World Book Day: what novel transports you?

Emma Sleight

Updated 7 March 2013 at 11:39 am·1-min read

Today is World Book Day and, to mark the day of this literary event, we're asking if a book has ever inspired you to travel and which of your favourite books has the ability to take you far, far away from home.

Does reading The Life of Pi sweep you away to Pondicherry's world of spices, tigers and lotus flowers in India or does The Poisonwood Bible take you to the depths of the sweltering Congo or does delving into Wuthering Heights leave you lost on the wild, windswept Yorkshire Moors.

Did reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo encourage you to book a trip to Sweden or The Beach send you packing to Thailand's shoreline?

Tell us below where books have inspired you to venture.

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