We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is Destination Titles (titles with name of places in them. These places can be real or fiction!) (this was a topic Rachel @ Sunny Side came up with for a freebie week last year and has let me steal it!)
I saw someone do this post last week and immediately noted it down to do in the future, so I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was this week’s topic! I didn’t want to include names of places such as shops, restaurants, and the like and I was sure this would be an easy topic, but apparently not! 😅 I eventually landed on 10 titles but it took some extra browsing and deliberate searching of phrases and places to find them! This list is a mix of fictional and real places and also titles from my TBR and read list. Let’s visit them, shall we? 🗺️






We’ll Never Have Paris
After Hours on Milagro Street
The Lotus Empire
Made in Manhattan
The Kingdom of Back





The Beast of Beswick
One Italian Summer
How to Fake It in Hollywood
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
In A New York Minute

Did you have an easy time finding destination titles on your shelves? Have you read any of these or are they also on your TBR? Have you been to any of these IRL places?

I wasn’t expecting how tricky this weeks topic would be either! Great choices though.
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Thanks Louise 🙂
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I only read The Kingdom of Back from your list.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/11/12/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-destinations-in-the-title/
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I can’t wait to read it!
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Apparently there are lots of books with destinations in their titles. I am not seeing many duplicates today.
My list is here: TTT
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Oh, you’re so right. I didn’t even notice that there weren’t duplicates but good point! There really are tons of them 🙂
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I’m glad to know I wasn’t the only one who was underestimating this topic – it was indeed much more difficult than I first thought it would be! I heard great things about One Italian Summer.
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Definitely not the only one! It sounded deceptively easy! LOL I can’t actually recall adding One Italian Summer to my TBR however long ago it was but I guess I must’ve heard good things about it to want to read it! I hope it’s true 🙂
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Great choices! It took me a while to find my books, too; some I remembered off the top of my head, but I had to go through my entire list of 5-star books for the rest. But I’m saving The Left-Handed Booksellers of London for a future post on Children’s and YA books with destinations in the title.
Here’s my TTT list for this week.
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Oh nice, that’s also a very specific destination topic and I definitely think I’d struggle to come up with a list of children’s/YA destination books! 😂 Good luck! Hehe
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I have read none of these, and do not know many. I am interested in The Kingdom of Back because it’s Marie Lu and I’ve liked her books. It was smart to add Kingdom to the list!
I also read something by Rebecca Serle years ago and I wonder how her writing has changed.
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I’ve only read one book by Marie Lu and really enjoyed it but Kingdom of Back seems completely different in comparison. I’m keen to check it out though cos it has quite a unique sounding premise. Did you enjoy what you read by Rebecca Serle? I don’t think I’ve ever read anything by her before but I could be wrong lol
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I’ve read the Legend series and The Young Elites trilogy, and I am interested in her other titles. I agree that this one feels very different, I wonder how it is.
I read Famous in Love by her. It was okay, but I haven’t encountered any other titles by her I was interested in.
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Great picks, Dini! For some reason, I accidentally did this one last week. lol And it was a bit tough! I love your choices, though. 🙂
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Ah, I thought it might’ve been you cos I bookmarked it immediately after stopping by your post, lol. Oof, this was a lot tougher than I thought it’d be! 😂
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Oh no! These covers and titles look amazing!! I’m writing them down and adding to my TBR 😭
Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
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Haha, I’m sorry to add to your TBR! It happens to me all the time. Almost every TTT, lol 😅
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I haven’t read any of these books, but I have been to some of these IRL places: NYC/Manhattan, London, Paris, and Hollywood.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I’m not a huge fan of the big cities but I’ve been to NYC/Manhattan and London. Maybe one day I will visit Paris and of course, see the landmark Hollywood stuff! Lol
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Great list! I’m glad it wasn’t just me who struggled with this topic.
I need to read The Left-Handed Booksellers of London! Also, seeing other posts from this week (including yours) made me realize that it would have been a much easier prompt if I’d allowed myself to use TBR books too, and not only books I’ve already read! LOL
