Ten Books Set Outside The US:
I realized, that I don’t really read a lot of books that are set outside
of the United States…I need to change that! Anyway, luckily I was about
to scrap up exactly ten books! Here they are:
1.) Heartache & Other Natural Shocks
by Glenda Leznoff. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
2.) Isla & The Happily Ever After
by Stephanie Perkins. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
3.) The Reader by
Bernhard Schlink. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
4.) Let The Right One In by
John Ajvide Lindqvist. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
5.) Stolen by Lucy Christopher. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
6.) Be Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
7.) Something Blue by Emily Giffin. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
8.) The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
9.) The Year of The Rat by Clare Furniss. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
10.) How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Great list. Most books are set in the US
Not quite true.
The Reader is one of my favorite books! And I almost put Big Little Lies on my list as well. 🙂
Here’s what I put instead: http://haphazardbookshelves.blogspot.com/2016/07/ten-books-set-outside-us.html
Most people put Anna and the French Kiss on their lists but like me, you put Isla instead! Good choice 😛 Also, Stolen made it to many people’s list and I’m curious. Gonna dive in goodreads to see the reviews. Great list!
😀
I thought I read a lot of US books, but more books than I realized had other settings. I didn’t even realize until I compiled my list.
I loved Let the Right One In.. It was so creepy.
Me too! 🙂
I’m happy to see so many great books that I’ve read on your list!
Here are some of the books I’ve read outside the US: http://www.anovelglimpse.com/2016/07/19/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-set-outside-the-u-s/
Happy to see John Ajvide Lindqvist in your list, I think everything he’s written is great! I like how you have the stars showing your grades for each book as well 🙂
🙂 I need to read more of his books!
The Reader was required reading at my German school 🙂 Most of the books on my list are Australian, as I’m currently writing my thesis on Australian Literature 😀 https://literati-girl.com/2016/07/19/top-ten-tuesday-top-10-books-set-outside-the-us/
You have so many great ones here!! I had Isla on my list too. I LOVED Bg Littel Lies and The Girl on the Train. How to Build a Girl looks interesting. Great list!!
Thanks! 🙂
You had a couple on here that I’d read but didn’t recall while making my list!
Isla is a great choice! I don’t know why I didn’t think of that one!
I watched the film The Reader – in German, so it didn’t make that much of an impression on me! I loved Isla and I was disappointed with Stolen … Great list 🙂
Oh man, how did I forget STOLEN? I love that book and it really made me want to go to Australia (but not kidnapped). Thanks for visiting my blog. My TTT
Oh the Reader! I read that one before blogging so forgot about it when I was making my list. I’ve read a few of these–just watched The Girl on the Train preview and am wondering why the heck it isn’t set in the UK!
Ooh The Girl on the Train- forgot about that one. Great pick. And I loved Big Little Lies! I’ve read one book set in Sweden and the Perkins books are getting a lot of mentions- very popular. I like anything set in France. 🙂
I have The Girl On The Train and Something Blue in my TBR for so long now; the others are new to me!
BTW, we share the same name! It seems like a “common” name but I only know of two person (one in real life and actually a guy) who have it!
😀 I’ve never known anyone in person to have our name. The only other people I know to have it are you and Giovanna Fletcher. Isn’t it a gorgeous name? 😉
I was just saying how I should read more books set in Germany and I own The Reader so maybe that should be next.
I like how you broke them down by country!
Interesting list. I have only heard of a couple of these, I may need to add some to my TBR as they look like great reads.
Oh man, STOLEN! That book is such an emotional roller coaster. I loved it so much!
Let the Right One In is awesome – even the original movie adaptation! 🙂
Check out my TTT.
I think I like the original more than the us movie version!
I’ve read several of these. I need to look for Stolen and Let the Right One In, since you liked them so much. Thank you!
I loved Isla, Stolen and Reader. Girl on the Train was a bit disappointing but probably because of expectations from the hype. Big little Lies has a cute cover 🙂
You listed two of my favorite books! Something Blue and The Girl on The Train were amazing! I hated Darcy so much in something borrowed and it was exciting to see her redeem herself. She was at rock bottom and she really found her way back up. The Girl on The Train def one of the best books I have read this year. I loved the way it was written and even though the characters were all pretty miuch awful, they were real flawed people and that was cool to see. I also read Big Little Lies in anticipation of the HBO mini series, it was pretty good as well.
Girl, I can’t wait for that mini series! It better be the gig! 🙂
Great post, Giovanna! I really love how you divided the books by region. I’ve heard some really good things about Let the Right One In, and it sounds like something I would enjoy immensely! Will have to give it a go. 🙂
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I’ve heard of some of these, but I haven’t read any! I’ll definitely be looking on GRs and adding some to my TBR.
Thank you for stopping by Unleashing Readers also 🙂
I loooove Stolen! It’s one of my all time favourites!! I also really want to read Let the Right One In and How to Build a Girl.
Oh that’s a great list! I want to read The Girl on the Train so bad
You should, it’s really good!! 🙂
From your list, I’ve only read Isla and the Happily Ever After. I enjoyed reading that and Anna and the French Kiss! Although now that I’ve read Laura Florand’s books, I think her writing has a better sense of place because she’s a lot more familiar with France. She has a series set in Paris, and another one set in Provence.
Will have to look into them! Thanks! 🙂
I’ve heard of several of these books before, but I’ve never realized that they took place outside of the US. The Girl on the Train and Isla and the Happily Ever After are so amazing, though!
I LOVED The Girl On The Train! I can’t wait to see the movie in October! Hopefully it’s just as great 🙂
Isla was so good! Did you get to read Anna though? I loved all three in that series, but I think Lola is still my favorite one to this day.
Great TTT!
I considered both Stolen and something from the Stephanie Perkins series on my list too, but I just had such a hard time narrowing my list down to 10!
It was easy for me, because I find that a rarely read books set outside of the US…That needs to change! 🙂
The Reader has been on my list for a while–I should move it up. The others I’ll have to go investigate. Love your blog design. Thanks for stopping by to read my list!
Thanks! 😀
I want to read the second and the eight one really bad!☺
I’m also will be checking if other books are released in my language. I cheched if The reader is released in Lithuania(my country) and it is! wow, suprised. Many of the books bloggers show or write about I can’t read it or check it..
Great TTT! 🙂
Hopefully the books you don’t have, will be in your country soon! 🙂
Since I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, a great of my reading is set outside the US . . . but I didn’t think it was fair to include Mars and various made-up worlds in my TTT.
Great picks! Of course I loved Isla and the Happily Ever After, honestly I think I’m at the stage where I’d automatically love any of Stephanie Perkins books. I have The Girl on the Train on my to-read list as well, everyone has been recommending it to me and with the movie coming out I think it’s the perfect time to start the books! 😀
Great list! I’m thinking about reading Let the Right One In around Halloween this year 🙂
You should, it’s great! 🙂
Great list! I’ve been meaning to read Stolen for a while. I hope I can get to it sometime this year…
So many books here I need to check out! I loved Isla and the Happily Ever After. IT was so sweet and really made me a devoted fan of Stephanie Perkins!
I liked The Reader too. I saw the original Let The Right One In film, but didn’t realise it was based on a book so I will look out for that.
I love reading books from authors all around the world and try to find and review as many as I can. It’s such a wonderful way to discover different peoples and cultures!
Stephanie Jane @ Literary Flits
Great choices! I haven’t heard a lot of these books.
Ah… I’ve been wanting to read Let the Right One In. I’ve seen both movie versions (the Swedish one was better!) but I haven’t had a chance to read the book yet.
Nice list!
I agree. I LOVED the Swedish movie better! 🙂
Great list and I had the same problem – so much of what I read is set in the US! So far I’ve only read Isla and the Girl on the Train but so many of these look so interesting that I might need to check some of the others out soon. Let the Right One In looks particularly interesting 😉
Very nice! I really need to finish the Anna and the French Kiss series. I adored the first one and really need to get to the second and third. Lots on this list that I want to read! Great choices!
Jessica @ Ramblings on Readings
Great list! I really need to read the girl on the train and the reader!
Anna is the only one I’ve read from the list, but I can tell that you are an experienced book traveler 🙂
I really like your list 🙂 Reading it reminded me of many good books i’ve read – The Reader, Let the Right One In, The Girl on the Train. I think I’ll have to add a couple from your list to my TBR, maybe the Liane Moriarty book to start with…
I completely forgot that I read The Reader and Let The Right One In several years ago. Very nice list! There are a few on here that I’ve never heard of before.
Great list! I need to read Year of the Rat, I didn’t know that it was set in England, so that’s a bonus! Same with Girl on the Train! And I have heard such great things about Stolen and Little BIg Lies too! Fabulous choices!
I completely forgot to add The Girl on the Train to my list – tbh, I totally didn’t remember it took place in the UK! I’ve been meaning to read Let the Right One In for awhile, and I LOVE Sweden (even though, I’ve never been there) so I’ll definitely pick it up soon!
Amazing list! 🙂
Thanks! 😀