Summer Challenge 2026: A Real Place You've Never Heard Of

Looking for help completing your Summer Challenge Bingo Card? Here are some suggestions for books that are set in real places you might never have heard of!

Updated June 27, 2026
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The island of sea women
See, Lisa.
CD
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A mesmerizing new historical novel" (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and...
A Far-Flung Life
Stedman, M L
Paper Book
From the mega bestselling and acclaimed author of The Light Between Oceans, a global phenomenon, comes a magnificent and spectacularly moving new novel about family secrets that must never be revealed, and what the heart can endure for the sake of love. When we do...
The whisper on the night wind : the true history of a wilderness legend
Shoalts, Adam
Paper Book
In the 1900s, the isolated town of Traverspine was the scene of an extraordinary haunting by large creatures. Strange tracks were found in the woods. Strange cries were heard in the night. Sled dogs went missing. Children reported being stalked by a terrifying grinning animal. Families slept with...

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