Best Location-Based and History-Based Books to Read While Traveling

1.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,795 ratings
2.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,398 ratings
3.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,554 ratings
4.
Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating — 233,159 ratings
5.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,074 ratings
6.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,922 ratings
7.
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,300 ratings
8.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,613 ratings
9.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,961 ratings
10.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,066 ratings
11.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,652 ratings
12.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,026 ratings
13.
Call Me Irresistible (Wynette, Texas, #6)
Call Me Irresistible (Wynette, Texas, #6) 4.10 avg rating — 25,566 ratings
14.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,821 ratings
15.
The Woman in the Castello
The Woman in the Castello 3.44 avg rating — 1,901 ratings
16.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,050,910 ratings
17.
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,012,872 ratings
18.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,870 ratings
19.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,501 ratings
20.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,010 ratings
21.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,115 ratings
22.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,693 ratings
23.
In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating — 119,156 ratings
24.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,387 ratings
25.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,829 ratings
26.
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,336,597 ratings
27.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,158 ratings
28.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 103,297 ratings
29.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
30.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,855 ratings
31.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,450 ratings
32.
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America 3.81 avg rating — 63,775 ratings
33.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,617 ratings
34.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,363 ratings
35.
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2) 4.35 avg rating — 155,359 ratings
36.
Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own 3.56 avg rating — 2,026 ratings
37.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating — 508,937 ratings
38.
The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)
The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 178,435 ratings
39.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,472 ratings
40.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,368 ratings
41.
Beach Music
Beach Music 4.18 avg rating — 53,729 ratings
42.
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating — 117,839 ratings
43.
Trinity
Trinity
by: Leon Uris
4.29 avg rating — 25,079 ratings
44.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,908 ratings
45.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating — 93,728 ratings
46.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,013 ratings
47.
This Heart of Mine (Chicago Stars, #5)
This Heart of Mine (Chicago Stars, #5) 4.08 avg rating — 32,810 ratings
48.
Viajes ficcionalizados 1: París-Bruselas-Estocolmo-Berna-Liechtenstein
Viajes ficcionalizados 1: París-Bruselas-Estocolmo-Berna-Liechtenstein 4.16 avg rating — 64 ratings
49.
House Rules
House Rules 4.04 avg rating — 184,872 ratings
50.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2) 3.63 avg rating — 114,922 ratings
51.
Lo que me llevo del desierto no es arena
Lo que me llevo del desierto no es arena 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
52.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,022 ratings
53.
The Thinking Tank
The Thinking Tank 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
54.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,263 ratings
55.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,865 ratings
56.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,064 ratings
57.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,686 ratings
58.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,028 ratings
59.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,084 ratings
60.
Turkey: The Raw Guide
Turkey: The Raw Guide 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
61.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,044 ratings
62.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,557 ratings
63.
A Painted House
A Painted House 3.77 avg rating — 100,381 ratings
64.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,782 ratings
65.
Chaperones
Chaperones 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings
66.
Get a Life! - The Guide Book
Get a Life! - The Guide Book 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
67.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,626 ratings
68.
London
London 4.09 avg rating — 33,576 ratings
69.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,382 ratings
70.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,777 ratings
71.
Railonama
Railonama 4.06 avg rating — 106 ratings
72.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating — 99,473 ratings
73.
Time and Again
Time and Again 3.94 avg rating — 24,611 ratings
74.
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 1,318,358 ratings
75.
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven 3.82 avg rating — 8,712 ratings
76.
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) 4.42 avg rating — 1,187,310 ratings
77.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,915 ratings
78.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,850 ratings
79.
A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House, #1)
A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 4,467 ratings
80.
Pink Wellies and Flat Caps
Pink Wellies and Flat Caps 4.05 avg rating — 703 ratings
81.
Can't Buy Me Love
Can't Buy Me Love 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
82.
CHINA: Portrait of a People
CHINA: Portrait of a People 4.23 avg rating — 184 ratings
83.
Travels with My Aunt
Travels with My Aunt 3.80 avg rating — 16,567 ratings
84.
Encore
Encore 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
85.
Three Men In A Boat
Three Men In A Boat 3.83 avg rating — 78,266 ratings
86.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,543 ratings
87.
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman 3.79 avg rating — 2,290 ratings
88.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,474 ratings
88.
Misty of Chincoteague
Misty of Chincoteague 4.07 avg rating — 47,100 ratings
90.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,762 ratings
91.
Croissants and Jam
Croissants and Jam 4.07 avg rating — 793 ratings
92.
Black Elk Speaks
Black Elk Speaks 4.12 avg rating — 18,419 ratings
93.
The Millennium Trilogy (Millennium Trilogy, #1-3)
The Millennium Trilogy (Millennium Trilogy, #1-3) 4.47 avg rating — 57,007 ratings
94.
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 28,532 ratings
94.
Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II
Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II 4.06 avg rating — 532 ratings
96.
Double Happiness: One Man's Tale of Love, Loss, and Wonder on the Long Roads of China
Double Happiness: One Man's Tale of Love, Loss, and Wonder on the Long Roads of China 3.91 avg rating — 70 ratings
96.
The Last Days of the Incas
The Last Days of the Incas 4.20 avg rating — 6,886 ratings
96.
Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries
Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries 4.04 avg rating — 929 ratings
99.
Exile for Dreamers (Stranje House, #2)
Exile for Dreamers (Stranje House, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,591 ratings
100.
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 24,892 ratings
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