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SunshineInMySprocket · 15/09/2016 13:31

We're going on holiday to Thailand soon and I'd love some recommendations for books set there just not The Beach ;)

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aginghippy · 15/09/2016 13:45

My friend used to write about this kind of thing The best books on Thailand: start your reading here

I read Sightseeing and would recommend it, though it's not light holiday reading.

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tripfiction · 16/09/2016 20:35

Ok books for Thailand are:

Selected Short Stories of Thailand by William Peskett - I chatted to the author and he suggests tips here: www.tripfiction.com/short-stories-set-in-thailand/

Cross Currents by John Thors (that's Ko Phi Phi) www.tripfiction.com/book-set-in-thailand-island-life-ko-phi-phi/

Thai Girl by Andrew Hicks www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in-bangkok-thailands-islands-kor-cowpat-moo-author-qa/

Catching the Sun by Tony Parsons - a young family uproots from London to go and live on Phuket (fiction)

And Christopher G Moore and Jake Needham are the go-to authors for Thailand and you can find them and many more here: www.tripfiction.com/find-a-book/?location=Thailand&reset=1

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