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A collection of book reviews, literary travel journeys and best books set in posts

Literary journeys – Look here for books set in a whole range of locations and settings grouped together

BookTrail of the Month – the best book(trail) an author has taken us on

Literary Packages – what are the best books with a strong sense of setting or location for each month?

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The Lady Chatterley Trial

  • Submitted: 28th October 2025

Lady Chatterley on Trial I've just watched a film which is part true and part fiction. It focuses on the trial at the Old Bailey where Penguin Books had to…

Local Heavens – a map of New York 2075

  • Submitted: 27th October 2025

Local Heavens - New York 2075 This is a trail to the future but also to the past. It's a reimagining of Gatsby but in a steampunk futuristic way. Wild?…

Magical fairy novel set in Cambridge

  • Submitted: 26th October 2025

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands Second in the Fairy series. Oh and this is just as magical as the first.  It’s a magical historical fantasy with light academia, partly set…

A Halloween BookTrail

  • Submitted: 24th October 2025

Halloween in books There are many good books you can read during the month of Halloween. Ones that contain all manner of spooky houses and ghostly woods. But what about…

Map Monday – The Winter Job set in Finland

  • Submitted: 20th October 2025

The Winter Job of Finland The funniest man in fiction has written another winner! I mean, if I asked you would you read a book about delivering a sofa long…

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An Enigma by the Sea

2025: A couple vanishes from a locked villa….

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