Books from Barbados
Recommended books (7)
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around North America Challenge" were written by authors from Barbados.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
1.
Fire In The Canes by Glenville Lovell EN
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Country: North America / Barbados
Barbados
Description:
A new arrival on a Caribbean island dominated by the cane fields, fifteen-year-old Midra falls under the spell of the island prince, whose African ancestry brings Midra a revelation from the ancient past
2.
Flickering Shadows : A Novel by Kwadwo Agymah Kamau EN
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Country: North America / Barbados
Barbados
Description:
Offers a portrait of village life on a Caribbean island, where love and honor are complicated by political manipulation and religious corruption
3.
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House : A Novel by Cherie Jones EN
Country: North America / Barbados
Barbados
Description:
A debut novel in the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, from a brilliant Caribbean writer, set in Barbados, about four people each desperate to escape their legacy of violence in a so-called "paradise." In Baxter Beach, Barbados, moneyed ex-pats clash with the locals who often end up serving them: braiding their hair, minding their children, and selling them drugs. Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the Baxter Beach mansions sets off a chain of events with terrible consequences. A gunshot no one was m... continue
4.
Redemption in Indigo : A Novel by Karen Lord EN
Rating: 4 25 Votes
Country: North America / Barbados
Barbados
Description:
When Paama leaves her husband, she attracts the attention of the undying ones who present her with the Chaos Stick, which allows her to manipulate the subtle forces of the world.
5.
The Girl with the Hazel Eyes by Callie Browning EN
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Country: North America / Barbados
Barbados
Description:
The beautiful island of Barbados, world-renowned for white sand beaches and tranquil blue seas, became the scene of an international crime in 1967. Forty years after Susan Taylor's whistle-blowing novel, 'The Unspeakable Truth' became the most famous novel by any Caribbean author, she reaches out to a young writer to write her biography. Lia Davis has no idea why Susan would choose her, but there's more to Susan's story than meets the eye. The Girl with the Hazel Eyes will show you just why there is trouble in paradise.
Tags:
Set in BARBADOS
Female author
Recommended: 27 Sep 2022
6.
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso EN
Rating: 4 10 Votes
Country: North America / Barbados
Barbados
Description:
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Read this funny, sharp, delicately woven story of two women’s complicated relationship set in post-apartheid South Africa. Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in a charming, bougainvillea-laden Cape Town suburb. One is black, one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers behind them. Both have recently been widowed. Both are in their eighties. And both are sworn enemies, sharing hedge and hostility pruned with zeal. But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together. Could long-held mutual loathing transform into... continue
7.
Washington Black : A Novel by Esi Edugyan EN
Rating: 4 3 Votes
Country: North America / Barbados
Barbados
Description:
Winner of the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize A dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom, from the author of the international bestseller Half-Blood Blues When two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black – an eleven year-old field slave – is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the quarters of one of these men. But the man is not as Washington expects him to be. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde – naturalist, explorer, inventor and abolitionist – whose obsessio... continue
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