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Reading Island Nations 2025

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15 participants (25 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read books by authors from island nations, preferably set there too. Diaspora counts. I am shooting for at least one per month.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

159 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #1

Satoshi Yagisawa

160 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Solo Dance by Kotomi Li

Solo Dance

Kotomi Li

251 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel

Silence of the Chagos

Shenaz Patel

178 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Sunrise: Radiant Stories by Erika Kobayashi

Sunrise: Radiant Stories

Erika Kobayashi

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous challenging slow-paced
Rangikura by Tayi Tibble

Rangikura

Tayi Tibble

96 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan

Man Tiger

Eka Kurniawan

192 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka

408 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Bone People by Keri Hulme

The Bone People

Keri Hulme

450 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Silent Winds, Dry Seas by Vinod Busjeet

Silent Winds, Dry Seas

Vinod Busjeet

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical challenging medium-paced