With a book in your hand, you can travel the whole world. I am sure that you reading addicts agree, since more than 500 of you replied to my quest of finding out which literary lands you would most like to visit for a week. Your enthusiastic answers made me smile, and over a hundred literary lands were suggested.
Please see below the places that you would most like to visit. The list is compiled by the book chosen, and underneath the places within it you’d like to visit. A special mention to going back to save the Library of Alexandria, though this doesn’t make the list.
Harry Potter Series – J. K Rowling (90 votes)
Harry Potter Series (US)
Harry Potter Series (UK)
It came as no surprise to find Harry Potter in first place on the list. The places that you would most like to visit were plentiful. The majority of you wanted entry to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but others amongst you would love to spend a week at Hogsmeade, or The Burrow..
Lord of the Rings – J.R.R Tolkien (57 votes)
Lord of the Rings (US)
Lord of the Rings (UK)
Many of you were keen to visit Rivendell, Middle Earth and other locations in Tolkien’s world? What an amazing holiday that would be.
Chronicles of Narnia – C. S Lewis (43 votes)
Chronicles of Narnia (US)
Chronicles of Narnia (UK)
It seems many of you spent magical childhoods imagining the land of Narnia, that magical land behind the wardrobe. That lingering magic has stayed with you ,as 43 of you chose this as your literary destination.
The Hobbit – J. R. R Tolkien (15 votes)
The Hobbit (US)
The Hobbit (UK)
Once again Tolkein’s imagination finds his way on to the list, as many of you would desperately love to visit The Shire, Frodo’s Village and Bag End.
Outlander – Diana Gabaldon (12 votes)
Many of you would love to visit Gabaldon’s Scottish Highlands, her depiction of London and Fraser’s Ridge.
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Caroll (8 votes)
A truly magical time awaits for those who venture to Wonderland, or even Through the Looking Glass.
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (7 votes)
For 7 of you, Austen’s Pemberley is the only place to be; with England having many mentions in your answers.
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier (7 votes)
Du Maurier’s Manderley ties for position with Austen’s Pemberley, and is another fine portrayal of an England of old.
The Wonderland Wizard of Oz – Frank Baum (5 votes)
No less than five of you wanted to spend a week here, whether it be the magic of Oz itself, the Emerald City or the endearing Munchkin Land.
Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle (4 votes)
How brilliant that many of you want to help Mr Holmes, and sneak off to 221 Baker Street.
Anne of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery (4 votes)
A chance to spend a week at Green Gables in Avonlea proved irresistible for four of you. To spend a childhood there sounds positively perfect .
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (4 votes)
It is to the Tara Plantation from Gone with the Wind, that four of you would most like to visit. A chance to explore a world gone by.
Mortal Instruments – Cassandra Clare (4 votes)
Four of the bravest amongst you, would brave the dangers lurking in Shadowhunter’s Earth and Magnus Bane’s apartment for your week away.
Song of Ice and Fire – George R.R. Martin (4 votes)
Speaking of danger, neither Westeros nor Kings Landing sound much safer, yet still you wanted to go there.
Dragonriders – Anne McCaffrey (4 votes)
Four of you would love to head to Pern and ride some dragons. You’re a thrill seeking lot aren’t you?
Peter and Wendy – J.M Barrie (4 votes)
How magical to join the injuns and run away from pirates in Never Never Land, and fight for Wendy’s honour..
Discworld – Terry Pratchett (4 votes)
This vote was counted before Sir Terry passed away, and today we suspect the votes for Discworld might be even higher!
Magic of Xanth – Piers Anthony (4 votes)
Now I can’t say I’ve heard of this one, it’s a new one on me, but enough of you want to head to the sci-fi world of Xanth, so it made the list.
Shakespeare (3 votes)
Whilst no-one mentioned a specific play, Shakespeare’s England is the destination of choice for 3 of you.
Sword of Truth Series – Terry Goodkind (3 votes)
Three of you chose to whisk away to lands in the sword of Truth Series, be that the Land of the Wisps, or that of the Midlands.
Hunger Games Trilogy – Suzanne Collins (3 votes)
Three of you voted for Panem, or the Capitol as your ‘must visit’ place, mostly to see how things panned out after the games.
Thanks for getting involved and thanks for all the suggestions, that was a lot of fun! You can add your own in the comments, or just let us know what you agreed with from the list.
~ This is a guest blog by Darrielle Cresswell, author of Spilling Ink
I hope I find out the next time you do this because there’s one place from a book that stands out. The cemetery of forgotten books! Shadow of the Wind. I can’t remember the author right now but he’s from Spain.
I’d like to visit the moore from The Secret Garden
I’m going to Pertisau in the Austrian Alps, the setting for the early part of Elinor Brent Dyer’s Chalet School Series.
I would love to go to Boston Public Gardens one day and sit and read one of the Pollyanna books which is set it Boston, as well as visit Prince Edward Island in Canada, the setting for the Anne of Greene Gables series.
The Village of Three Pines – Eastern Township of Quebec, Canada. It is featured in all of Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache’s novels.