Comments | nwhyte: What is the best-known book set in each European country?

nwhyte

What is the best-known book set in each European country?

Apr 03, 2015 17:05

Here's the full list. Note that in a couple of cases I have retrospectively added / changed the winner since my original post. Full analysis with links coming soon.

( long list )

famous books by geography

Comments 4

Scotland anonymous April 4 2015, 09:29:14 UTC

I'm a bit disappointed by your choice for Scotland. Here in Scotland, we usually classify Macbeth as a play, rather than a book. I know you can buy a chippy of the script in book form, but it's not *really* the same thing.

Re: Scotland nwhyte April 4 2015, 10:46:16 UTC

You'd prefer Diana Gabaldon's Outlander?

Basically I went for the best known work in English set in each country which has been published in book form. There are a few similar cases (Czech Republic, for instance) but I feel comfortable with my methodology.

Great List! anonymous April 4 2015, 19:00:05 UTC

I love the list but surely Don Quixote is the most famous book set in Spain.

Re: Great List! del_c April 5 2015, 10:40:00 UTC

If you click through you'll see this was discussed. nwhyte had a methodology, and the results are what they are. Personally I like that the results sometimes weren't the obvious; it suggests a book that might be worth taking a look at.

(or one that's popular, but not necessarily my thing, like Outlander)