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Abdera, Thrace

• Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder

Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK

• Kalooki nights by Howard Jacobson

America

• America (the book) : a citizen's guide to democracy inaction by Jon Stewart

Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

• Outwitting history : the amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million Yiddish books by Aaron Lansky

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Amsterdam: A Novel by Ian McEwan

Ancient Greece

• Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

Appalachian Trail, USA

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Athens, Greece

• Dinner with Persephone: Travels in Greece by Patricia Storace

Australia

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Austria

• Eagles Die Franz Joseph Elisabeth & Thei by George R Marek

Bag End, Hobbiton, The Shire

• The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading by Francis Spufford

Baker, Montana, USA

• Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban

Beirut, Lebanon

• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Berkeley, California, USA

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Berkshires, Massachusetts, USA

• The human stain by Philip Roth

Bombay, India

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta

Brewer [Reading], Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

• Rabbit Run by John Updike

Brooklyn, New York, USA

• The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel by Paul Auster
• Desperate Characters: A Novel by Paula Fox
• Coney Island : lost and found by Charles Denson
• A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Byzantine Empire

• A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich

Byzantium

• A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich

California, USA

• The Jane Austen Book Club: A Novel by Karen Joy Fowler
• Drop City by T.C. Boyle

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

• The Indian clerk : a novel by David Leavitt

Central Africa

• James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips

Cheshire, England, UK

• Kalooki nights by Howard Jacobson

Chicago, Illinois, USA

• James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
• The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

China

• The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters by Rose George
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
• The Masks of God, Vol. 2: Oriental Mythology by Joseph Campbell

Cologne, Germany

• The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

Colonus, Greece

• Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone by Robert Fitzgerald

Colorado, USA

• The Liars' Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA

• Coney Island : lost and found by Charles Denson

Constitutional Convention of 1787

• Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution by Jack N. Rakove

Copenhagen, Denmark

• Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg

Dallas, Texas, USA

• Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) by Don DeLillo

Dawson, Alaska, USA

• Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom

Detroit, Michigan, USA

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth

Dominican Republic

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Dresden, Germany

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer

Dunkirk, France

• Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan

Earth

• The timetables of history : a horizontal linkage of people and events, based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan by Bernard Grun

East River, New York, New York, USA

• Waterfront : a journey around Manhattan by Phillip Lopate

Easter Island

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Eastwick, Rhode Island, USA

• The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike

El Paso, Texas, USA

• The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese

England, UK

• Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer by Peter Wright

the Fertile Cresent

• The Masks of God, Vol. 2: Oriental Mythology by Joseph Campbell

France

• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

Gela Alta

• Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg

Georgia, USA

• The march : a novel by E. L. Doctorow

Germany

• Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 by Max Hastings

Greenland

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
• Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg

Greenville, Mississippi, USA

• Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry

Grimmburg

• Royal Highness V739 by Thomas Mann

Haiti

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Harlem River, New York, New York, USA

• Waterfront : a journey around Manhattan by Phillip Lopate

Hay on Wye, Wales, UK

• Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books by Paul Collins

Hudson River, USA

• Waterfront : a journey around Manhattan by Phillip Lopate

Hungary

• Eagles Die Franz Joseph Elisabeth & Thei by George R Marek

Iceland

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

India

• The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters by Rose George
• The Masks of God, Vol. 2: Oriental Mythology by Joseph Campbell
• The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

Iowa, USA

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Ismay, Montana, USA

• Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban

Japan

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
• The Masks of God, Vol. 2: Oriental Mythology by Joseph Campbell

Joe, Montana, USA

• Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban

Kentucky, USA

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth

Kronos

• Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg (ship)

Lake District, England, UK

• Amsterdam: A Novel by Ian McEwan

Lake Garda, Italy

• Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald

Lancashire, England, UK

• Kalooki nights by Howard Jacobson

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

• Positively Fifth Street : murderers, cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker by James McManus

Lebanon

• Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder

Lillesand, Norway

• Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder

Lincoln, Montana, USA

• Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban

Lodz, Poland

• Lodz ghetto : inside a community under siege by Alan Adelson

London sewers

• The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters by Rose George

London, England, UK

• Amsterdam: A Novel by Ian McEwan
• Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer by Peter Wright
• The Indian clerk : a novel by David Leavitt
• A Conspiracy of Paper : A Novel by David Liss
• Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald
• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands
• Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan

