The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Haiti

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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
725 The Kingdom of This World Alejo Carpentier 1949 Cuban Spanish
3557 The Black Jacobins C. L. R. James 1938 British English
3638 The Logbook Of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus 1493 Multiple Spanish
4455 Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder 2003 American English
7105 Brother, I'm Dying Edwidge Danticat 2007 Haitian English
8025 The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat 2004 American English
8350 The Farming of Bones Edwidge Danticat 1998 Haitian English
9191 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9191 Irritable Hearts Mac McClelland 2015 Unknown English
9340 Master Of The Crossroads Madison Smartt Bell 2000 American English
10158 The Darling Russell Banks 2004 American English
10818 An Untamed State Roxane Gay 2014 American English
11089 Stella Émeric Bergeaud 1859 Haitian French
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
13566 The Woman Who Lost Her Soul Bob Shacochis 2013 American English
14457 The White Man’s Burden William Russell Easterly 2006 Unknown English
14984 Breath, Eyes, Memory Edwidge Danticat 1994 Haitian English
14984 Everything Inside Edwidge Danticat 2019 Haitian English
15661 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15899 Tell My Horse Zora Neale Hurston 1938 American English
15899 Lydia Bailey Kenneth Roberts 1940 American English
15899 The Traveller's Tree Patrick Leigh Fermor 1950 British English
17120 Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat 1995 Haitian English
17120 Claire Of The Sea Light Edwidge Danticat 2013 Haitian English
17120 Caribbean James A. Michener 1989 American English
17120 Peaceland Séverine Autesserre 2014 Unknown English
17120 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17120 Village Weavers Myriam J.A. Chancy 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17091 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17120 All Soul's Rising Madison Smartt Bell 1995 American English