The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Caribbean

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
166 Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez 1985 Colombian Spanish
1270 Omeros Derek Walcott 1990 Saint Lucian English
1565 A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again David Foster Wallace 1997 American English
1889 Annie John Jamaica Kincaid 1985 Antiguan English
1925 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano 1789 African English
3274 The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll Alvaro Mutis 1993 Colombian Spanish
5237 Travels With Myself And Another Martha Gellhorn 1978 American English
6186 Guerrillas V. S. Naipaul 1975 Trinidadian English
6233 Tar Baby Toni Morrison 1981 American English
6453 The Arrivants Kamau Brathwaite 1973 Barbadian English
6506 Indigo Marina Warner 1992 British English
8796 Jumbee And Other Uncanny Tales Henry S. Whitehead 1929 American English
9069 Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow 2004 American English
9773 Collected Poems Derek Walcott 1986 Saint Lucian English
11479 Ninety Nine Glimpses Of Princess Margaret Craig Brown 2017 British English
11513 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11660 A View Of The Empire At Sunset Caryl Phillips 2018 British English
11899 A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid 1988 Antiguan English
12378 Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 American English
12612 The Christian Imagination Willie James Jennings 2010 American English
14232 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry, Mónica Faerna 2005 British English
14983 Crossing The River Caryl Phillips 1993 British English
14983 Salt Earl Lovelace 1996 Trinidadian English
15659 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15897 The Traveller's Tree Patrick Leigh Fermor 1950 British English
17117 The Chip Chip Gatherers Shiva Naipaul 1973 Trinidadian English
17117 The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation David Brion Davis 2014 American English
17117 Lady In Waiting Anne Glenconner 2019 British English
17117 Caribbean James A. Michener 1989 American English
17117 The Black Atlantic Paul Gilroy 1993 British English
16813 Cup Of Gold John Steinbeck 1929 American English
17117 Mystery Peter Straub 1990 American English
17117 Clues Of The Caribbees T. S. Stribling 1929 American English
17117 Coast Of Slaves, Ships Of Slaves And Islands Of Slaves Thorkild Hansen 1967 Danish Danish
17117 White Egrets Derek Walcott 2010 Saint Lucian English
17109 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17117 Camille Pissarro Anka Muhlstein 2023 Unknown French