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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul ReadPrimary Location: 34°45′54″S 70°17′11″W
If the coordinates don't work the plane crashed into the Andes mountains just the Argentine side of the border with Chile. The nearest place name I can find is Malargüe.
Kindred by Octavia ButlerPrimary Setting: Rural Plantation near Baltimore, MD
Secondary Setting: Altadena, CA
Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager by H.G. BissingerPrimary and Only Setting: St. Louis, Missouri
Las adventures des inspector Cabillot by Diego MaraniPrimary setting: Brussels, Belgium
Secondary settings: other parts of Europe
Ruth, I can't really map "other parts of Europe". I'll just stick with Brussels unless you want to let me know a more specific secondary location ;)
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Primary Location: (Harlem, Manhattan) New York City, New York
Secondary Locations: (Flushing, Queens) New York City and (Flatbush, Brooklyn) New York City
The Grim Grotto, by Lemony SnicketSet in: Mortmain Mountain and then in the sea (the most part inside the submarine Queequeg, then, The Gorgonian Grotto and finally, Briney Beach.
Trainspotting by Irvine WelshPrimary Location: Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Secondary Location: London, England
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine HarrisLocation: Bon Temps, Louisiana, US (Fictional).
The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
Location: Yukon, Canada.
The SurvivorsThe SurvivorsAppalachia ]
My First Summer in the Sierra
Yosemite
The Twilight Before Christmas
Sea Haven, California
The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordePrimary location: Swindon, England
Secondary location: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl by Stacy PershallPrimary Location: Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Secondary: Conway Arkansas, London England, Cincinnati OH, Barcelona Spain, Fayetteville Arkansas
The Chemist by Stephenie MeyerWashington, DC
There were secondary locations but I was never sure where they were.
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine HarrisLocation: Bon Temps, Louisiana (fictional), near New Orleans
Hi! Here are the locations for the books I've read so far. Didn't see them on the map yet.Voyager
Primary location: Inverness
Secondary locations: Boston, Edinburgh, Hispaniola, Jamaica
This Savage Song
Primary location: Verity City or V-city (fictional)
Ronja de roversdochter
Primary location: a fictional wood in Sweden, but for filming the cleft for the movie rendition they used Kungsklyftan, Fjällbacka in Sweden.
The Hammer of Thor
Primary location: Boston (Beacon Street is the entrance of Hotel Valhalla, so that could be used for the map)
Secondary location: Provincetown, Cape Cod
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Primary: Guernsey Island, Channel Islands, United Kingdom (the whole island really, but you can pinpoint St. Peter Port if you need a city.
Secondary: London, United Kingdom
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultPrimary Location: Upper Darby, Rhode Island, USA (Upper Darby is a fictional town but it is described as being near Providence, Rhode Island which is not fictional)
Bird Box by Josh MalermanPrimary Location: George's house , Southeast Michigan, US
Secondary Location: Jane Tucker School for the Blind, Southeast Michigan, US
Everything Everything by Nicola YoonPrimary Location: Los Angeles, California
Secondary Location: Maui, Hawaii
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiPrimary:
Ghana
Secondary:
Harlem, New York City
Baltimore, Maryland
Huntsville, Alabama
Pratt City, Alabama
(There are more in the U.S., maybe someone can add to the list)
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