Reading Island Nations 2025

internationalreads Host

17 participants (49 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.

The point of this challenge is to expand our reading beyond the mainstream publishing world. Therefore, the UK does not count for this challenge.

Reading Island Nations 2025

internationalreads Host

17 participants (49 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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.

The point of this challenge is to expand our reading beyond the mainstream publishing world. Therefore, the UK does not count for this challenge.

Challenge Books

All books added

True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture by Terri Janke

True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture
Terri Janke

426 pages • paperback • 2021 • 2 editions

nonfiction race reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction race reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced

True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture by Terri Janke

True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture

426 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

nonfiction race reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction race reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Black Ice Matter by Gina Cole

Black Ice Matter
Gina Cole

250 pages • digital • 2016 • 3 editions

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Black Ice Matter by Gina Cole

Black Ice Matter

250 pages • 2016 • 3 editions

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Friends & Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford

Friends & Dark Shapes
Kavita Bedford

215 pages • digital • 2021 • 7 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Friends & Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford

Friends & Dark Shapes

215 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Den avstengte øya by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

Den avstengte øya
Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir with Tone Myklebost (Translator)

240 pages • hardcover • 2016 • 8 editions

fiction dystopian politics thriller challenging dark sad medium-paced

fiction dystopian politics thriller challenging dark sad medium-paced

Den avstengte øya by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

Den avstengte øya

Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir with Tone Myklebost (Translator)

240 pages • 2016 • 8 editions

fiction dystopian politics thriller challenging dark sad medium-paced

fiction dystopian politics thriller challenging dark sad medium-paced

The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield with Lorna Sage

159 pages • paperback • 1922 • 73 editions

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced

The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield with Lorna Sage

159 pages • 1922 • 73 editions

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #1

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa with Eric Ozawa (Translator)

160 pages • paperback • 2010 • 93 editions

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #1

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa with Eric Ozawa (Translator)

160 pages • 2010 • 93 editions

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Solo Dance by Kotomi Li

Solo Dance
Kotomi Li with Arthur Reiji Morris (Translator)

251 pages • paperback • 2018 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Solo Dance by Kotomi Li

Solo Dance

Kotomi Li with Arthur Reiji Morris (Translator)

251 pages • 2018 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel

Silence of the Chagos
Shenaz Patel with Jeffrey Zuckerman (Translator)

178 pages • paperback • 2005 • 5 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel

Silence of the Chagos

Shenaz Patel with Jeffrey Zuckerman (Translator)

178 pages • 2005 • 5 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Sunrise: Radiant Stories by Erika Kobayashi

Sunrise: Radiant Stories
Erika Kobayashi with Brian Bergstrom (Translator)

240 pages • paperback • 3 editions

fiction short stories adventurous challenging slow-paced

fiction short stories adventurous challenging slow-paced

Sunrise: Radiant Stories by Erika Kobayashi

Sunrise: Radiant Stories

Erika Kobayashi with Brian Bergstrom (Translator)

240 pages • 3 editions

fiction short stories adventurous challenging slow-paced

fiction short stories adventurous challenging slow-paced

Rangikura by Tayi Tibble

Rangikura
Tayi Tibble

96 pages • hardcover • 2021 • 7 editions

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Rangikura by Tayi Tibble

Rangikura

96 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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