Long Island, New York, USA

• Bridge of sighs by Richard Russo

Los Angeles, California, USA

• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Luanda, Angola

• Firewall by Henning Mankell

Madras, India

• The Indian clerk : a novel by David Leavitt

Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

• Kalooki nights by Howard Jacobson

Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

• Waterfront : a journey around Manhattan by Phillip Lopate

Marmarth, North Dakota, USA

• Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

McLean, Virginia, USA

• James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips

Michigan, USA

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

• Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald

Mississippi River, USA

• Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry

Montana, USA

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
• The whistling season by Ivan Doig

Mumbai, India

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta

New Guinea

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

New Jersey, USA

• American pastoral by Philip Roth
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

• Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) by Don DeLillo
• Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry

New York, New York, USA

• Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab
• Reunion by Alan Lightman
• Nights in the Gardens of Brooklyn (New York Review Books Classics) by Harvey Swados
• The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
• A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: A Novel by Ken Kalfus
• Bridge of sighs by Richard Russo
• Lowboy: A Novel by John Wray
• Exit ghost by Philip Roth
• Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
• 722 miles : the building of the subways and how they transformed New York by Clifton Hood
• Access New York City 11e (Access Guides) by Richard Saul Wurman
• Tepper Isn't Going Out: A Novel by Calvin Trillin
• The Dying Animal by Philip Roth
• Portnoy's complaint by Philip Roth
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld by Herbert Asbury
• Coney Island : lost and found by Charles Denson
• Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine by Maria Reidelbach
• The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky
• Outwitting history : the amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million Yiddish books by Aaron Lansky
• Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell
• A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Wall Street)

New York, USA

• A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Newark, New Jersey, USA

• Everyman by Philip Roth
• The human stain by Philip Roth
• Portnoy's complaint by Philip Roth
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth

North Carolina, USA

• The march : a novel by E. L. Doctorow

Oakland, California, USA

• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

• The Indian clerk : a novel by David Leavitt
• Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears

Paris, France

• The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
• The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands
• The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

Pennsylvania, USA

• Rabbit is Rich by John Updike

Peterborough, England

• A Spot of Bother (Vintage) by Mark Haddon

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

• The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands

Pitcairn Island

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Rome, Italy

• The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton

Rwanda

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Sacramento, California, USA

• The Jane Austen Book Club: A Novel by Karen Joy Fowler

San Francisco, California, USA

• The Jane Austen Book Club: A Novel by Karen Joy Fowler

Seattle, Washington, USA

• Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom

Silicon Valley, California, USA

• The Jane Austen Book Club: A Novel by Karen Joy Fowler

Slovakia and Czech Republic

• Eagles Die Franz Joseph Elisabeth & Thei by George R Marek

South Carolina, USA

• The march : a novel by E. L. Doctorow

Surrey, England, UK

• Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan

Swoope, Virginia, USA

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Polyface Farm)

Texas, USA

• The Liars' Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr

Thebes, Greece

• Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone by Robert Fitzgerald

Thermopylae

• Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

Thomaston, New York, USA

• Bridge of sighs by Richard Russo

Tikopia

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Until I find you : a novel by John Irving

Turov, Russia

• Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom

Tuscany, Italy

• Italian Fever: A Novel by Valerie Martin
• Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

• The Indian clerk : a novel by David Leavitt

University of Iowa

• Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (Iowa Writers' Workshop)

USA

• I am America (and so can you!) by Stephen Colbert
• Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution by Jack N. Rakove

USSR

• Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer by Peter Wright

Venice, Veneto, Italy

• Bridge of sighs by Richard Russo
• Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald

Vermont, USA

• The World Below (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Sue Miller

Verona, Veneto, Italy

• Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald

Vienna, Austria

• The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
• A nervous splendor : Vienna, 1888/1889 by Frederic Morton
• Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald

Vienna, Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire

• The fall of the House of Habsburg by Edward Crankshaw

Virginia, USA

• The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones

Washington, D.C., USA

• All Aunt Hagar's children by Edward P. Jones
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth

Wayne State University

• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Ystad, Skåne, Sweden

• Firewall by Henning Mankell