Thirteen Real Places Behind Literature's Scariest Stories — and How to Visit Them
From Whitby Abbey to Bran Castle to Nan Madol, the real places that inspired Dracula, Frankenstein, It and mor...
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Eleven Hotels Where the Library Is the Main Attraction
From Fleming's Jamaican retreat to a Dewey Decimal-themed NYC hotel, 11 hotels built for book lovers — librari...
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The 2026 Booker Shortlist Doubles as a Reading Itinerary: Kent, Kingston, the Hebrides and Beyond
The 2026 Booker Prize shortlist spans the Kent coast, Jamaica, the Isle of Harris and Massachusetts Bay — a fi...
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Nabokov's Berlin: following a novelist's eye through the city he never loved
How Nabokov turned a city he disliked into fiction — a literary Berlin itinerary tracing his streets, houses a...
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Yearncations: why autumn 2025 travel is all about Austen, orchards and switching off
Yearncations are autumn's travel trend: slow, Jane Austen-inspired trips to Hampshire, Bath, the Cotswolds and...
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Île de Peilz: Lake Geneva's Tiny Island With a Poetic Past
Île de Peilz, Lake Geneva's smallest island, inspired Byron and Andersen. Here's the story behind the one-tree...
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Ten trips inspired by books: from Ferrante's Naples to Simenon's Porquerolles
Readers share ten holidays inspired by books — Naples, Sarajevo, Porquerolles, Orkney, Northern Ireland and mo...
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Marlon James Went Home to Kingston to Reclaim Jamaica's Hidden Queer History
Booker-nominated author Marlon James on returning to Kingston to research Jamaica's hidden queer history for h...
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