Eden Travel Book Club
Welcome to Eden Travel Book Club! Here, you’ll find unique travel book recommendations, reading lists that spotlight memoirs and essays and stories in translation, and of course, our monthly travel book club pick. Each month, I select one travel book (either fiction or nonfiction) to read alongside you. In 2026, we’ll be traveling everywhere from Japan to Borneo to Croatia.
June Book Club Pick
Slanting Towards The Sea by Lidija Hilje
- beach read
- set on the coast of Croatia 🇭🇷
- messy relationships
- olives, sailing, distant dreams
- & coming-of-age in a country younger than oneself
“We anchor in a breathtaking cove, the sea so lucid that the sailboat looks suspended midair. Save for the four of us, there’s not a living soul around. In this otherworldly setting, it’s easy to imagine we’re the only four people alive.”
– Lidija Hilje, Slanting Towards The Sea (pg. 270)
P.S. This is a no-pressure book club. You can join at any time. You can skip any month. And if you don’t like the book I pick, that’s okay too. Don’t feel like you have to finish it. I still love hearing your thoughts.