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Omg, if I’d limited myself to only TBR books I would’ve probably been scrolling for ages trying to find a handful of titles 🤭 There were so many I realised I have read looking at other lists but I somehow missed them all while browsing my shelves, haha
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I think I would have had more on my TBR than I did on my Read list! Oh well, I got ten books eventually! 🤭 And I know what you mean, after seeing other people’s lists, I realized I would have used other kinds of place name too, not just city or country, and I didn’t need to have struggled so much! LOL
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Ah well, we live and learn! 🤣 Next time we’ll expand our options to make it easier for ourselves haha
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It can be so fun to narrow the prompts down a lot too, though… 😉
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Italy would be a cool place to visit.
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My family went all over Europe when my brother and I were still kids but the only thing I remember about that 2-month trip was getting sick in France and being miserable 😂 Would one day love to replace that memory of traveling Europe as an adult, haha.
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I think you did a great job this week Dini!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/traveling-through-the-usa-with-ten-book-titles/
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Thanks Pam! It was tougher than it seemed 🫣
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The Kingdom of Back is one of my favorites books ever ❤
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Ooh, that’s so exciting to hear! I don’t think I’ve seen many people talking about it but to be fair, it has been a while since it was released. Still, it has such a unique premise. I’m keen to check it out 🙂
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New York sounds so exciting.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/uncategorized/top-ten-tuesday-destination-titles/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
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It’s for sure a popular destination!
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I also only wanted to use actual places on my list Dini. The only one I’ve read is One Italian Summer.
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I can’t remember adding One Italian Summer to my TBR so I’ll have to refresh my memory whenever I get around to giving it a go 🫣
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It was a good one, Dini.
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Nice list! I think I’ve read three of these.
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Thanks Yolanda 🙂
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Paris and Italy are the two places I visit most often when I travel via books.
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They’re definitely the most popular but I saw quite a few New York ones as well!
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Great mix of real and fictional but also a fun mix of locations.
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Thanks Sam 🙂
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You did great!! Yes, I had such a hard time. I spent so much time searching my lists that I didn’t know if it was worth it. haha. I had to continue after the kids went to sleep. I gave myself a time and if I didn’t get 10 then I would just quit. LOL! I figured it was going to be such an easy topic. 😀
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It’s so funny that as I was scrolling through my shelves I felt like I had read zero titles with destinations in them but then when I saw everyone’s posts, I was like OMG, HOW DID I MISS EVERYTHING?! 🤣 Like… Jade City?! HELLO 🫣 So funny how the topics we think will be the easiest always end up being the most challenging, haha
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I know!! I saw Jade City and sighed. How did I forget?! haha!! I haven’t even looked at next weeks but I probably should start trying to do the post earlier. LOL
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I haven’t either but I’ll probably end up looking at it on Sunday. 🤣 I’m far too lazy to do it any earlier than that haha
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hahaha!! I’m usually last minute on Monday. LOL
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It’s funny but I thought this topic would be way easier than it actually was! Great list, I haven’t read any of these but I’ve been wanting to read The Kingdom of Back for some time 🙂
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-destination-titles.html
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You’re definitely not the only one who thought it’d be easier to do! I was surprised by how many titles I forgot but also how few I found while browsing my digital shelves 🫣 I’ve had Kingdom of Back on my TBR for ages… I hope we both enjoy it whenever we get to it 🙂
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I love how varied everyone’s lists are this week. I really love the cover for The Kingdom of Back. I bet it’s stunning in person.
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It’s gorgeous although the edition I have is from a very old Owlcrate box. 🫣 It really has been on my TBR for ages, lol
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We’ve all had some nice trips this week. Hope we can visit them all one day.
Here are my destinations:https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-destination-titles.html
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