What to Read Before You Travel: Destination-Based Reading Guide
Books Set Around the World: Destination-Based Reading Guide
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Book Recommendations
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Africa
Asia
Cambodia
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers | Loung Ung
Russia
A Gentleman in Moscow | Amor Towles
A Short History of Russia | Mark Galeotti
Europe
Russia
A Gentleman in Moscow | Amor Towles
A Short History of Russia | Mark Galeotti
Middle East
Iran
The Complete Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi
Iraq
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State | Nadia Murad
Syria
The Beekeeper of Aleppo | Christy Lefteri
The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches From Syria | Janine di Giovanni