Sometimes it is difficult to getting away…except when reading a book! This month we asked our staff for suggestions of books that take place in a specific location, have a strong sense of place or contain travel. This is what they gave us.
Fiction
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Comissario-Brunetti.jpg)
Death at La Fenice
By Donna Leon
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Grapes-of-Wrath.jpg)
Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Gullivers-Travels.jpg)
Gulliver’s Travels
By Jonathan Swift
Book/Overdrive eBook/Hoopla eBook/Hoopla Audiobook/Hoopla Graphic Novel
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Less.jpg)
Less
By Andrew Sean Greer
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Guernsey-Literary-and-Potato-Peel-Pie-Society.jpg)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne Barrows
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Independent-People.jpg)
Independent People
Halldór Laxness
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Long-Petal-of-the-Sea.png)
A long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-No.-1-Ladies-Detective-Agency.jpg)
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Poisonwood-Bible.jpg)
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-River.jpg)
The River
Peter Heller
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Red-Sorghum.jpg)
Red Sorghum
Mo Yan
Kids
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Maisy-goes-to-london.jpg)
Maisy Goes to London
By Lucy Cousins
Nonfiction
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/125-Wacky-roadside-attratctions.jpg)
125 Wacky Roadside Attractions
National Geographics
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Born-a-Crime.jpg)
Born a Crime
By Trevor Noah
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Devil-in-the-white-city.jpg)
Devil in the White City
By Erik Lareson
Book/Large Print/Audio CD/Overdrive eBook/Overdrive Audiobook
![](https://www.allentownpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Everything-everywhere.jpg)
Everything & Everywhere
By Marc Martin
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National Park Adventures
By Noah Adams