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| NOVELS & SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS BY CARIBBEAN (INCLUDING GUYANA) AUTHORS RECOMMENDED READING: BOOKS I HAVE READ & ENJOYED |
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Marlon James, John Crow's Devil, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2005, 2010
Earl Lovelace & Robert Antoni, Editors, Trinidad Noir: The Classics, Akashic
Books, New York, USA, 2017.
Shani Mootoo, Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, Akashic Books, New York,
USA, 2017.
Ken Puddicombe, Down Independence Boulevard & Other Stories, MiddleRoad
Publishers, Canada, 2017
Sharon Maas, The Sugar Planter's Daughter, Bookouture, United Kingdom, 2016
Elizabeth Nunez, Even in Paradise, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2016
Toni Williams, Between Two Fires, Amazon Digital Services, USA, 2016
Garfield Ellis, The Angels' Share, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2016
Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel, Riverhead Books, New
York, 2014
Winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, UK
Ken Puddicombe, Junta: A Novel, MiddleRoad Publishers, Canada, 2014
Tony Williams, Forbidden, CompletelyNovel Publishers, USA, 2011
Ken Puddicombe, Racing With The Rain, MiddleRoad Publishers, Canada, 2012
Montague Kobbé, The Night of the Rambler, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2013
Robert Antoni, As Flies to Whatless Boys, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2013
Katia D. Ulysse, Drifting, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2014
Elizabeth Nunez, Not For Everyday Use: A Memoir, Akashic Books, New York,
USA, 2014
 | Although this is a memoir and not a novel, Nunez is such a master at hitting the nerve of | |
| the Caribbean 'color syndrome' that I highly recommend it as a must-read. |
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean, Peekash Press, Offices in US
(Akashic) & UK (Peepal Tree), 2014
Edwidge Danticat, Editor, Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, Akashic Noir Series, Akashic
Books, New York, USA, 2014
Jan Lowe Shinebourne, Timepiece, Peepal Tree Press, England, 1986, 2012 (New
Edition)
Diana McCaulay, Huracan, Peepal Tree Press, England, 2012
Keith Jardim, Near Open Water: Stories, Peepal Tree Press, England, 2011
Elizabeth Nunez, Boundaries, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2011
| Finalist for the 2012 NAACP Image Award in Literature |
Edwidge Danticat, Editor, Haiti Noir, Akashic Noir Series, Akashic Books, New
Elizabeth Nunez, Anna In-Between, Akashic Books, New York, USA, 2010
| New York Times Editors’ Choice |
Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason, Editors, Trinidad Noir, Akashic Noir Series,
Diana McCaulay, Dog-Heart, Peepal Tree Press, England, 2010
Cyril Dabydeen, Berbice Crossing and Other Stories, Peepal Tree Press, England,
1996
Mark McWatt, Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement, Peepal Tree Press,
England, 2005
| Winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book, and the Guyana Prize for | |
| Best Book |
Denise Harris, In Remembrance of Her, Peepal Tree Press, England, 2004
Ryhaan Shah, A Silent Life, Peepal Tree Press, England, 2005
| Winner of the Guyana Prize for Best First Book of Fiction |
David Dabydeen, Our Lady of Demerara, Peepal Tree Press, England, Paperback
CARIBBEAN MODERN CLASSICS
Wilson Harris, The Eye of the Scarecrow, First published in Great Britain in 1965
by Faber and Faber, Republished by Peepal Tree Press, England, 2011
Wilson Harris, Heartland, First published in Great Britain in 1964 by Faber and
Faber, Republished by Peepal Tree Press, England, 2009
Edgar Mittelholzer, Shadows Move Among Them, First published in 1951,
Republished by Peepal Tree Press, England 2010
Edgar Mittelholzer, A Morning at the Office, First published by the Hogarth Press
in Great Britain in 1950, Republished by Peepal Tree Press, England, 2010
Edgar Mittelholzer, Corentyne Thunder, First published in Great Britain in 1941 by
Eyre & Spottiswoode, Republished by Peepal Tree Press, England, 2009
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