Books and holidays go together perfectly, and not just for those of us doing the reading. This week, we talk about our favorite stories where the characters are on vacation—a perfect recipe for exploring exotic settings, quenching vicarious wanderlust, romance, adventure, and plenty more!

We also announce the winner our latest giveaway!

Shownotes

* Germinal, by Émile Zola, translated by Peter Collier

* The Sin of Abbé Mouret, by Émile Zola, translated by Valerie Minogue

* A Love Story, by Émile Zola, translated by Helen Constantine

* January, by Sara Gallardo, translated by Frances Riddle and Maureen Shaughnessy

* The End, by Attila Bartis, translated by Judith Sollosy

* Until August, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translated by Anne McLean

* Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, by Rebecca West

* Two Sherpas, by Sebastián Martínez Daniell, translated by Jennifer Croft

* Not a River, by Sevla Almada, translated by Annie McDermott

* War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Anthony Briggs

* Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints, by Teffi, edited by Robert Chandler

* The Fortune of the Rougons, by Émile Zola, translated by Brian Nelson

* Can Your Forgive Her?, by Anthony Trollope

* Adam Bede, by George Eliot

* Middlemarch, by George Eliot

* Travels with Charley, by John Steinbeck

* A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster

* Daisy Miller, by Henry James

* My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein

* The Story of a New Name, by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein

* “Goodbye, My Brother,” by John Cheever

* The Fortnight in September, by R.C. Sherriff

* Swimming Home, by Deborah Levy

* Do Not Become Alarmed, by Maile Meloy

* We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart

* Heartstopper, Vol. 3, by Alice Oseman

* “The Boundary,” by Jhumpa Lahiri

* The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim

* On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan

* The Feast, by Margaret Kennedy

* Hotel du Lac, by Anita Brookner

* A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson

* Notes from a Small Island, by Bill Bryson

* The Interestings, by Meg Wolitzer

* The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith

* A Sport and a Pastime, by James Salter

Other

* Émile Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart book list

* Radhika’s Reading Retreat: Characters on Holiday

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