Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week the theme is Books About/Set In Places on My Bucket List (submitted by Rachel @ Sunny Side). In theory this is an easy topic for me as I read a lot of books set in places I would love to visit. I have done entire posts just on Paris alone, France, and Greece, Japan, previous holiday destinations, armchair travelling and more. As I start this post, I am away for Easter on a island called Phillip Island which is a couple of hours away from home. So, my twist this week is that I am going to focus on books set on islands, however, I am limiting it to islands that are not countries. To be fair, I could probably do this topic several times over! I am saving islands that are also countries for another time.
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Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett - This book is set on Bruny Island which is in Tasmania. I just read this one recently!
The Bad Bridesmaid by Rachael Johns - A lot of this story takes place on Norfolk Island which is a place I would love to visit (my review)
The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Clair van Ryn - This is another book set in Tasmania (my review)
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa - This one is set in Sicily (my review)
The Islander's Daughter by Patricia Wilson - I am currently reading this one which is mainly set on a Greek island called Milos during WWII
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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - I think a lot of islands are magical but this one is set in a magical world!
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See - This book is set on the island of Jeju in South Korea
The Sweet Life Cafe by Helen Rolfe - Set on an island in the Channel Island (my review)
The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman - Takes place on a tiny island just off the Australian coast where the only structure is a lighthouse
Over the Seas to Skye by Sue Moorcroft - This is the third book in the Skye Sisters trilogy which are all set on the Isle of Skye in Scotland (my review)
Good topic. I have read Lisa See's novel and ML Stedman's which is a great setting at the lighthouse. I'm trying to think of a novel set in Hawaii ... perhaps James Michener's epic novel Hawaii would suffice. Cheers. ps. I guess I think of the Channel Islands off the coast of California ... but they are also in the English Channel ... so I gather that's where The Sweet Life Cafe is ...
ReplyDeleteYou are correct! I didn't even know there are islands off the coast of California called the Channel Islands!
DeleteOoh. More books for me to check out! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAn excellent list. I loved House In The Cerulean Sea.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your holiday!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/top-ten-tuesday-books-about-set-in-places-on-my-bucket-list/
One of these days I shall read The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.
ReplyDeleteYay for islands! I focused on Prince Edward Island this week.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t think to include Norfolk Island which is somewhere I’d like to go.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your #TTT
I love the cover of The Sweet Life Cafe!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to read The Island of Sea Women pretty soon. It sounds fascinating.
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