We're going on a cruise along the whole coast of Norway this summer and I've been wanting to start adapting my books on holiday to the vibes of the vacation. I was thinking of a summer novel/slice of life genre, last year I read Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury) and Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson) and they both encompassed everything I love about summer and made me very nostalgic, so I'd like to read something along that line again.
Alternatively, I'm currently reading Moby Dick and I wish I hadn't started it so I could enjoy actually reading it on the ocean, so a book similar to Moby Dick I'd also be interested in/would fit in well. Thanks already in advance!
by coolestdudette
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The Summer Book by Tove Jansson hands down! It’s the perfect book to read on a trip anyway since it consists of short loosely connected vignettes you can easily read between activities or two stops without having to worry about losing track 🙂 And I wouldn’t exactly call it *similar* to Moby Dick but The Outrun by Amy Liptrot comes to mind for your second query! Technically set on the islands of Orkney but there’s plenty of nature and ocean and battling something larger than oneself there too.
Not quite Scandinavia, more Nordic in general, but I recently read Miss Iceland by Auour Ava Olafsdottir and it was fantastic; set in Iceland in the 1960s, about a young woman who is a writer.