Novel Destinations

Travel the world without leaving home with this collection of books set outside the U.S. 🗺️

Updated July 6, 2026
Westchester Library System Mount Pleasant Public Library
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The murder of Harriet Krohn
Fossum, Karin
Paper Book
A long petal of the sea
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. "One of the most...
My grandmother sends her regards & apologises
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
A heartbreaking and hilarious novel from the internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People Everyone remembers the smell of their grandmother's house. Everyone remembers the stories their grandmother told them. But...
The wonder
Donoghue, Emma
Paper Book
The new novel from the bestselling author of Room"Emma Donoghue's writing is superb alchemy, changing innocence into horror and horror into tenderness" Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife"Donoghue's superb novel will leave few unaffected." BooklistAn eleven-year-old girl stops...

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