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Books Set on Islands

Description: Recommend books with an island setting.

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1
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
26,731 members, 356 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

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Explanations:

sturlington (2): in the Caribbean

2
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
11,853 members, 153 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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Explanations:

aulsmith (2): Presumably in the Mediterranean

3
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
63,397 members, 1,042 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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Thumbs down: cej1027

Explanations:

sturlington (4): Long Island

4
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
43,840 members, 690 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: sturlington, aulsmith, ahef1963, Dilara86, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, edparks

Explanations:

sturlington (1): Unnamed island

5
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
17,682 members, 467 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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Explanations:

sturlington (5): Off the English coast

7
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
21,381 members, 286 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: raperper, alex68, roby72, edparks, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

Explanations:

ahef1963 (9): unnamed island in the South Pacific

8
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
16,185 members, 240 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: alex68, thecoroner, roby72, jeffza, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, edparks

9
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,963 members, 334 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Dilara86, raperper, sturlington, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

Explanations:

aulsmith (6): It's all islands

10
The Odyssey
by Homer
45,558 members, 417 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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Explanations:

aulsmith (10): It's almost all islands.

11
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
36,544 members, 488 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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Explanations:

sturlington (8): Pianosa, Italy

12
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton
18,136 members, 284 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: cej1027, Ravic, ahef1963, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, alex68

13
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
17,516 members, 1,175 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: StefanieGeeks, chgstrom, edparks, sturlington, ahef1963, merrystar

Explanations:

sturlington (9): Guernsey, English Channel

14
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
12,600 members, 236 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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Explanations:

sturlington (14): Newfoundland Island

15
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
40,259 members, 964 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, KimarieBee, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (11): unnamed island in Pacific Ocean

16
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
21,842 members, 1,379 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: jeffza, cej1027, ahef1963, sturlington, merrystar

17
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
7,495 members, 222 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, ahef1963, alex68

Explanations:

sturlington (17): Caribbean

18
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
6,343 members, 161 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, sturlington, edparks

19
Peter Pan
by J. M. Barrie
15,742 members, 291 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, ahef1963, sturlington, roby72

Explanations:

sturlington (15): Never-Never Land

20
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
11,972 members, 176 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, edparks, sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (16): San Piedro Island, Washington State

21
Utopia
by Thomas More
10,391 members, 102 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, roby72, alex68, thecoroner

22
Duma Key
by Stephen King
7,374 members, 241 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (37): Florida Keys

23
The Island of the Day Before
by Umberto Eco
6,585 members, 59 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72, merrystar, alex68

24
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
6,264 members, 476 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85, chgstrom, KimarieBee, ahef1963

25
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
4,176 members, 71 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Ravic, thecoroner, roby72, alex68

26
The Magus
by John Fowles
1,312 members, 27 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: jeffza, Ravic, ahef1963, alex68

Explanations:

ahef1963 (13): On the fictional island of Phraxos, based on Fowles' residence on the island of Spetses.

27
This Rough Magic
by Mary Stewart
1,249 members, 28 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: inge87, merrystar, KimarieBee, ahef1963

Explanations:

inge87 (2): Corfu

28
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
15,453 members, 287 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: inge87, Ravic, sturlington

29
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
7,458 members, 84 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (21): Little Tall Island, Maine

30
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
7,446 members, 144 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, ahef1963, alex68

Explanations:

ahef1963 (25): Cephalonia, Greece

31
Diary: A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk
6,515 members, 82 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: roby72, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (36): Fictional island of Waytansea

32
Jacob Have I Loved
by Katherine Paterson
4,900 members, 64 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: dara85, ahef1963, sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (60): Rass Island, Chesapeake Bay

33
Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko
4,739 members, 325 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: dara85, cej1027, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (26): Alcatraz

34
My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
4,642 members, 139 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (28): Corfu, Greece

35
Island
by Aldous Huxley
3,793 members, 57 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72, alex68

36
Battle Royale
by Koushun Takami
3,722 members, 105 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

37
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki
3,628 members, 225 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: edparks, sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (29): Cortez Island, British Columbia

38
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by Mark Dunn
3,420 members, 240 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: cej1027, sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (31): Nollop (fictional island nation off the coast of South Carolina)

39
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
3,178 members, 249 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (49): Iceland

40
Independent People
by Halldór Laxness
2,524 members, 87 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: alex68, edparks, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (43): Iceland

41
The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy
1,658 members, 38 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, edparks, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (41): Daufuskie Island, South Carolina

42
Arturo's Island
by Elsa Morante
671 members, 18 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72, alex68

43
The Most Dangerous Game
by Richard Connell
618 members, 51 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, roby72

Explanations:

ahef1963 (15): unnamed Caribbean island

44
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
12,474 members, 192 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (23): Begins and ends on an island

45
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
11,979 members, 457 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (24): Hispaniola

46
The Lost World
by Michael Crichton
9,195 members, 80 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: Ravic, sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (25): Isla Sorna, Costa Rica

47
Notes from a Small Island
by Bill Bryson
9,126 members, 201 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, sturlington

