Booked [2019] : a traveler's guide to literary locations around the world

**A practical, armchair travel guide that explores eighty of the most iconic literary locations from all over the globe that you can actually visit.** A must-have for every fan of literature, __Booked__ inspires readers to follow in their favorite characters footsteps by visiting the real-life locations portrayed in beloved novels including the Monroeville, Alabama courthouse in __To Kill a Mockingbird__ __,__ Chatsworth House, the inspiration for Pemberley in __Pride and Prejudice__ , and the Kyoto Bridge from __Memoirs of a Geisha__. The full-color photographs throughout reveal the settings readers have imagined again and again in their favorite books. Organized by regions all around the world, author Richard Kreitner explains the importance of each literary landmark including the connection to the author and novel, cultural significance, historical information, and little-known facts about the location. He also includes travel advice like addresses and must-see spots. __Booked__ features special sections on cities that inspired countless literary works like a round of locations in Brooklyn from Betty Smith's iconic __A Tree Grows in Brooklyn__ to Jonathan Lethem's __Motherless Brooklyn__ and a look at the New Orleans of Tennessee Williams and Anne Rice. Locations include: Central Park, NYC ( __The Catcher in the Ry__ e, JD Salinger) Forks, Washington ( __Twilight__ , Stephanie Meyer) Prince Edward Island, Canada ( __Anne of Green Gables__ , Lucy Maud Montgomery) Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario ( __Alias Grace__ , Margaret Atwood) Holcomb, Kansas ( __In Cold Blood__ , Truman Capote) London, England ( __White Teeth__ , Zadie Smith) Paris, France ( __Hunchback of Notre Dame__ , Victor Hugo) Segovia, Spain, ( __For Whom the Bell Tolls__ , Ernest Hemingway) Kyoto, Japan ( __Memoirs of a Geisha__ , Arthur Golden) ## About the Author **Richard Kreitner** is a contributing writer at __The Nation__ magazine. His work on politics, history, and literature has also appeared in Slate, __The Baffler__ , and __The Boston Globe__. A lover of books and travel, he is the author of "The Obsessively-Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trip," featured in Atlas Obscura in 2015. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. A practical, armchair travel guide that explores eighty of the most iconic literary locations from all over the globe that you can actually visit. A must-have for every fan of literature, Booked inspires readers to follow in their favorite characters footsteps by visiting the real-life locations portrayed in beloved novels including the Monroeville, Alabama courthouse in To Kill a Mockingbird , Chatsworth House, the inspiration for Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice , and the Kyoto Bridge from Memoirs of a Geisha . The full-color photographs throughout reveal the settings readers have imagined again and again in their favorite books. Organized by regions all around the world, author Richard Kreitner explains the importance of each literary landmark including the connection to the author and novel, cultural significance, historical information, and little-known facts about the location. He also includes travel advice like addresses and must-see spots. Booked features special sections on cities that inspired countless literary works like a round of locations in Brooklyn from Betty Smith's iconic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn and a look at the New Orleans of Tennessee Williams and Anne Rice. Locations include: Central Park, NYC ( The Catcher in the Ry e, JD Salinger) Forks, Washington ( Twilight , Stephanie Meyer) Prince Edward Island, Canada ( Anne of Green Gables , Lucy Maud Montgomery) Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario ( Alias Grace , Margaret Atwood) Holcomb, Kansas ( In Cold Blood , Truman Capote) London, England ( White Teeth , Zadie Smith) Paris, France ( Hunchback of Notre Dame , Victor Hugo) Segovia, Spain, ( For Whom the Bell Tolls , Ernest Hemingway) Umuofia, Nigeria ( Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe) Kyoto, Japan ( Memoirs of a Geisha , Arthur Golden) Cartagena, Colombia ( One Hundred Years of Solitude , Gabriel Garcia Marquez) A must-have for every fan of literature, Booked inspires readers to follow in their favorite characters footsteps by visiting the real-life locations portrayed in beloved novels including the Monroeville, Alabama courthouse in To Kill a Mockingbird, Chatsworth House, the inspiration for Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice, and the Kyoto Bridge from Memoirs of a Geisha. The full-color photographs throughout reveal the settings readers have imagined again and again in their favorite books. Organized by regions all around the world, author Richard Kreitner explains the importance of each literary landmark including the connection to the author and novel, cultural significance, historical information, and little-known facts about the location. He also includes travel advice like addresses and must-see spots. Booked features special sections on cities that inspired countless literary works like a round of locations in Brooklyn from Betty Smith's iconic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn and a look at the New Orleans of Tennessee Williams and Anne Rice. Locations include: Central Park, NYC (The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger), Forks, Washington (Twilight, Stephanie Meyer), Prince Edward Island, Canada (Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery), Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario (Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood), Holcomb, Kansas (In Cold Blood, Truman Capote), London, England (White Teeth, Zadie Smith), Paris, France (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo), Segovia, Spain, (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway), and Kyoto, Japan (Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden) This practical armchair travel guide explores eighty of the most iconic literary locations from all over the globe that you can actually visit.