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Books set in Jamaica:


The Long Song by Andrea Levy
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Small Island by Andrea Levy
The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir by Staceyann Chin
From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island by Lorna Goodison
Greenwichtown: A Novel by Joyce Palmer
No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley by Rita Marley
The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy
Pirates! by Celia Rees
Pao by Kerry Young
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Doctor No by Ian Fleming
The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica by Ian Thomson
John Crow's Devil by Marlon James
The Rastafarians by Leonard E. Barrett
Abeng by Michelle Cliff
The Hills of Hebron by Sylvia Wynter
Satellite City by Alecia McKenzie
Summer Lightning and Other Stories by Olive Senior
The Fullness of Everything by Patricia Powell
Arrival of the Snake-Woman and Other Stories by Olive Senior
The Store of a Million Items: Stories by Michelle Cliff
Pink Icing and Other Stories by Pamela Mordecai
No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle Cliff
Stories from Yard by Alecia McKenzie
The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera
Myal by Erna Brodber
Bodies of Water by Michelle Cliff
Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home by Erna Brodber
Never Far From Nowhere by Andrea Levy
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
The Pagoda by Patricia Powell
Her Head: A Village by Makeda Silvera
A Small Gathering of Bones by Patricia Powell
The Roads are Down by Vanessa Spence
Me Dying Trial by Patricia Powell

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

The Long Masquerade by Madeleine Brent

Timeswimmer by Gerald Hausman

More Books Set in Jamaica:


Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction from Jamaica's Calabash Writer's Workshop by Colin Channer
The Girl with the Golden Shoes by Colin Channer
Passing Through by Colin Channer
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel by Gillian Royes
Olga: A Daughter's Tale by Marie-Thérèse Browne
Brethren by W.A. Hoffman (1st book in series)
The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica by Ian Thomson
A Taste of Paradise by Connie Mason
If I Could Write This in Fire by Michelle Cliff
The Store of a Million Items by Michelle Cliff
Bob Marley: The Untold Story by Chris Salewicz

I've been writing and reading about Jamaica for 30 years. Two of my favorite books ever written about the country are by the same author, Russell Banks.

These are:

The Book of Jamaica

Rule of the Bone

My newest book, a humorous novel Travel To The G-Spot, is partly set in Jamaica, as well.

The Harder They Come

Kingston by Starlight by Christopher John Farley

Supplying Salt and Light by Lorna Goodison

Gloria by Kerry Young

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Under the Breadfruit Tree: Island Poems by Monica Gunning

Marly: Or, a Planter's Life in Jamaica by Anonymous

More books set in Jamaica:


A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller
The Same Earth by Kei Miller
A Light Song of Light by Kei Miller
Fear Of Stones And Other Stories by Kei Miller
There Is an Anger That Moves by Kei Miller
New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology by Kei Miller
Kingston Noir by Colin Channer

The Hills Were Joyful Together by Roger Mais

Belinda by Maria Edgeworth

Not Quite Enough by Catherine Bybee

Private Sins by Brenda A. Barrett (1st book in Three Rivers series)

The Sea Grape Tree: A Novel by Gillian Royes

The Iguana's Eyes by Sean Foley

The Winds of Grace by Marilyn King

Di Taxi Ride and Other Stories by Brenda A. Barrett

The Pull of Freedom by Brenda A. Barrett

Road to Rebellion, a historical saga set amongst the sweltering, tempestuous plantations of 18th Century Jamaica, is in a giveaway until 30 Sept 2014.

Tread Carefully on the Sea

The Rhythm of the August Rain by Gillian Royes

Voices Echo by Linda Lee Graham

Augustown by Kei Miller

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion by Kei Miller

More books set in Jamaica:


Alonso And the Drug Baron by Evan Jones
The Angels' Share by Garfield Ellis
The Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins: The Complete Novel by James Faro
Baby Mother and the King of Swords by Lorna Goodison
Bake-Face and Other Guava Stories by Opal Palmer Adisa
Banana Bottom by Claude McKay
Barrel Child by Pamela K. Marshall
Before, During, After by Richard Bausch
Bellas Gate Boy by Trevor Rhone
The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen
Bird by Crystal Chan
Black Heart of Jamaica by Julia Golding (5th book in Cat Royal series)
Black Lightning by Roger Mais
Black Woman's Odyssey Through Russia and Jamaica by Nancy Prince
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer (1st book in Bloody Jack series)
Bonnaire by Delphine Marlowe
Brother Man by Roger Mais
By Love Possessed by Lorna Goodison

