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Without naming the book , where is the setting for the last book you read?

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OneUmberJoker · 26/09/2025 13:25

Down town Texas

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BreadInCaptivity · 28/09/2025 17:20

It starts on the planet of Caladan.

(Reading said book for about the 20th time).

RubieChewsDay · 28/09/2025 17:23

Last book was set mainly in present day Kent.

Current book Peckham and Brighton.

I have also very recently read the one set in Denmark Street though 😊

Arran2024 · 28/09/2025 17:54

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 28/09/2025 17:12

John Irving?

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No, Elizabeth Strout

Wouldprefertobereading · 28/09/2025 18:52

Bonhomie, a small town in America 1930’s to 1970’s

MotherFluffyBottom · 28/09/2025 20:23

JustMeAndTheFish · 28/09/2025 08:22

Is this Midlife Magic?

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No, Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke. It's a great book, I would recommend.

BackToRealitySigh · 28/09/2025 20:25

London - just before and during 2012 Olympics

(Loved it and read it all in one day)

Purplebunnie · 28/09/2025 20:45

MouseTheDog · 28/09/2025 16:45

I’m on the ninth 😁

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Oooh I need to know what this is please

JustMeAndTheFish · 28/09/2025 20:59

MotherFluffyBottom · 28/09/2025 20:23

No, Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke. It's a great book, I would recommend.

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Aha. Yes. I have started it and it’s one of the no more than five books I didn’t finish.

HunterAngel · 28/09/2025 20:59

Tri Cities, Washington

RubieChewsDay · 28/09/2025 21:26

BackToRealitySigh · 28/09/2025 20:25

London - just before and during 2012 Olympics

(Loved it and read it all in one day)

What was this? I feel like I’ve read a book set then recently but can’t think what it was.

nickelbabe · 28/09/2025 21:26

Currently still reading it.
An island in the middle of nowhere. Lots of trees, mountain in the middle.
Boars....

Tastaturen · 28/09/2025 21:37

Germany (DDR),1980s.
Still reading it (it's in German).

BackToRealitySigh · 28/09/2025 21:51

RubieChewsDay · 28/09/2025 21:26

What was this? I feel like I’ve read a book set then recently but can’t think what it was.

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Jeffrey Archer - End Game
Last William Warwick series book and it was excellent.
I know he's not a good person but Archer's a wonderful storyteller

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 28/09/2025 22:52

Imfat · 27/09/2025 09:13

Mongolia 12th century

@Imfat
Conn Iggulden?
If so I find the person he's writing about fascinating in real life

Edit: autocorrect

Wouldprefertobereading · 29/09/2025 01:31

Purplebunnie · 28/09/2025 20:45

Oooh I need to know what this is please

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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinneman at a guess. Brilliant books, particularly good on Audible.. 7 books so far

coxesorangepippin · 29/09/2025 02:11

North Yorkshire, towards Newcastle

ChessieFL · 29/09/2025 06:53

Wouldprefertobereading · 28/09/2025 18:52

Bonhomie, a small town in America 1930’s to 1970’s

I’ve just read this, it was great!

Purplebunnie · 29/09/2025 16:17

Wouldprefertobereading · 29/09/2025 01:31

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinneman at a guess. Brilliant books, particularly good on Audible.. 7 books so far

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Thanks very much off to invesigate

Proseccoagain · 29/09/2025 22:04

North Yorkshire

rightoguvnor · 30/09/2025 22:18

It begins in Edinburgh, has parts in Oxford and much is set in Croatia specifically Dubrovnik during the siege.

ronconcoke · 30/09/2025 22:30

Croydon, 20th century.

CrushingOnRubies · 01/10/2025 00:02

London 1820s

ChannelLightVessel · 01/10/2025 00:15

New York City and Shirley Falls, Maine, c. 2008

JohnBullshit · 02/10/2025 16:15

Renfrewshire.

Sadcafe · 03/10/2025 10:09

London, then Italy