Books that introduce you to other places

[KristinCB]

I was reading a book the other week, The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens. Historical fiction with part of the book dealing with the Bosnian war in the 90s which I ignorantly did not/do not know much about. Reading the book though made me interested in looking up Bosnia and I have to admit it looks so much different than I thought. It's really beautiful.

Have you read books that have given you a glimpse of new places? have you ever travelled somewhere because of a book you read?