of modern Delhi, in pursuit of a killer. A charming start to a vibrant new mystery series’ Vaseem Khan #bluekskybooks

Novel set in #IRAQ Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis This story "...skilfully rides the precarious knife edge of melding a quirky story with a complex political issue.." www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... Shortlisted for the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation: Adventure Writing Prize 2025 #booksky

Whoa. GIRONA is a special place Loads of atmosphere, architecture and medieval snickelways

In a hotel room I want a bedside light that is BRIGHT 💡 That works And is great for reading my book 📚 Nothing more Nothing fancy-schmancy #blueskybooks #booksky

This is award-winning www.tripfiction.com on Facebook www.facebook.com/TripFiction.... Will you join us? Chatting #books and #travel and everything in between #blueskybooks #booksky

An utterly fascinating portrayal of a formidable and brilliant woman: Isabella d'Este The Marchesa by Sarah Dunant (the acclaimed author of The Birth of Venus and In the Company of the Courtesan) www.tripfiction.com/books/the-ma... Renaissance #LOMBARDY

Winner of the #AdventureWritingPrize 2025 Babylonia by Costanza Casati www.tripfiction.com/books/babylo... Babylonia – the Assyrian city of the Gods – is home to the strong and ambitious. Into its streets steps an orphan, Semiramis, new wife to a broken warrior....

"If you ever visit Iceland—physically or through literature—I hope you come to fall in love with its stark yet striking landscapes" www.tripfiction.com/armchair-tra... #ArmchairIceland by #VegoutVoyage and it's all about #ICELAND #blueksybooks #booksky

NEW ON OUR DATABASE: How about this 1960s thriller set in #GREECE? Lie To Me by Olivia Gavoyannis www.tripfiction.com/books/lie-to... @emblabooks.bsky.social

The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville #fromourbookshelves tripfiction.com/psychologica... Psychological thriller set in NORTHERN IRELAND "..bowls along and the author manages the two timelines well.." @zaffrebooks.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

#fromourbookshelves #TheViper by Christobel Kent www.tripfiction.com/murder-myste... Murder mystery set around #FLORENCE "..a very strong sense of place, with a good selection of characters to make the story feel embedded in a small Italian community..." #blueskybooks #booksky

"..historical romance, mystery and a little bit of fantasy.." The Heirloom by Julie Brooks www.tripfiction.com/dual-timelin... #Brisbane #Sussex #blueskybooks #booksky

The Amazon algorithm strikes again Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin (set in Edinburgh) No.2 in Financial Retirement Planning.... 😆

Where will your next book take you? #traveltheworldbybook (Spotted in Montolivet, Valencia) #blueskybooks #booksky

Coming 25 September 2025 Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite, novel set in LAGOS www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... "Long-standing curses – a tale of modernity versus tradition" @atlanticbooks.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

The Soho Murder by Mike Hollow www.tripfiction.com/more/ Another title in the gracefully penned #TheBlitzDetective series #WW2 #LONDON @allisonandbusby.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

#TalkingLocationWith... Barbara Stark-Nemon: Portugal, Spain, Southern France www.tripfiction.com/talking-loca... Author of Isabela's Way, Early 17th Century #histfic Coming 16 September 2025 #blueskybooks #booksky

#fromourbookshelves My Other Husband by Dorothy Koomson www.tripfiction.com/dual-timelin... Dual timeline novel set in BRIGHTON, London and Leeds #MyOtherHusband The author is a crisp writer and storyteller and is well versed in ratcheting up the tension and anticipation... #blueskybooks #booksky

Since 2021 we have been choosing a BOOK OF THE MONTH If you want a good storyline with a strong sense of place, head over to our #BOTM link for inspiration; see what we have chosen for September 2025 www.tripfiction.com/book-of-the-... #blueskybooks #booksky

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 Novel set in NEW YORK and ALBANIA Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... '..the highlight of the novel is Albania, when the narrator returns home to see her mother’ #blueskybooks #booksky

PUGLIA #Win an early reading copy of Three Summers by Karen Swan Enter by 23.59 on 01.09.2025 / UK only T&Cs and entry: www.penguin.co.uk/discover/art... #blueskybooks #booksky

The publishing industry has clearly forgotten one of the integral uses of French Flaps... this is happening time and again and they prove useless as book marks. The covers need to extend beyond the body of the book 🙄 #frustrating #frenchflaps #blueskybooks #booksky

NOVA SCOTIA FIREFLIES IN WINTER by Eleanor Shearer (author of the acclaimed River Sing Me Home) #coverreveal Coming 10 February 2026 @headlinebooks.bsky.social #booksky #blueskybooks

A Northern Light in Provence by Elizabeth Birkelund A novel around translation – set in GREENLAND and PROVENCE www.tripfiction.com/a-novel-arou... Recommended #blueskybooks #booksky

Novel set in LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE and HUNGARY Thoughts on Flesh by Davi Szalay www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... Long listed for the Booker Prize 2025 #booksky #blueskybooks

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JOHANNESBURG 🇿🇦 #fromourbookshelves An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso #BookReview: TripFiction: tripfiction.com/review/lead-... Goodreads: goodreads.com/review/show/... Facebook: facebook.com/TripFiction.... @cassavarepublic.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead Golden Age locked room mystery set on the Essex coast www.tripfiction.com/a-golden-age... "...a really good read that will stretch your powers of deduction and concentration" #blueskybooks #booksky

"..my homage to Greece.." #TalkingLocationWith ... T C KRAVEN, author "Of Prophecies & Pomegranates' www.tripfiction.com/talking-loca... Coming 4 December 2025 #blueskybooks #booksky

Novel of a missing person set in CROATIA Red Water by Jurica Pavičić TR: Matt Robinson #booktube youtu.be/Xd6DDyYBF98 @bitterlemonpress.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

Police procedural set in WARWICKSHIRE (with added AI) Human Remains by @jocallaghankat.bsky.social www.tripfiction.com/police-proce... "..a terrifically engaging and unique series which will captivate even those readers (like me) who aren’t fans of fantastical storylines.." #bluekskybooks

WW2 mystery set in Cambridge The Cambridge Siren by Jim Kelly www.tripfiction.com/ww2-mystery-... "..The Cambridge Siren is very much of its time and place.." @allisonandbusby.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

Novel set in CORNWALL (and Cyprus) www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... Secrets of the Bees by Jane Johnson @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social "A thoroughly enjoyable book, which I am excited to recommend.." @headofzeus.bsky.social (Apollo) #blueskybooks #booksky

Somewhere just outside #BELFAST there is a house.... #fromourbookshelves The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville #booktok #TikTok @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social

Eva Björg is BRILLIANT, don't miss this! #BookSky

Home Before Dark by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir TR: Victoria Cribb www.tripfiction.com/psychologica... Psychological thriller set in Western ICELAND "..an atmospheric novel, which gives the reader a total-immersion experience of rural Icelandic life in the 1960s and 70s.." @orendabooks.bsky.social

That's two read on the Booker Long List 2025 How are you getting on? Finding any titles on the list that float your boat? #blueskybooks #booksky

When it comes to the setting of this novel, what kind of vibes are you getting from the book cover? (CLUE: you will be surprised by where it is actually set! 😉) This misrepresentation of location is happening a LOT at the moment... #blueskybooks #booksky