Favorite Caribbean Books

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June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month! This LibraryThing list of the month will focus on books set in the Caribbean, that are written by Caribbean and/or Caribbean diaspora authors. Add your own favorite titles about the Caribbean or by Caribbean authors. Only thumb down if there isn't actually a Caribbean connection.
1
La prisonnière des Sargasses
de Jean Rhys
8,462 membres
254 critiques
½ 3.5
5 Members
pitjrw, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, laleblanc, steller0707
2
La brève et merveilleuse vie d'Oscar Wao
de Junot Díaz
13,091 membres
487 critiques
3.8
5 Members
Storeetllr, sturlington, susanbooks, steller0707, arwa-fm
3
The Book of Night Women
de Marlon James
1,068 membres
42 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
Storeetllr, bereanna, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm
Explications
Storeetllr: Powerful historical novel of slavery set in Jamaica.
4
Omeros
de Derek Walcott
1,145 membres
21 critiques
3.9
4 Members
thorold, susanbooks, Settings, arwa-fm
5
Annie John
de Jamaica Kincaid
1,540 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.6
4 Members
nobooksnolife, susanbooks, steller0707, arwa-fm
6
Creole Folktales
de Patrick Chamoiseau
56 membres
5 critiques
4.2
3 Members
AbigailAdams26, Nicolai-Michiel, arwa-fm
7
A Small Place
de Jamaica Kincaid
1,291 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
nobooksnolife, susanbooks
8
My Beloved World
de Sonia Sotomayor
1,369 membres
53 critiques
4
2 Members
vwinsloe, steller0707
9
Robinson Crusoé
de Daniel Defoe
24,889 membres
323 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
al.vick, steller0707
10
Les jacobins noirs : Toussaint-Louverture et la Révolution de Saint Domingue
de C. L. R. James
1,392 membres
22 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
thorold, ManWithAnAgenda
11
L'île au trésor
de Robert Louis Stevenson
34,062 membres
430 critiques
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Havana: A Subtropical Delirium
de Mark Kurlansky
163 membres
8 critiques
3.8
2 Members
nobooksnolife, irishiz,LascaSartoris
13
Le major parlait trop
de Agatha Christie
3,639 membres
86 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
raidergirl3, merrystar,LascaSartoris
14
Une si longue histoire
de Andrea Levy
1,315 membres
75 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
raidergirl3
15
Texaco
de Patrick Chamoiseau
654 membres
12 critiques
3.9
Member
thorold
16
Far tortuga
de Peter Matthiessen
539 membres
9 critiques
4
Member
pitjrw
17
In the Castle of My Skin
de George Lamming
352 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
LascaSartoris
18
The Chosen Place, The Timeless People
de Paule Marshall
192 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
19
Beka Lamb
de Zee Edgell
133 membres
7 critiques
3.2
Member
Aquila
20
The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico
de Sarah McCoy
94 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
Micheller7
21
Maan en zon
de Stefan Brijs
69 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
EMS_24
Explications
EMS_24: (Moon and Sun) The hard-hitting story about cab driver Roy Tromp and his son Max (12) takes place on Curaçao in the early 1960s
22
Season of Mist: Vendettas Bittersweet
de Mac Donald Dixon
1 utilisateur
5
Member
maximilianoduenas
23
Le Voyage
de Diana Gabaldon
11,966 membres
211 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
al.vick
24
Guide du loser amoureux
de Junot Díaz
2,910 membres
122 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
vwinsloe
25
Un mariage contre-nature
de Alice Hoffman
1,487 membres
71 critiques
4
Member
Micheller7
26
L'Atlantique noir : Modernité et double conscience
de Paul Gilroy
524 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
Member
maximilianoduenas
27
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
de Cherie Jones
367 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
raidergirl3
28
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
de Andrea Stuart
193 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
EasyIndy
29
The Emigrants
de George Lamming
44 membres
2.8
Member
LascaSartoris
30
Once in Puerto Rico
de Pura Belpre
9 membres
1 critique
4
Member
AbigailAdams26
31
Bougainvillea Ringplay
de Marion Bethel
7 membres
Member
Settings
32
First Aid Reader C : Buried Treasure and other stories
de Angus Maciver
7 membres
Member
Aquila
33
L'automne du patriarche
de Gabriel García Márquez
3,943 membres
45 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
pitjrw
34
Clap When You Land
de Elizabeth Acevedo
1,441 membres
72 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
raidergirl3
35
The Best of All Possible Worlds
de Karen Lord
765 membres
44 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
vwinsloe
36
La migration des coeurs
de Maryse Condé
123 membres
2 critiques
4
Member
LascaSartoris
38
Don't Make Me Turn This Life Around
de Camille Pagán
37 membres
9 critiques
3.8
Member
Micheller7
39
Ancestors
de Kamau Brathwaite
31 membres
½ 4.3
Member
Settings
40
Oloyou
de Teresa Cardenas
15 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
AbigailAdams26
41
Le vieil homme et la mer
de Ernest Hemingway
30,718 membres
505 critiques
3.8
Member
sturlington
42
Les comédiens
de Graham Greene
2,694 membres
44 critiques
3.9
Member
pitjrw
43
The Kingdom of This World
de Alejo Carpentier
1,195 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
44
The Secret Footprints
de Julia Alvarez
161 membres
13 critiques
4.1
Member
AbigailAdams26
45
Open Gate: An Anthology of Haitian Creole Poetry
de Paul Laraque
22 membres
2 critiques
4.2
Member
Settings
46
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal
de Aimé Césaire
539 membres
6 critiques
4
Member
susanbooks
47
Amour, colère et folie
de Marie Vieux-Chauvet
224 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
thorold
48
Pao
de Kerry Young
125 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
49
The Whistling Bird: Women Writers of the Caribbean
de Elaine Campbell
6 membres
Member
Settings
50
The Roar of Morning
de Tip Marugg
105 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Settings
51
The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature
de Alison Donnell
35 membres
4
Member
Settings
52
Lionheart Gal: Life Stories of Jamaican Women
de Honor Ford Smith
31 membres
1 critique
4.1
Member
Settings
53
Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - An Anthology
de Roberto Santiago
73 membres
4
Member
Settings
54
Oral Literature of the Trio Indians of Surinam
de Cees Koelewijn
5 membres
Member
Settings
55
Le Moineau de Dieu
de Mary Doria Russell
7,715 membres
406 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Storeetllr, EasyIndy,LascaSartoris ,pitjrw ,
Explications
Storeetllr: Portions of the novel are set in Puerto Rico, and the main character is from the La Perla neighborhood of Old San Juan. Also, the Arecibo Observatory features prominently.