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About the map

There are 152,597 books on the map that can be searched by countries, regions, or by any of the 19,259 specific places the books are set in or are about. Thanks to the efforts of users, this number is growing all the time.

This map is a project of Alexander Mackie. It began in 2014 as research into geoparsing and toponym resolution undertaken as part of the MSc in GIS at the University of Edinburgh.

Where is this data from?

Books have either been mapped by users, or their "whereness" has been disambiguated from more traditional catalogue metadata from the Open Library or from LibraryThing's Common Knowledge databases. Books on the map are tagged to one or more discrete points on earth using coordinates rather than place names. This allows them to be easily grouped into cities, regions, or other geographical areas and can also provide very local reading recommendations.

How can I add books?

Book suggestions are welcome. Books can be added here.

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United Kingdom

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by Elizabeth Woodcraft
Added 24 days ago to:
Chelmsford
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United Kingdom

Blue Jeans

by Manisha Saxena
Added 42 days ago to:
Goa Region
India

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by M. J. Arlidge
Added 92 days ago to:
Southampton Area
United Kingdom

When The Sky Fell Apart

by Caroline Lea
Added 92 days ago to:
Jersey

The Country of Others

by Leïla Slimani
Added 92 days ago to:
France
Morocco

Grand Hotel Europa

by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Added 92 days ago to:
Malta
Netherlands
Italy

Black Butterflies

by Priscilla Morris
Added 92 days ago to:
Sarajevo Region
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Village in the Vaucluse

by Laurence William Wylie
Added 132 days ago to:
Roussillon
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