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Born a Crime by Trevor NoahHomegoing by Yaa GyasiHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaitePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
[ATY 2022] 3 Different Continents (Africa)
196 books — 64 voters
Us in Ruins by Rachel MooreClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
YA Books Set in Europe
81 books — 45 voters

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanJasper Jones by Craig SilveyCloudstreet by Tim WintonDirt Music by Tim WintonBreath by Tim Winton
Books set in Western Australia
125 books — 42 voters
When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergDracula by Bram StokerThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Sight by David Clement-DaviesWildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Fantasy Books Set in Romania
24 books — 22 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Lincoln Moon by Michael Price NelsonThe Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Bookish Historical Fiction
70 books — 22 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Real Boy by Anne Ursu
Vibrant Worlds
63 books — 15 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
SFF: Best Settings
41 books — 13 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHausfrau by Jill Alexander EssbaumThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Settings as Characters
50 books — 12 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerSacrifice by Helyn DunnThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Great Historical Fantasy Novels
25 books — 11 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Evil Beneath by A.J. WainesDesire in the Sun by Karen Robards
Books with Memorable Settings
6 books — 4 voters

The Peculiar by Stefan BachmannHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
MG books with amazing settings
32 books — 4 voters

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