25. A book set on an island

[Anastasia]

The Company by K.J. Parker was A-Team set in medieval times. The first part is about the group getting back together, then heading to the island. The second part is them on the island. Interspersed through out is flashbacks to the war.

[Pearl]

I read A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul (Inspector Singh Investigates #2)
by Shamini Flint

It is set on the island of Bali

[Suzanne]

1. What are you reading?
You Had Me At Hello

2. What kind of island is it set on?
It is set in England on the island of Great Britain.

3. What island books would you recommend?
I recommend books by Liane Moriarty which take place in Australia.

[Joan]

1. What are you reading? Normal People
2. What kind of island is it set on? Ireland
3. What island books would you recommend?
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Last Anniversary
We Were Liars

[Stacey]

1. What are you reading? Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
2. What kind of island is it set on? Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a.k.a. the Big Island
3. What island books would you recommend? Circe, Wide Sargasso Sea, The Magus, Burial Rites, On the Beach, Siracusa, Outline

[Ruth]

1. What are you reading?
I've just read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
2. What kind of island is it set on?
Guernsey is one of the Channel Isles situated in the English Channel quite close to the northern coast of France. I visited as a teenager in the 1970s. This novel wasn't really my cup of tea although I think I'm in a minority as most reviews on Goodreads are overwhelmingly positive.
3. What island books would you recommend?
Treasure Island
A Winter in Mallorca
Any of the Havana novels by Leonardo Padura
The Summer Book
AND the book I've just read for prompt 52 The Lost Lights of St Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford an absolutely wonderful book that gives a real sense of being on the wild, lonely Scottish Island of Hirta, one of the islands called St Kilda.

[Marie]

I read The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong, set on Vancouver Island.

Other island-based books I'd recommend are Nation, Moloka'i, Little Black Lies, Snow Falling on Cedars and, if you can find a copy, Tea With Tracey: The Woman's Survival Guide To Bermuda.

[Brittany]

1. What are you reading?
The Forbidden by Heather Graham
2. What kind of island is it set on?
While the book does not entirely take place on an island the main crime and a lot of the mystery occur on a private island in new orleans

[Hannah]

1. What are you reading?
I read Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn.

2. What kind of island is it set on?
It's set on a fictional island called Nollop, off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop is an island nation, filled with people devoted to the English language to an absurd degree.

3. What island books would you recommend?
Like many others, I did love Circe, I think largely because of the island setting: I found Circe's isolation on but also ownership of her island to be such a fascinating dynamic. I'd also recommend And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, which uses an island to great effect in order to create a "locked room" mystery. And lastly, I'd recommend Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, which is also set on a fictional island nation, this one in the Caribbean.

[Misty]

1. What are you reading?
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

2. What kind of island is it set on?
Newfoundland

3. What island books would you recommend?
Looking through my books, I realized that I haven't read many books set on an island (if you don't count Ireland and Great Britain - which I don't but others might). I would recommend Betrayal by Lilja Sigurðardóttir. It is set in Iceland.

[Dana]

1. What are you reading?
I read The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw.

2. What kind of island is it set on?
In Sparrow, Oregon. It's a Lighthouse Island and most of the action happens here.

3. What island books would you recommend?
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.

[Dubhease]

1. What are you reading? I read And Then There Were None. Even better I did it as a buddy read with my daughter. I'd give it 6 out of 5 stars if that was possible.

2. What kind of island is it set on? Soldier Island - a fictitious island in Devon, England

3. What island books would you recommend? This one! Also The Guest List.

Treasure Island and Anne of Green Gables (set on PEI) are also good if you don't want a murder mystery. Also The Favourite Game, Barney's Version, and Lullabies for Little Criminals (which are all set in Montreal).

[Anne]

I am reading '/the Loud Halo' by Lillian Beckwith.
The island is a made up island called Bruach in the Hebrides, which is mainly lived on by crofters.
I can reccommend the other Bruach books and also The Island by Victoria Hislop.

[Fiona]

A book set on an Island

What are you reading?
The Guest List by Lucy Foley


What kind of island is in set on?
An Island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Ireland

What island books would you recommend?
The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant - Set on a small island called Little Embers in the Isles of Scilly off the Cornish Coast

Hell BayHell Bay the first of a series by Kate Rhodes set in the Isles of Scilly

The Black HouseThe Black House, the first of a series by Peter May, set in the Hebrides

The Mermaid of Black Conch set on a fictitious Caribbean Island

[Jenni]

What are you reading?
For this prompt, I read The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis.

What kind of island is it set on?
It is set in the heart of the city that never sleeps, NYC, which is of course, located on Manhattan Island.

What island books would you recommend?
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt