Welcome to Bibliocarta's digital archive of personal reading recommendations from fellow travellers.

Whether you’re travelling with us or going solo, check in to find a mixture of fiction and non-fiction from around the world.

If you’ve recently travelled somewhere and read a book you’d recommend to anyone else en route, please add it to our library!

Please note: We prioritise books written by people with a clear connection to the country. Citizenship is complicated and political but generally speaking, books featured here are written by authors who have at least lived for some time in the country they write about. A book or author appearing in Bibliocarta’s library does not mean the Bibliocarta team personally endorses that book or author; this is a community-sourced and dynamic space.

Library

Funny Boy

Funny Boy

SRI LANKA, FICTION Funny BoyShyam Selvadurai Selvadurai's 1994 debut novel follows Arjie, a young Sri Lankan boy growing up in Colombo with his wealthy, Tamil family just before the start...

Funny Boy

SRI LANKA, FICTION Funny BoyShyam Selvadurai Selvadurai's 1994 debut novel follows Arjie, a young Sri Lankan boy growing up in Colombo with his wealthy, Tamil family just before the start...

Brotherless Night

Brotherless Night

SRI LANKA, FICTION Brotherless NightV. V. Ganeshananthan This book is an epic. Our protagonist, Sashi, lives with her family in Jaffna, and is on track to get into medical school...

Brotherless Night

SRI LANKA, FICTION Brotherless NightV. V. Ganeshananthan This book is an epic. Our protagonist, Sashi, lives with her family in Jaffna, and is on track to get into medical school...