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The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA by Doug MackLocations: The book is all about his travels in the U.S. territories, each chapter dealing with a different one, so take your pick from Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Anna wrote: "Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.Location: Chicago"
I don't see Dark Matter on the map (Chicago).
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn HamiltonPrimary Location: Dustwalk, Miraji (Fictional)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Primary Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver: A Middle Falls Time Travel Novel by Shawn InmonMiddle Falls, Oregon
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroPrimary: Hailsham doesn't say where exactly that was but they did visit Norfolk in England as a secondary location.
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha ChristieSetting: Constantinople,Turkey | Vinkovci, Croatia | Yugoslavia
I have no idea where is set the most part of this book. But the most important part is set in Vinkovci, Croatia, where the murder kills the victim.
2666 by Roberto BolañoPrimary: Santa Teresa, Mexico
(In the novel, Santa Teresa exists in the Sonora area of northern Mexico, but Santa Teresa is fictional. The real town is Ciudad Juárez).
There are many other important locations throughout this 912-page novel, but Santa Teresa centers the entire story.
Caraval by Stephanie GarberPrimary: Isla De los Suenos (fictional)
Secondary: Isle of Trisda (fictional)
My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with DisabilitiesPrimary: United States. I can't get any more specific since the book is a collection of short stories, all by different authors.
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinPrimary Location: Alice Island, MA, USA (fictional place, but the description makes it sound like it is a stand in for either Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard
Secondary Location: Providence, RI, USA
The Couple Next Door by Shari LapenaPrimary Location: New York (the only info I could find was "upstate New York." I forgot I didn't update this thread yesterday and returned the book to the library, so I can't check for something more specific).
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy GordonPrimary Location: Indian Mound Downs Racetrack, Wheeling, West Virginia
(Fictitious racetrack, but the setting is in the state's northern pandhandle region, so Wheeling seems to fit.)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainSt Petersburg, Mississippi
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Baltimore, Maryland
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Somewhere in Afghanistan
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
London, England
Scotland
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
New York City, New York
Paris, France
Badram (sp?), Turkey
Somewhere in Afghanistan
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniPrimary: Kabul, Afghanistan
Secondary: Fremont, California
Peshawar, Pakistan
Vertigo 42 by Martha GrimesPrimary Location: Devon, England
Secondary Location: London, England
What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery of the Ninety-Something Track Star Who Is Smashing Records and Outpacing Time, and What She Can Teach Us About How to Live by Bruce Grierson
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Location: French Riviera
Secondary Location: London, England
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Howards End by E.M. Forster
Primary Location: Hertfordshire, England
Secondary Location: London England
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinPrimary: Freedom Hall, a fictional estate/retreat in Washington, DC (location is not stated outright, but I'm guessing this from the weather conditions and the plot)
Secondary locations: Mars; St. Petersburg, Florida
Soga om laksdølane by unknownMain Locations: Western Island, Trondheim, Kristiansand and Bergen all cities in Norway
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark AdamsPrimary location; Machu Picchu, Peru
Around the Year in 52 Books
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Primary Location: Honestly, her memoirs are of all around Kenya, but parts of it do take place in Nairobi, Kenya.