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Books set in Hot Countries

  • Submitted: 28th January 2026

Books set in hot countries

Everyone needs a bit of heat when it’s winter certainly so how about picking up one of the below?

hot countries

 

France

The French Guesthouse Isabelle BroomA French Guesthouse – Isabelle Broom

Fliss loses everything – her beloved hotel ravaged by fire and her fiancé is exposed as a cheat. Then, her estranged mother dies. She soon finds out that she has been left a guesthouse in her will. But the inheritance comes at a price…

 

 

 

 

Very hot – India

Blood Caste Shylashri ShankarBlood Caste

Is Jack the Ripper at large on the streets of Victorian India? Imagine trying to solve a crime in a very hot and humid country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

America/ USA – Louisiana

Our Last Wild Days Anna BaileyOur Last Wild Days

There’s a special kind of heat in this part of the country. Hot and humid sometimes to the point that you cannot breathe. You will never forget the heat of Louisiana.

 

 

 

 

 

Jamaica

A House for Miss Pauline Diana Mc CauleyA House for Miss Pauline

Life on a plantation – stories to learn about the gravity of the slave trade – and real life hurricanes that destroyed much of the country.

 

 

 

 

A Spell of Good Things Ayobami AdebayoNigeria

A Spell of Good  Things

 

A dazzling story of modern Nigeria

 

 

 

 

 

Other books set in city or country locations

Why not try a few  books set in cities?

London – books set in the big smoke

New York – books set in the city that never sleeps

Five books set in Newcastle Upon Tyne

Five Books set in Stockholm

5 Books set in New York City

Five books set in lovely locations – Paris, Stockholm and more

Books set in Edinburgh

Paris – books set in the city of love

Madrid – books set in the Spanish capital

Quirky books set in London

Books set in Iceland

Books set in Edinburgh by women writers

Road trips in books

 

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