Top Ten Tuesday: Books for Armchair Travelers


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This is one of those cases where I’ve read and enjoyed all of the Top Ten Tuesday books I’m mentioning today. It’s been a while since I’ve read some of them, but maybe they’ll become rereads this year.

Thank you to Laurie C @ Bay State Reader’s Advisory for submitting this topic. 

Book cover for The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Image on cover is a drawing of the city where the main character lived. The houses huddle close together and there are no plants to be seen anywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

 

Book cover for Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. Image on cover shows the faces of two Mexican people, one woman and one man, leaned in so close that his nose is nearly touching her cheek.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

 

Book cover for Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau. Image on cover shows a sketch of the tiny cabin Thoreau stayed in. Trees are growing all around it. It is overlayed with a green filter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau

 

Book cover for Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. Image on cover shows a closeup shot of a Geisha who is starting ahead at the viewer with a serious expression on her face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

 

Book cover for The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Image on cover shows a setting yellow sun partially obscured by a large tree. The background is orange as if it were just before sunset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

 

Book cover for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. Image on cover shows an Asian woman holding a fan up to her lips as if she were shushing the audience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

 

Book cover for Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. Images on cover are a colourful bird hanging upside down at the top and a closeup shot of an olive-skinned person with brownish-green eyes peering at the audience from the bottom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

 

Book cover for Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe. Image on cover is a drawing of a middle-aged African man’s face who is staring thoughtfully into the distance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe

 

Book cover for Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Image on cover is a photo taken of the author from the side. She’s brown-skinned and wearing a black turtleneck sweater. She has a serious and slightly sad expression on her face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Book cover for The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Image on cover shows golden metal leaves and flowers arranged in a beautiful circular pattern against a dark pink background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

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  1. As usual, I’ve heard of some of these including Like Water for Chocolate but never read any. 🙂

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