Our Book Travel Agency

Whether you're traveling this summer, or want to do so without leaving your couch, we're reporting for duty as your book travel agents! This week we're sharing some favorite reads that take place in popular (and personally beloved) travel destinations.

London

Olivia - Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler, Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Becca - Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings, Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason, Wahala by Nikki May, The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage

Paris

Olivia - Almost Life by Kiran MIllwood Hargrave

Becca - The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl, The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy, The Pairing by Casey McQuiston, The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah

Italy

Becca - Villa Coco by Sean Greer, Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Olivia - In Her Defense by Philippa Malicka

Beach

Olivia - The Wedding People by Alison Espach, Sea Wife by Amity Gaige, Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

Becca - Sandwich by Catherine Newman, The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

Ireland

Olivia - Foster by Claire Keegan, Land by Maggie O'Farrell

Becca - The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue, Normal People by Sally Rooney

Maine

Olivia - Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark

Becca - Happy Place by Emily Henry, Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore, Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein

Woods + Mountains

The God of The Woods by Liz Moore, Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Asia

Becca - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo, Fake by Erica Katz, If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

Olivia - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Boat Trip/Cruise:

Becca - Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan, American Fantasy by Emma Straub,

Hawaii:

Becca - Famous in Love by Rebecca Serle, Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

June's Book Club Pick - Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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The July 16 bonus book club pick - The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand, and we'll have an in-person event in Chicago in July!

The August 20 bonus book club pick - One and Only by Maurene Goo, and we'll have an in-person event in Miami in August.

The September 17 bonus book club pick - The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza, and we'll have an in-person event in NYC in September.

What we read this week

Olivia - Foster by Claire Keegan, Loved One by Aisha Muharrar, Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns

Becca - Whistler by Ann Patchett

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