More books set in Jamaica or Written by Jamaican Authors:


An Absence of Ruins by Orlando Patterson
Ajeemah and His Son by James Berry
Anancy and Miss Lou by Louise Bennett
Anancy Spiderman by James Berry
And Caret Bay Again: New and Selected Poems by Velma Pollard
The Annihilation of Fish and Other Stories by Anthony C. Winkler
The Arrival of Brighteye and Other Poems by Jean 'Binta' Breeze
Auntie Roachy Seh by Louise Bennett
Banana Bottom by Claude McKay
Bat Mitzvah Girl: Memories of a Jamaican Child by Beverley East
Bivouac by Kwame Dawes
Bob Marley: An Intimate Portrait by His Mother by Anthony C. Winkler
Bob Marley: My Son by Cedella Marley Booker
Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius by Kwame Dawes
Bodies of Water by Michelle Cliff
Calypso Wind by Sandra Dark
Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle
Captain Devlin's Captive by Susanne Saville
The Carib Sands by Terence Kelly
Caribbean Passion by Opal Palmer Adisa
A Caribbean Spell by Maureen O. Betita
Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley by Timothy White
Celebration Song: A Poem by James Berry
Chain Of Days by James Berry
The Chalice Project by Lisa Allen-Agostini
The Children of Sisyphus by Orlando Patterson
Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race by Edward Wilmot Blyden
Come Back Old Iron Blue by Elkanah Rhule
Come Let Us Sing Anyway by Leone Ross
The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament by Orlando Patterson
Considering Women by Velma Pollard
Controlling the Silver by Lorna Goodison
Crocodile by Anthony C. Winkler
Crown Point: And Other Poems by Velma Pollard
Cry Of The Halidon by Robert Ludlum
Daddy Sharpe by Fred W. Kennedy
Dancing Lessons by Olive Senior
Dangerous Waters by Jane Jackson
Dark Drums by Wenzell Brown
Dark Side Of Dawn by Oren Cousins
The Day I Fell Off My Island by Yvonne Bailey-Smith
Death by Request by Jaden Skye (11th book in Caribbean Murder series)
Death to Spies by Quinn Fawcett (1st book in Ian Fleming series)
Dew Angels by Melanie Schwapp
Die the Long Day by Orlando Patterson
Discerner of Hearts by Olive Senior
Disposable People by Ezekel Alan
Doctor's Orders by Alecia McKenzie
Dog War by Anthony C. Winkler
Dog-Heart by Diana McCaulay
Dread Talk: The Language of the Rastafari by Velma Pollard
Drought by Andrew Salkey
Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems by Kwame Dawes
The Duppy by Anthony C. Winkler
Duppy Talk by Gerald Hausman
Earthquake by Andrew Salkey
Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-Negro Patriot, 1832-1912 by Deidre Shauna Lynch
Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom by Marcia Douglas
Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage by Olive Senior
Eros Muse: Poems & Essays by Opal Palmer Adisa
Escape to an Autumn Pavement by Andrew Salkey
Escape to Last Man Peak by Jean D'Costa
Essie's Kids and the Rolling Calf: Island Style Story by Luke A.M. Brown
Everything Is Now: New and Collected Stories by Michelle Cliff
Everywhere Faces Everywhere: Poems by James Berry
Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
The Family Mansion by Anthony C. Winkler
Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography by Usain Bolt
The Festival of Wild Orchid by Ann-Margaret Lim
The Fifth Figure by Jean 'Binta' Breeze
Fiona by Catherine Gaskin
Hamel, the Obeah Man by Cynric R. Williams

More books set in Jamaica or written by a Jamaican author:


First Palm Trees: An Anancy Spiderman Story by James Berry
Flaming Hearts and Other Stories by Garfield Ellis
For Nothing At All by Garfield Ellis
For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
From Rum to Roots by Lloyd G. Francis
The Future Telling Lady And Other Stories by James Berry
Gardening in the Tropics by Olive Senior
The Girl with The Golden Shoes by Colin Channer
God Carlos by Anthony C. Winkler
Going Home To Teach by Anthony C. Winkler
Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica by Matthew Parker
Gone to Drift by Diana McCaulay
A Good Home: A Memoir by Cynthia Reyes
Grave Descend by John Lange
The Great Yacht Race by Anthony C. Winkler
Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer by Mari SanGiovanni
Guinea Woman: New and Selected Poems by Lorna Goodison

