Top Ten Tuesday: Books for Armchair Travelers

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Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Books for Armchair Travelers. It’s always fun to “visit” new places via fiction, and this week, I’m spotlighting a few of my favorites.

My top ten are:

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Armchair Travel Destination: Scotland

The Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery

Armchair Travel Destination: Prince Edward Island, Canada

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Armchair Travel Destination:
Bath, UK

My Italian Bullozer by Alexander McCall Smith

Armchair Travel Destination: Tuscany

How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior

Armchair Travel Destination: Antarctica

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Armchair Travel Destination: Australia

Anne of a Different Island by Virginia Kantra

Armchair Travel Destination:
Mackinac Island, Michigan

The Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow

Armchair Travel Destination:
Alaska


The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Armchair Travel Destination:
Florida Keys

The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina

Armchair Travel Destination:
Japan

Where has your reading taken you to? Any favorite books that help you feel like you’ve been to new destinations?

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