My Favorite Caribbean Fiction Books
Discover the best Caribbean fiction books with our curated list of favorites. Explore captivating stories, rich cultures, and unforgettable characters from top Caribbean authors.
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Stories from Blue Latitudes
by Elizabeth Nunez
An anthology of stories by Caribbean women writers explores such themes as residency in a tourist environment that invites visitors to make the area their …
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Unburnable
by Marie-Elena John
Set partly in contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, this debut novel deftly intertwines the cultures of blacks in the United States and …
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All the Blood is Red
by Leone Ross
This title follows the lives of three very different black British women with sexuality recurring as the underlying theme. Jeanette enjoys sex on her own …
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Waiting in Vain
by Colin Channer
Charming, intelligent, stylish, and born in Jamaica, a man named Fire falls in love with a beautiful magazine editor and finds himself on a wild …
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The True History of Paradise
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
A woman in mourning over the death of her dear sister in violence-torn Jamaica is lured to America by voices of the spirit world.
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Prospero's Daughter
by Elizabeth Nunez
In the stunning new novel by the award-winning author of "Grace," on a remote Caribbean island, race, class, power, passion, English mores, and native ways …
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The Swinging Bridge
by Ramabai Espinet
Mona remembers all too clearly the night of the big row in the house on Manahambre Road, back on her native island of Trinidad. Da-da, …
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Passing Through
by Colin Channer
Spanning the early 1900s up to modern times, this collection of stories traces the intersecting lives of travelers, expatriates and local folks on a fictional …
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It Begins with Tears
by Opal Palmer Adisa
This novel is set in the stone-breaking harshness of South Africa's island prison.
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Cubana
by Ruth Behar
Until recently, the combination of a Cuban old boys' network and an ideological emphasis on "tough" writing kept fiction by Cuban women largely unknown and …
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Madam Fate
by Marcia Douglas
Lyrical and evocative novel exploring themes of slavery, madness and migration, set in Jamaica starring Bella, a shape-shifter who lives on through the generations, in …
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The Chosen Place, The Timeless People
by Paule Marshall
The chosen place is Bourneville, a remote, devastated part of a Caribbean island; the timeless people are its inhabitants—black, poor, inextricably linked to their past …
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Stories from Yard
by Alecia McKenzie
Fear and bitterness pollute the ground from which the characters of these stories, mostly young and female, struggle to grow. With so many 'bad seeds', …
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The New Moon's Arms
by Nalo Hopkinson
"A mainstream magical realism novel set in the Caribbean on the fictional island of Dolorosse. It tells the story of a 50-something grandmother whose mother …
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Homestretch
by Velma Pollard
David and Edith are happy to return home to Jamaica, having spent several dreary years living in England. Laura, their niece and surrogate child, is …
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Me Dying Trial
by Patricia Powell
Establishing Patricia Powell as a major voice in Caribbean literature, "Me Dying Trial" is one woman's poignant struggle to define herself.
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Tide Running
by Oonya Kempadoo
Cliff and Ossi have grown up in Plymouth on the island of Tobago, their lives turning on the axis of small-town life. One day they …
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The Roads are Down
by Vanessa Spence
This is a deceptively simple tale of the hazardous and uncharted battle zones between gender, culture, and race.
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He Drown She in the Sea
by Shani Mootoo
Two childhood friends--Harry, the half-caste son of a hard-working maid, and Rose, the daughter of his mother's employer--form a bond that drives them later in …
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The Dew Breaker
by Edwidge Danticat
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "brilliant book, undoubtedly the best one yet by an enormously talented writer” (The Washington Post Book World), about love, remorse, and …