More books set in Jamaica:


The Hellion Bride by Catherine Coulter (2nd book in Brides series)
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Honor Among Spies by Quinn Fawcett (3rd book in Ian Fleming series)
Hot Earth Cold Earth by James Berry
Hot Romances of Essie by Luke A.M. Brown
Hot Summer by Judy Powell
Hound Dog by Oren Cousins
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan
How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs
Hurricane / Childhood Tracks by James Berry
Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield
I Am Becoming My Mother by Lorna Goodison
I'm Still Waiting by Colin Channer
If I'm Not Back By Wednesday: Trapped in Jamaica's Blue Mountains
Into the Interior by Michelle Cliff
Irie Jamboree by Susanne Persson
Island of a Thousand Springs by Sarah Lark (1st book in Caribbean Island Saga)
Island of the Red Mangroves by Sarah Lark (2nd book in Caribbean Island Saga)
It Begins with Tears by Opal Palmer Adisa
The Jacob Ladder by Gerald Hausman
Jamaica by Malcolm Knox
Jamaica Blue by Don Bruns
Jamaica Dreaming by Eugenia O'Neal
Jamaica Dreams: A Memoir by Rosemarie Robotham
Jamaica Labrish by Louise Bennett
Jamaica Me Dead by Bob Morris
Jamaican Anansi Stories by Martha Warren Beckwith
A Jamaican Girl ... Broken Dreams by Toni Cornwall
Jamaican Me Crazy: A Christmas Escape by Debbie Digiovanni
Jamaican Song and Story by Walter Jekyll
The Jamaicans by Victor Stafford Reid
Jane's Career: A Story of Jamaica by Herbert G. de Lisser
Jonah Simpson by Andrew Salkey
Karl and Other Stories by Velma Pollard
Katani's Jamaican Holiday by Annie Bryant
Kedgeree and Rhubarb Crumble: Recipes from a Cosmopolitan Childhood
Kingston Buttercup by Ann-Margaret Lim
The Land of Look Behind by Michelle Cliff
The Land of Look Behind by Aaron Blaylock
Language in Exile: Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole by Barbara Lalla
Leaving Traces by Velma Pollard
Limbo: A Novel about Jamaica by Esther Figueroa
Lionheart Gal: Life Stories of Jamaican Women by Sistren
Listen, the Wind by Roger Mais
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
Long Time No See by Hannah Lowe
Look! A Moko Jumbie by Opal Palmer Adisa
Lost White Tribes: Journeys Among the Forgotten by Riccardo Orizio
Lover's Leap by Horane Smith
Lover's Rock: A Novel by Colin Channer
The Lunatic by Anthony C. Winkler
Madam Fate by Marcia Douglas
Man from Jamaica's Hills by Elkanah Rhule
The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks: A Novel by Gillian Royes
The Man With the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim by Marcia Douglas
The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul
Midland by Kwame Dawes
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie
Mixed Company: Three Early Jamaican Plays by Yvonne Brewster
The Moon Has its Secrets by Barbara Blake-Hannah
Morgan's Daughter by Herbert G. de Lisser
Murder in Jamaica by Penelope Sotheby (3rd book in Murder in Paradise series)
My Green Hills of Jamaica: And Five Jamaican Short Stories by Claude McKay

More books set in Jamaica:


