Who Needs A Holiday? 2014 Releases To Help You Escape

Are your social media feeds clogged with friends bragging about their holiday? There's nothing worse than switching on your Facebook/Twitter/Instagram to be met with tons of tanned-legs-on-the-beach shots and postcard perfect photos of foreign lands when you are stuck in the English summer rain. The constant bragging of your travelling mates is sure to send you into a spell of green-eyed envy. But why not escape to another country with some new fiction? Here is a selection of 2014 releases set in foreign locations to help you imagine you are somewhere else:

The Vacationers by Emma Straud

This May 2014 release seems a perfect holiday book - just look at that title! Even looking at the cover and imagining the heat of the sunshine warms me up a little. Straub's second novel focuses on the Mallorca holiday of New York family, the Posts, and examines each character's issues with precision. If you'd like to know more, take a look at this Huffington Post guide to the novel.

Lucky Us by Amy Bloom

Fancy an adverture across America...in the 1940s? Travel back in time with Amy Bloom's Lucky Us and follow two half-sisters' expedition across the US - including glitzy Hollywood and racuous Brooklyn. Read more about it at Bustle.

Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

This new novel is about a woman's spontaneous escape from her stuffy life in America to New Zealand. Frequently described as 'accomplished' by reviewers, hopefully Lacey's debut will transport readers to their own escape. You can read more about this title on Slate.

The Sun and Other Stars by Brigid Pasulka

If you fancy a setting like the Italian Rivera, Pasulka's latest is the escapism novel for you. The book homes in on loss and the restoration of hope and love, and you can read more about it on the author's website.