Marie Laveau, 2025

Published in 1869, 'The Innocents Abroad' is a travel book that humorously chronicles Mark Twain's 'Great Pleasure Excursion' on board the chartered steamship Quaker City. The book recounts Twain's five-month voyage through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers. It focuses on themes such as travel, culture, history, and realism, using Twain's signature satire to critique and describe the various regions and cultures he encountered. The book was a best-seller during Twain's lifetime and remains one of the best-selling travel books of all time.

In *Witches Abroad*, Terry Pratchett crafts a tale where Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick journey to Genua to stop a fairy tale from unfolding as planned. Along the way, they encounter various misadventures and confront the manipulation of reality by stories. The novel explores themes of narrative power and the impossibility of forcing happy endings.