Favorite Caribbean Books
- List of the Month
- June 2021 (see all)
- Description
- 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.
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- 5 Members
- pitjrw, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, laleblanc, steller0707
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by Junot Díaz
13,137 members
488 reviews
3.8
Score 17.13
Added 2021-06-23, 02:42 PM
- 5 Members
- Storeetllr, sturlington, susanbooks, steller0707, arwa-fm
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by Marlon James
1,077 members
42 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 14.73
Added 2021-06-23, 02:35 PM
- 4 Members
- Storeetllr, bereanna, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm
- Explanations
- Storeetllr: Powerful historical novel of slavery set in Jamaica.
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- 4 Members
- thorold, susanbooks, Settings, arwa-fm
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- 4 Members
- nobooksnolife, susanbooks, steller0707, arwa-fm
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- 3 Members
- AbigailAdams26, Nicolai-Michiel, arwa-fm
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- 2 Members
- nobooksnolife, susanbooks
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- 2 Members
- vwinsloe, steller0707
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- 2 Members
- al.vick, steller0707
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- 2 Members
- thorold, ManWithAnAgenda
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34,269 members
438 reviews
3.8
Score 5.71
Added 2022-10-30, 05:34 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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165 members
8 reviews
3.8
Score 5.04
Added 2021-06-21, 08:52 PM
- 2 Members
- nobooksnolife, irishiz,LascaSartoris
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3,668 members
86 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 4.83
Added 2021-06-23, 09:42 PM
- 2 Members
- raidergirl3, merrystar,LascaSartoris
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- raidergirl3
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- thorold
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- pitjrw
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- LascaSartoris
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- maximilianoduenas
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- al.vick
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by Paul Gilroy
527 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Score 3.36
Added 2021-06-23, 08:32 PM
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- maximilianoduenas
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- LascaSartoris
30
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- AbigailAdams26
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- Member
- Settings
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- Member
- LascaSartoris
40
- Member
- AbigailAdams26
42
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- pitjrw
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- AbigailAdams26
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- Settings
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- 2 Members
- Storeetllr, EasyIndy,LascaSartoris ,pitjrw ,
- Explanations
- 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.