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  • Read Your Way Through Kingston, Jamaica

    The New York Times – Travel:

    “No one sound speaks for all” Jamaicans, the novelist Marlon James says. Here are the books he recommends for readers who want to see the island’s many facets.

  • Read Your Way Through Tangier

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Tangier’s many facets have long inspired writers. Here, the Moroccan-born novelist Laila Lalami introduces readers to the books and writers that, to her, best capture the city.

  • Read Your Way Through Dublin

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Virtuosity and creativity with language are “everyone’s birthright” in the Irish capital, says Tana French, an award-winning mystery writer who has made it her home.

  • Read Your Way Through Istanbul

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Istanbul is unfathomable: old and new, real and surreal, melancholic and absurd. Elif Shafak, one of its foremost novelists, reveals its secrets.

  • Read Your Way Through London

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Bernardine Evaristo, whose “Girl, Woman, Other” won the Booker Prize, invites readers into London, a city whose rich literary landscape is “for everyone, not just the privileged few.”

  • Read Your Way Through Rome

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Igiaba Scego, an author born in Rome to Somali parents, recommends books that draw readers through the rich layers that make up her hometown.

  • Read Your Way Through Helsinki

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Pajtim Statovci shares his love of Finnish literature and the books that helped him, a child of immigrants, to find his voice and grow from reader to award-winning writer.

  • Read Your Way Through Mexico City

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Juan Villoro, who spent over two decades perfecting one book about Mexico City, recommends reading on the city he loves. “Mexico is too complex,” a visitor said. “It needs to be read.”

  • Read Your Way Through Reykjavík

    The New York Times – Travel:

    With a reputation for having more authors per capita than any other country, Iceland is a destination for readers. Olaf Olafsson, whose most recent book is “Touch,” leads a literary stroll through its capital.