Though I haven't made as systematic an attempt to cover every country in the Caribbean as I have with Africa, I have still managed to travel pretty widely. Below are some of my favorite titles. Haiti is a particular interest of mine, so the Haitian emphasis will be obvious. Links will bring you to my reviews.
1. Antigua
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
7. Haiti
Best Nightmare on Earth by Herbert Gold

Under the Bone by Anne-christine d'Adesky

The Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer

In the Palm of Darkness by Mayra Montero

Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston

Divine Horsemen by Maya Deren

Continental Drift by Russell Banks

The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
8. Jamaica
The Book of Jamaica by Russell Banks
2. Bimini Islands
Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
9. Martinique
Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn
3. Cayman Islands
Far Tortuga by Peter Matthiessen
10. St. Kitts
Cambridge by Caryl Phillips
4. Cuba
Cuba and the Night
by Pico Iyer

Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard
11. St. Lucia
Omeros by Derek Walcott
5. Dominica
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
12. Trinidad
A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
6. Dominican Republic
Yo! by Julia Alvarez
13. General
Easy in the Islands
by Bob Shacochis

The Chosen Land,
The Timeless People
by Paule Marshall


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