There’s a special type of book that immerses you so completely that you feel as if you can escape from your own world, your worries, your responsibilities and just lose yourself in it for a while. These are often my favourite kinds of books. Here are a few that have been this for me, both fiction and literary travel.
- The House on the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
- Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
- A Year In Provence by Peter Mayle
- In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- Bookworm by Lucy Mangan
That’s it for me this week! Which books top your favourite escape list? Were any of mine on your list? Any you’d recommend based on the ones I love?
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The Secret Garden was one of my most favorite books ever growing up. I loved it, and the movies too. 😀
It’s a lovely story!
Ha! I love the title: Legends and Lattes.
Isn’t it awesome? The book was just as good!
The House on the Cerulean Sea is a good pick.
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Yes, I’m planning a re-read as the sequel just came out!
Oo your list has so many books that I love on it! Klune, Baldree, Mayes, Mayle, Smith, Bryson – all of their books! It looks like I should read the rest of your list!
Some of my all time favourites! The Uncommon Reader is very short and easy to get through, and I have yet to hear of a book lover who didn’t enjoy it!
There are many on your list that I could have put on my own list—Tuscan Sun, Year in Provence, Secret Garden. I need to look for the ones on your list that I have not yet read. I’m pretty sure I’d love them, too!
I’m so glad to hear it! I loved each of these books – I think there are definitely at least some on here you’d enjoy. If you haven’t read The Uncommon Reader I would definitely recommend it – it’s a slim book that seems to connect with readers and will have you giggling. It would not take you long to read!
OMG! The Heartstopper series melted my heart. I may have squealed a few times and said awe several more.
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Me too! Some of it was a bit difficult as an adult reader – it’s been a long time since my emotions felt that big about relationships – but I was also able to put myself back to that time in life to a certain extent and imagine what my own high school experience would have been if there had been more openness and acceptance for the full range of humanity. I suspect my own identity would have developed differently… had I known there were other options. It makes me have all kinds of feels that these types of stories exist in the world for young people to read now, and that there’s (at least I hope) a greater understanding and willingness to learn about other people’s experiences. I know there’s lots of dark and horrible in the world, but books like these are needed rays of sunshine!