This timely and insightful book critically reviews the synergistic relationship between books, literary culture, and the practices of tourism.

Nicola E. MacLeod has been a tourism studies academic for over 30 years and is Director of the Tourism and Marketing Research Centre at the University of Greenwich.

1. The Literary Fiction Tourism Landscape. 2. The Historic Evolution of Literary Fiction Tourism. 3. Literary Fiction Tourism in Context. 4. Biographical Literary Fiction Tourism: From Cradle to Grave. 5. Literary Fiction Places of the Imagination. 6. The Social Construction of Literary Places. 7. Places of Literary Reputation. 8. On the Trail of Literary Fiction: Routes and Tours. 9. Literary Fiction Tourism Synergies. 10. The Future of Literary Fiction Tourism.