Jamaican


A Brief History of Seven Killings
The Sun Is Also a Star
Here Comes the Sun
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
How to Say Babylon
The Book of Night Women
Patsy
Queenie
How to Love a Jamaican
Small Island
Everything, Everything
These Ghosts Are Family
Augustown
The Long Song
If I Survive You
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesTell My Horse by Zora Neale HurstonJamaica's Find by Juanita HavillSongbirds by Heather Augustyn
Jamaica or Jamaican in the Title
112 books — 12 voters
Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney MilanEvery Last Breath by Juno RushdanNo Turning Back by Neva Squires-RodriguezBlood Bound by Patricia BriggsAn Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Romance - Women of Colour
139 books — 35 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFacing the Son by M.L. RudolphBuck by M.K. AsanteNightmare Along the River Nile by S.E. Nelson
Africa and the Diaspora
154 books — 74 voters
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesThe Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-ThompsonThe Secret Pact by Glen CartyOne Week in Paradise by Anise Starre
Set in Jamaica
43 books — 21 voters

Crystal Evans
“ The people who don't give you a standing ovation for the hurdles you cross are just afraid that you might win the race. They do not cheer you but they sit, lurking on the sidelines, biting their fingernails hoping you will stumble before the end. They secretly wish you will never win this race. But watch out for them, they will be the firstto stand and cheer you when you stand on that podium of success. ...more ”
― Crystal Evans, Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis

“ Take sleep mark death. ”
― Glen L. Richards, Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture

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