Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is “Ten Books Set Outside The US.” I read a lot of fantasy books, so by default a lot of them do not take place in the US. For this list, I tried my best to include books that may be fantasy but whose lands are drawn from real-life places not in the US. From Canada to France to China, all these novels are set around the world. Covers are linked to Goodreads.
Have you read any of these books? What is your favorite country, not including the US, that you love seeing books take place in? Is there a country you’d like to see more books set in? Let me know in the comments and be sure leave a link to your own TTT post, so I can visit.
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Every time I see The Girl of Fire and Thorns I’m reminded that I need to read it! Great choices. I haven’t read quite a few of these, but they’re certainly on my radar.
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Haha, I know I mention it a lot. Hope you find the time soon.
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Good choices! Daughter of Smoke and Bone made my list as well! It really makes me want to visit Prague.
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Yes, it makes me want to visit as well!
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I really want to read Rebel of the Sand though I am yet to get a copy of it. I haven’t read any of the books on your list but will look them up.
Here is my list:https://ahavenforbooklovers.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-set-outside-the-us/
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I really enjoyed Rebel of the Sands and I hope you do to when you get a chance to pick it up.
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Grave Mercy is on my list this week too! I just finally started that series. I can’t believe how long it took. And pretty soon I want to read Girl of Fire and Thorns, that’s been on my tbr forever.
Great list! 🙂
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Love love love Grave Mercy! I hope you enjoy the entire series, it’s one of my favorites. The Fire and Thorns series is also one of my favorites. Fangirling right now 💃
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I need to read A Star-Touched Queen! I’ve just heard TOO many great things about it. As for the Wrath & the Dawn – that one made my list too. It’s a stunning book with so much rich and accurate representation of Middle Eastern culture. 🙂
~ Aimal @ Bookshelves & Paperbacks
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The Star-Touched Queen is beautifully written, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. And The Wrath and the Dawn makes my heart swell, it’s so vivid and moving.
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Great list! 😀 I have TWATD, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Cinder, and The Star-Touched Queen on my list as well, they’re totally awesome!! Rebel of the Sands is up on my TBR but I might put it on hold ever since I saw some negative reviews about it. I’m also curious about And I Darken, I heard it’s great? I want to see more Asia and some less famous European countries on books, probably like Turkey. Also Persia & Dubai, I love exotic places! I also have Written in the Stars on my TBR and it takes place in Pakistan 😀
My TTT : https://goo.gl/c10V02
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Oh yay, we share so many! I really liked both Rebel and And I Darken, so I’d recommend them in a heartbeat. Yes, I’d love to see more books take place in European countries we don’t typically see represented. Ooh, I will have to check out Written in the Stars.
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I enjoyed Grave Mercy although I haven’t read the sequels. I seem to read a lot of books set in the UK and occasionally France, but I’d like to read more set in other European nations.
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The other two books are really good, though I am partial to Grave Mercy. Yes, I keep hearing that today that they’d like other European countries to get attention as well.
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Cool list of books! I enjoyed reading the entire His Fair Assassin trilogy by Robin LaFevers… I can’t beleive I forgot to add them to my TTT post this week!!
Here’s a link to my TTT post for this week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2016/07/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-set-outside-us.html
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Thank you! Love His Fair Assassin so much, glad you are a fellow fan!
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I REALLY need to read Anne of Green Gables!! It sounds like such a great story– I don’t know how I made it through childhood without reading it at some point, but here I am! Awesome list!
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Yes, you do, Anne Shirley is fantastic! Also, the movie made in 1985 is a real classic. I didn’t read it until I was much older.
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The Wrath and the Dawn is on my TBR!
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You’re going to love it!
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A lot of those were in my list, too. Or on my TBR already!! Great choices!
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed!
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Oh my god, SO MUCH YES for Wolf by Wolf, And I Darken, and TWATD! All those are five-star reads from me and I just really, really enjoyed them (for different reasons). I also really liked The Girl of Fire and Thorns, though it’s been a while since I read it and I can’t really remember the details… just that I liked the protagonist and felt that the book had quite a lot of girl power. Great picks this week!
Here’s my TTT. 🙂
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Wolf By Wolf is the best! So love And I Darken and Wrath and the Dawn as well. Girl of Fire and Thorns is fantastic, I highly recommend finishing the series, my favorite is the second book. Thanks!
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I’ve actually read the second book as well, but I can’t remember if I’ve read the third book. I definitely enjoyed it quite a lot, because I still remember bits and pieces about the actual story. Have you read any of Carson’s other works?
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I’ve read her Walk on Earth a Stranger book which I really liked even though I expected more fantasy elements to it, but it ended up being a really interesting historical novel.
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Yeah, I’ve heard about that one! Seems like the setting is quite unique – glad to hear you liked it. 🙂
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ack! so many of these are still on my TBR list. I really must get to them SOON!! My TTT
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Yes, you must, they are all fantastic reads!
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I didn’t have any of these on my list (though I can’t believe I forgot Rebel of The Sands, it was one of my favourite reads of this year!) but nearly all of them are on my TBR.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/top-ten-tuesday-66/
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I forgot one of my favs this week too, what is wrong with us?
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I have no idea!
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I read a lot of nonfiction but I was determined to only use fiction for my top ten which made it a little bit more challenging. Anne of Green Gables is on my list too. I haven’t read your other 9 books.
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Some lists can be very hard to put together. If it makes you feel better, I couldn’t come up with a list of nonfiction books for this week. Love Anne so much!
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Where is Rebel of the Sands set? I have it on hold at the library and hope to get it soon. I had a lot of fun with this list this week and am enjoying seeing wonderful lists like yours.
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I don’t think it’s ever specified exactly where Rebel takes place, but it is a desert setting. I hope you enjoy it!
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I almost put Cinder on my list because there are so many things pulled from modern day Beijing. The Wrath and the Dawn and Grave Mercy both look fantastic! I’m looking forward to reading them.
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Yes, the whole of the Lunar Chronicles is great for representing places outside the US. Love both The Wrath and Grave Mercy. Hope you enjoy both!
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Love the Lunar Chronicles SO MUCH. I keep mentioning the series in posts, so I figured I’d give it a break this time around, haha. I do need to read Star-Touched Queen and Rebel of the Sands as well, they sound like my kind of exotic fantasy.
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Haha, I know what you mean, sometimes I think I mention a few books a little too much. I think you’ll enjoy both!
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I haven’t read any of the books you mentioned but I’m planning on starting the Lunar Chronicles soon-ish. My favorite place to see books take place in, aside from the US, is the United Kingdom. Scotland, London, you name it. I actually need to find more books in that setting though. 😀
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Love the Lunar Chronicles, they’re such fun books. I hope you like them. Oh yes, I quite like those settings too, especially if they’re historical fiction.
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So happy for And I Darken, I’ve seen it all over this week’s topic, such a great book ♥
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Yes, I saw it mentioned quite a bit too. I enjoyed it so much.
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I’ve only read Rebel of the Sands and Cinder from this list! But a lot of the others are on my TBR! I just got Wokf by Wolf from the library, though. I hope I like it! Great list. 😀
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Wolf By Wolf is amazing and I hope you love it. It’s one of my top reads this year!
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I’ve read four of these, and another two of them are on my tbr. I can’t wait to get my hands on And I Darken, and I already have a copy of Wolf by Wolf
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Oh m gosh, drop everything and read Wolf By Wolf. I’m more than a little in love with that book.
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I love your spin on this TTT!!! YESSSSSSSS TO GRAVE MERCY! I also really enjoyed Cinder, Wolf by Wolf, Rebel of the Sands, and And I Darken! I have The Girl of Fire and Thorns plus The Wrath and the Dawn on my TBR! Great list!!!
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Grave Mercy is the best! The Girl of Fire and Thorns and The Wrath and the Dawn are both excellent books that I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Thanks!
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I’m so happy to see And I Darken and Daughter of Smoke and Bone on your list! 🙂 I enjoyed both of those so much, especially due to the location of the setting. I haven’t read The Girl of Fire and Thorns or Wolf by Wolf yet but I really want to 🙂
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns is fantastic and Wolf By Wolf instantly became an all time favorite. I hope you get a chance to pick them up soon.
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This was a good list!!!!
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Thanks so much!
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