Explanations:

ahef1963 (21): Great Britain

48
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
6,774 members, 284 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: alex68, sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (37): Off the coast of Massachusetts

49
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
6,462 members, 192 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: sturlington, ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (27): Off the coast of Scotland

50
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
5,474 members, 297 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (28): Dejima, near Nagasaki, Japan

51
Rilla of Ingleside
by L. M. Montgomery
5,303 members, 56 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: merrystar, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (16): Prince Edward Island, Canada

52
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
4,937 members, 513 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: edparks, ahef1963

53
Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
4,819 members, 118 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: alex68, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (47): Cuba

54
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
3,469 members, 121 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (30): Amity, New York

55
Jamaica Inn
by Daphne Du Maurier
3,382 members, 100 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (17): Great Britain

56
Hawaii
by James A. Michener
3,370 members, 54 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: Ravic, edparks

57
A Caribbean Mystery
by Agatha Christie
3,160 members, 71 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: merrystar, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (23): Unnamed Caribbean island

58
The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham
3,106 members, 59 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (29): Tahiti

59
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
by Christopher Moore
3,011 members, 79 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: edparks, sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (32): Micronesia

60
The Summer Book
by Tove Jansson
2,511 members, 112 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Dilara86, alex68

61
The King Must Die
by Mary Renault
2,416 members, 51 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, sturlington

Explanations:

aulsmith (5): Crete

62
The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares
2,200 members, 65 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: bluepiano, alex68

63
Hypothermia
by Arnaldur Indridason
1,230 members, 68 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: Ravic, ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (14): Iceland

64
The People in the Trees
by Hanya Yanagihara
1,044 members, 68 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: edparks, sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (34): Micronesia

65
The Greenlanders
by Jane Smiley
1,031 members, 30 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, edparks

66
Dancer from the Dance
by Andrew Holleran
871 members, 8 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (14): Fire Island, Manhatten

67
Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem
by Emilio Salgari
524 members, 10 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

68
Islandia
by Austin Tappan Wright
478 members, 17 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: mkbird, merrystar

Explanations:

merrystar (3): fictional island

69
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
20,339 members, 264 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington

Thumbs down: ahef1963

Explanations:

sturlington (35): In the Caribbean

70
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
16,007 members, 644 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: sturlington

71
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
15,390 members, 1,075 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Thumbs down: sturlington

72
Shogun
by James Clavell
7,225 members, 111 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (44): Japan

73
Galápagos
by Kurt Vonnegut
7,043 members, 74 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: edparks

74
Circe
by Madeline Miller
6,805 members, 346 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: sturlington

75
Fall on Your Knees
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
5,106 members, 118 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (45): Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

76
Nation
by Terry Pratchett
4,770 members, 234 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (46): a fictional island on a planet that is not Earth.

77
Small Island
by Andrea Levy
3,744 members, 137 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (48): Jamaica and Great Britain

78
Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell
3,285 members, 225 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (51): Ten Thousand Islands, Florida

79
The Colorado Kid
by Stephen King
3,277 members, 133 reviews
3.19 stars (3.19 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (39): Moose Lookit Island, Maine

80
The Lace Reader
by Brunonia Barry
3,238 members, 277 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (52): Off the coast of Salem, Massachusetts

81
A House for Mr Biswas
by V. S. Naipaul
3,114 members, 63 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: alex68

82
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway
2,518 members, 25 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: edparks

83
Spider Bones
by Kathy Reichs
2,260 members, 68 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

84
Camino Island: A Novel
by John Grisham
2,213 members, 103 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: dara85

85
Euphoria
by Lily King
2,198 members, 137 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (40): Papua New Guinea

86
Victory
by Joseph Conrad
2,198 members, 29 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: Ravic

87
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge
2,123 members, 47 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (41): On an alien planet

88
The Glass Hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
1,925 members, 132 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: sturlington

89
A High Wind in Jamaica
by Richard Hughes
1,922 members, 61 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: alex68

90
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones
1,803 members, 28 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: alex68

91
Foe
by J. M. Coetzee
1,688 members, 38 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: roby72

92
Tales of the South Pacific
by James A. Michener
1,626 members, 31 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

Explanations:

ahef1963 (50): South Pacific

93
The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima
1,562 members, 37 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: inge87

94
Island of the Aunts
by Eva Ibbotson
1,364 members, 30 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: roby72

95
China Mountain Zhang
by Maureen F. McHugh
1,249 members, 40 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: sturlington

Explanations:

sturlington (42): Long Island and island in the Arctic Sea

96
Nim's Island
by Wendy Orr
1,124 members, 30 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: alex68

97
Endangered Species
by Nevada Barr
1,065 members, 25 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: Ravic

98
Omeros
by Derek Walcott
1,019 members, 19 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: alex68

99
Camino Winds
by John Grisham
899 members, 40 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: dara85

100
Pig Island
by Mo Hayder
859 members, 30 reviews
3.1 stars (3.1 stars)

Lists: SomeGuyInVirginia

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