Books that whisk you away to far flung exotic places

[Newmumtoo1]

Fellow readers, can you please recommend books that you loved which are set in far flung destinations. I won’t have a chance to visit any where other than my local supermarket anytime soon. So I would love to loose my self in a distant land. Up for any genres, time periods and writers, looking for gorgeous descriptions so that I can soak up some sun. Thank you x

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Posted too soon - a great book and does exactly what the OP asks for

I'd add Out of Africa and I Dreamed of Africa to the list.

Oldie but goodie Shogun by James Clavell.

Frangipani by Célestine Hitiura Vaite.

I love books like that too!

The God of Small Things - India
The Shadow of the Wind - Barcelona
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Greek islands
Like Water for Chocolate - rural Mexico

oh, and Disgrace - South Africa

Love in the time of cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

And also Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.

Extra Virgin - Annie Hawes (Italy)
A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle
Mother Without a Mask Patricia Holton (UAE)
I’ve read all of them multiple times and will probably re read many more times again😀