Five books to transport you to a country known for its stunning landscapes, and its great literature.

From Dostoevsky to Nabokov and beyond, Russia’s cultural capital has long been a literary haven.

Deserts, mountains, coastline and bustling city: Morocco's melting pot of cultures is as inviting as its tagines.

These books are the perfect way to experience the 'Mother City' from afar.

Louisiana's 'Crescent City' has inspired many great writers to evoke its mysterious allure.

One of India's most famous cities has produced and inspired everything from poetry to crime writing.

Tokyo has inspired all manner of writers, from home and abroad, seeking to evoke its unique atmosphere over the years.

Explore the vital literature from and about Vietnam's ancient city.

Books that reflect the sprawl and the history of the oldest capital city in North or South America.

The books to read about one of the most beautiful and unusual cities in the world.

Raymond Queneau’s book helped Eley Williams see the romance in mislaid plans, misunderstandings and getting lost.

The author of The Water Cure on the Jules Verne classic that showed her the power of imaginative possibility, and how it can inform everyday life.

The Jhalak Prize-winning author on how Tété-Michel Kpomassie’s trailblazing 1977 Togo-to-Greenland odyssey subverted the traditional travel-writing gaze.

Jack Kerouac’s Beat classic inspired the Lowborn author to travel from Great Yarmouth library to New York, San Francisco, and around the globe.

Some of 2020's biggest live sporting events may have been cancelled, but these amazing books will keep your mind in the game.

If you're disappointed not to be going away this summer, console yourself with these disastrous trips from fiction.

Brilliant first-time efforts that lockdown may have made it easy for you to miss

No music festivals? No problem. There is still plenty of hedonistic joy to be found in fiction.

Sate your wanderlust while experiencing a buzz of adrenaline with these true tales of epic experiences.

From John Cheever to Zadie Smith, here are six of our favourite garden parties from books.

Grab a blanket, a sandwich and a book: here are some of the best picnics put on the page.

Keen on a sandy escape? We've rounded up some of the best moments in literature to transport you right there.

Readers choose the books which never fail to make them feel like they've escaped to a far-off shores.

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Hot weather is a narrative device as old as time, but scenes of the stickiest season are taking on ominous new undertones in modern fiction. Lauren Bravo explores how literature’s love affair with the long, hot summer is changing.