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Caribbean

The diversity and cultural mix of the 700 islands of the Caribbean is mirrored in the books and writing from the region. Our reading lists cover the best literature, history and culture of many of the Caribbean islands.

    The best books on Cuba, recommended by Oscar Hijuelos

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    The best books on Cuba - Havana Red by Leonardo Padura

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    Havana Red
    by Leonardo Padura

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    The best books on Cuba - Learning to Die in Miami by Carlos Eire

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    Learning to Die in Miami
    by Carlos Eire

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    The best books on Cuba - Three Trapped Tigers by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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    Three Trapped Tigers
    by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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    The best books on Cuba - Aura by Carlos Fuentes

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    Aura
    by Carlos Fuentes

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    The best books on Cuba - Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima

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    Paradiso
    by Jose Lezama Lima

The best books on Cuba, recommended by Oscar Hijuelos

In 2011, two years before his death, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos told us about books that evoke the land of his parents, from a noirish take on contemporary Havana to the cabaret scene of pre-Castro Cuba

    Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature

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    Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature - Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux-Chauvet

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    Love, Anger, Madness
    by Marie Vieux-Chauvet

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    Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature - General Sun, My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis

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    General Sun, My Brother
    by Jacques Stephen Alexis

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    Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature - Memoir of an Amnesiac by Jan J Dominique

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    Memoir of an Amnesiac
    by Jan J Dominique

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    Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature - Anthologie Secrète by Ida Faubert

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    Anthologie Secrète
    by Ida Faubert

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    Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature - Masters of the Dew by Jacques Roumain

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    Masters of the Dew
    by Jacques Roumain

Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature

The acclaimed Haitian author chooses five must-reads from the riches of Haitian literature – including 19th-century poems by a ruler’s daughter.

    The best books on Jamaica, recommended by Ian Thomson

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    The best books on Jamaica - Lady Nugent’s Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801-1805 by Maria Nugent

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    Lady Nugent’s Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801-1805
    by Maria Nugent

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    The best books on Jamaica - Journey to an Illusion by Donald Hinds

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    Journey to an Illusion
    by Donald Hinds

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    The best books on Jamaica - Stone Haven by Evan Jones

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    Stone Haven
    by Evan Jones

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    The best books on Jamaica - Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes of the West Indies by Matthew Lewis

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    Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes of the West Indies
    by Matthew Lewis

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    The best books on Jamaica - Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley

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    Bass Culture
    by Lloyd Bradley

The best books on Jamaica, recommended by Ian Thomson

Five books on Jamaica as chosen by an expert. Covers history, geography, even reggae – which Bob Marley isn’t at all, apparently. ‘It’s the kind of airbrushed version of reggae, with rock music overlaid’

    The best books on Haiti, recommended by Christian Wisskirchen

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    The best books on Haiti - The Comedians by Graham Greene

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    The Comedians
    by Graham Greene

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    The best books on Haiti - Libète by Charles Arthur and Michael Dash

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    Libète
    by Charles Arthur and Michael Dash

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    The best books on Haiti - The Black Jacobins by C L R James

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    The Black Jacobins
    by C L R James

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    The best books on Haiti - Bonjour Blanc by Ian Thomson

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    Bonjour Blanc
    by Ian Thomson

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    The best books on Haiti - The Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer

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    The Uses of Haiti
    by Paul Farmer

The best books on Haiti, recommended by Christian Wisskirchen

Founding member  and former chair of The Haiti Support Group, Christian Wisskirchen, recommends five books that reveal much about Haiti and its fascinating and often traumatic history.

    The best books on Pirates, recommended by Adrian Tinniswood

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    The best books on Pirates - The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson

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    The Invisible Hook
    by Peter Leeson

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    The best books on Pirates - Buccaneers of the Caribbean by Jon Latimer

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    Buccaneers of the Caribbean
    by Jon Latimer

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    The best books on Pirates - Barbary Legend: War, Trade, and Piracy in North Africa, 1415-1830 by Godfrey Fisher

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    Barbary Legend: War, Trade, and Piracy in North Africa, 1415-1830
    by Godfrey Fisher

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    The best books on Pirates - Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689 by Nabil Matar

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    Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689
    by Nabil Matar

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    The best books on Pirates - The Stolen Village by Des Ekin

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    The Stolen Village
    by Des Ekin

The best books on Pirates, recommended by Adrian Tinniswood

People see in pirates what they want to see, says historian and author Adrian Tinniswood. He recommends five fascinating books about pirates.

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