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My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultPrimary: Upper Darby, Rhode Island
Fictional, but supposed to be a suburb of Providwence, RI
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Primary: Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England
Secondary: London, England
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and OdysseusPrimary: Ithaca, Ancient Greece
Secondary: Sparta, Ancient Greece
Shadow Of The Thylacine: One Man's Epic Search For The Tasmanian Tiger by Col BaileyPrimary location; Maydena, Tasmania
The Witches by Roald DahlPrimary: Norway and United Kingdom
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Primary: Possum Gully, New South Wales, Australia (near the real Komungla)
Secondary: Caddagat (based on family property at Talbingo, New South Wales)
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Primary: Cornwall, England
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Primary: New York City, USA
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Pachinko by Min Jin LeePrimary: Yeongdo, South Korea (part of modern day Busan)
Secondary: Yokohama, Japan
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
Primary: New Terra/Ilus
Secondary: The Ring Station, "two Astronomical Units (AU) outside the orbit of Uranus"
The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories by Penelope Lively
Primary: Pompeii, Italy
Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend
Primary: Isla Floreana, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Secondary: San Fransisco, CA
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Primary: Northanger Abbey, Gloucestershire, UK (fictional map here: http://www.jasna.org/info/images/map-...)
Secondary: Bath, UK
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Primary: Limbe, Cameroon
Secondary: Harlem, New York City
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Primary: Aldwinter, Essex, UK (fictional, but closest to Brightlingsea)
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
Primary: Münstereifeler Str. 20, 53520 Hümmel, Germany
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Primary: Cheltenham, England
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
Primary: Rome, Maine (https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?...)
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
Primary: Three Pines, Eastern Townships, Quebec (fictional town, real county)
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
Primary: Dorset, England (on the coast somewhere)
Death in the Floating City by Tasha AlexanderPrimary: Venice, Italy
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Primary: cruise on the North Sea
Secondary: London, England
Girl at War by Sara Novic
Primary: Zagreb, Croatia
Secondary: New York City
The Strain & The Fall by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro
Both take place in New York City
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Primary: Alexandria, Egypt
Secondary: Rome, Italy
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters
Primary: Luxor, Egypt
Longbourn by Jo Baker
Primary: Hertfordshire, England
Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
Primary: Versailles, France
Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat HelgesonLocations: Providence, Rhode Island and Northern California
Secondary: Chicago, Illinois and Toronto, Ontario (one major event happens there)
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama.Primary: Washington, DC
Secondary: Chicago, IL
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina GeorgeLocation: Paris, France
Secondary: Lyon, Bonnieux, Sanary-sur-Mer (all in France)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Location: Molching, Germany
All Grown Up by Jami AttenbergPrimary: Brooklyn, NY
Secondary: Chicago, IL and Warren, New Hampshire
It's All Fun and Games by Dave Barrett
Primary: It's a fictional magic location, so please add it to the "fantasy" area on the map
Secondary: Hampden, Maine
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EnglePrimary: Camazotz (fictional planet)
Secondary: Connecticut, USA
Uriel (fictional planet)
Ixchel (fictional planet)
Though the story starts on Earth, the majority if the story and action takes place in Camazotz so I consider that to be the primary location.
Swamplandia!Florida Everglades
The Thin Man
New York City
Silas Marner
Raveloe, England (fictional)
Americanah
Primary: Lagos, Nigeria
Secondary: London, England
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
Primary: San Francisco, California
Secondary: Yosemite National Park, California
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Primary: New York, New York
Secondary: Tokyo, Japan
The First Circle
Moscow, Russia
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Primary: Alaska
Secondary: Minnesota
The Blind Assassin
Primary: Port Ticonderoga, Ontario, Canada (fictional)
Secondary: Toronto, Canada
Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Jonas Jonasson Primary location: South Africa and Sweden
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Primary location: Bon Temps, Louisiana (fictional, in northern Louisiana)
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
Primary location: Dorset, England
Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
Primary location: Connecticut, USA
En man som heter Ove by Fredrik Backman
Primary location: Sweden
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Primary location: Sussex, England
The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody
Primary location: fictional world
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Primary location: Bon Temps, Louisiana (fictional, in northern Louisiana)
Zero Hour by Pittacus Lore
Primary location: to many (3 novellas, with different characters)
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Just kidding, my changes didn't stick again. Actually updated through message 309. Any Google experts know why the map keeps failing to save? :/
The Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckLocation: Bavaria, Germany
Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie
Wychwood under Ashe, England (not a real place, I believe)
The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset
Sel, Norway
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Women in Wonderland: Lives, Legends, and Legacies of Yellowstone National Park by Elizabeth A. Watry- Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
Location - London, UK
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Primary - Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Secondary - San Antonio, Texas, US
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
Location: Sandwick, Shetland Islands, UK
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Primary: Kingsbridge, South Devon, UK
Secondary (the story is about a cross country journey, so I have included the top 10)
- South Brent, Devon, UK
- Buckfast Abbey, Devon, UK
- Exeter, Devon, UK
- Taunton, Somerset, UK
- Bath, UK
- Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
- Darlington, UK
- Wooler, UK
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, UK
What I Wore to Save the World by Maryrose WoodPrimary: Wales, UK
Secondary:
-Connecticut, USA
-Oxford University, Oxford, England, UK
Children of the Storm by Elizabeth PetersPrimary: Luxor, Egypt
Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander
Primary: Derbyshire, England
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Tip: If you think it's too crowded then you can just uncheck the box next to 'secondary locations' to see only the primary locations.
Laura wrote: "The map is now up to date! Tip: If you think it's too crowded then you can just uncheck the box next to 'secondary locations' to see only the primary locations."
Thanks Laura!
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker KlinePrimary location: near Cushing, Maine, USA
Secondary location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Primary location: London, England
Secondary locations:
York, North Yorkshire, England
Shropshire, England
Spain
Padua, Italy
Venice, Italy
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Primary location: London, England
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey and Danny DanzigerPrimary: England
Keep forgetting to update these threads, so here's a bunch:The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Primary: Broken Wheel, Iowa
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Primary: Lincoln, Nebraska
Secondary: Omaha, Nebraska
Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola
Primary: Actually, I'm not sure if the book ever specifies
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Primary: The Kingdom of Norta
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouPrimary: Stamps, Arkansas
Secondary: St. Louis, Missouri,
San Francisco, California
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Primary: Broken Wheel, Iowa
Red Bones by Ann CleevesLocation: Whalsey, Shetland Islands, UK
(you can find the exact locations on this map here: http://www.anncleeves.com/shetland/ma...)
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Location: Biddista (fictional) on Northmavine, Shetland Islands, UK (see link above)
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Location: Illmorog, Kenya (fictional location, somewhere in "upcountry Kenya")
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Location: Aba, Abia, Nigeria
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Primary: Okishima Island
Secondary: Kobe, Japan