TRAVEL BOOK LIST

I love to travel and I love to read...so it's only natural that I'm always psyched to combine the two. I try to read books set where I am currently traveling, which gives me a unique perspective on the history and culture of the destination. I only included places I've actually been and books I really enjoyed reading. I'd hate to suggest something I didn't love myself! Props to my mama who has read more books than any human being I know and recommended, at minimum, 75% of this list to me. What are your favorite books to read while traveling? 

NYC: The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
Never Can Say Goodbye, Sari Botton
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
Paradise Alley, Kevin Baker
New York, Edward Rutherfurd
Random Family, Adrian Nicole Le Blanc
Rules of Civility, Amor Towles

Paris: The Paris Wife, Paula McLain
The Invisible Bridge, Julie Orringer
Paris, Edward Rutherfurd

Spain: The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway 

Greece: Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides 

Morocco: The Caliph's House, Tahir Shah
Letters to Yves, Pierre Bergé

Japan: Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden 

China: Shanghai Girls, Lisa See
Snowflower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See

Vietnam: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, Le Ly Hayslip 

India: A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry 

Colombia: Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez

Texas: The Son, Philipp Meyer
11/22/63, Stephen King

Hawaii: Moloka'i, Alan Brennert
Hawaii, James A. Michener 

Chicago: Devil in the White City, Erik Larsen

Happy reading!