Myal by Erna Brodber
A Nest Full of Stars by James Berry
New Day by Victor Stafford Reid
The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
News for Babylon by James Berry
The Noisy Silence by Luke A.M. Brown
The Non-Silence of the Lamb: Contemporary Version by Luke A.M. Brown
North of Night and South of Sun by Christina Giscombe
Notes from a Writer's Book of Cures and Spells by Marcia Douglas
Nothing's Mat by Erna Brodber
Old Story Time and Smile Orange by Trevor Rhone
On the Edge of an Island by Jean 'Binta' Breeze
Over Our Way by Jean D'Costa
The Pain Tree by Olive Senior
The Painted Canoe by Anthony C. Winkler
The Painter by Will Davenport
Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean by Peekash Press
Pirate's Kiss by Diana Haviland
Pirates! by Celia Rees
A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon (Lord John Grey #3.5)
Pocomania and London Calling by Una Marson
Popisho by Leone Ross
Progeny of Air by Kwame Dawes
Providential by Colin Channer
Psyche by Herbert G. de Lisser
A Quality of Violence by Andrew Salkey
The Rainmaker's Mistake by Erna Brodber
Reach for a Different Sun by Jennifer O'Connor
Reader, I Married Him & Other Queer Goings-on by Dorothea Smartt
Remote Man by Elizabeth Honey
Riddym Ravings And Other Poems by Jean Binta Breeze
Ring the Alarm by L.C. Andrews (1st book in Tales from Jamaica series)
Riot by Andrew Salkey
River Woman by Donna Hemans
Romance by Joan Riley
Romancing Essie: Island Flavor by Luke A.M. Brown
Roots as Strong as a Mango Tree by Sandra Hardy
Roots Radical: That Jamaican Son of a ... by Errol St. John Stephenson

More books set in Jamaica:


Satisfy My Soul by Colin Channer
Selected Poems by Lorna Goodison
Selected Poems: Louise Bennett by Louise Bennett
Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day
Shame Trees Don't Grow Here: But Poincianas Bloom by Velma Pollard
Shattered Icon by Bill Napier
She's Gone by Kwame Dawes
Shell by Olive Senior
Shh... It's a Wedding by Sylvia Wynter
Ship Shape by Dorothea Smartt
Show Me a Mountain by Kerry Young
Siren Song by Quinn Fawcett
Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson
So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley
A Soh Wi Do It by Joelle Cohen Wright
Song for Mumu: A Novel by Lindsay Barrett
Sprat Morrison by Jean D'Costa
Spring Cleaning by Jean Binta Breeze
Stone Haven by Evan Jones
Storm Warning by Linda Sue Park
A Story I Am in: Selected Poems by James Berry
Such As I Have by Garfield Ellis
The Sugar Barons by Matthew Parker
Susan Proudleigh by Herbert G. de Lisser
Sweetheart by Alecia McKenzie
A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes
Tamarind and Mango Woman by Opal Palmer Adisa
Tea by the Sea by Donna Hemans
Tembe by Gillian Lee-Fong-Farris
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
A Thief in the Village by James Berry
Third World Girl by Jean 'Binta' Breeze
This Bleeding Heart of Mine by Errol St. John Stephenson
The Tide Between Us by Olive Collins
Till I'm Laid to Rest by Garfield Ellis
Towards the Stars by Una Marson
Troubled Heritage by Jeanne Wilson (2nd book in Vane series)
Trust the Darkness by Anthony C. Winkler
Turbo Donkeycart: Poetry from Jamaica by Michael A.D. Edwards
Turn Thanks: Poems by Lorna Goodison
Two Can Play and Other Plays by Trevor Rhone
Una Marson: Selected Poems by Una Marson
The Unbelonging by Joan Riley
Until Judgement Comes: Stories About Jamaican Men by Opal Palmer Adisa
Vengeance At Port Royal by Brett Licciardello
The Verandah Poems by Jean 'Binta' Breeze
Voices in Exile: Jamaican Texts of the 18th and 19th Centuries by Jean D'Costa
Voices Under the Window by John Hearne
Waiting in the Twilight by Joan Riley
Waiting in Vain by Colin Channer
Wake Rasta and Other Stories by Garfield Ellis
We Must Learn to Sit Together and Talk About a Little Culture by Sylvia Wynter
West Indian Stories by Andrew Salkey
The West Indies in 1837: Being the Journal of a Visit to Antigua, Monsterrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbadoes, and Jamaica
What a Pirate Desires by Michelle Beattie
Wheel and Come Again: An Anthology of Reggae Poetry by Opal Palmer Adisa
When I Dance by James Berry
When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten
When Me Was a Boy by Charles Hyatt
When The Rain Stopped In Natland by Alecia McKenzie
Whispering Death by Michael Holding
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction by Nalo Hopkinson
The White Witch of Rosehall by Herbert G. de Lisser
Windrush Songs by James Berry
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
Woodside, Pear Tree Grove P.O. by Erna Brodber
The World Is a High Hill by Erna Brodber
Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies by Kei Miller
Writing Jamaica: People, Places, Struggles by Diana McCaulay
The Young Warriors by Victor Stafford Reid
Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall