#TopTenTuesday Books Set On Islands #TuesdayBookBlog

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

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  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books Set in (X) Time or Place. (We’re invited to choose a time or place.) I’ve gone with books set on islands. Links from the title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. This Other Eden by Paul Harding – set on Malaga Island off the coast of Maine in 1792
  2. The Lost Lights of St. Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford – set on the Scottish island of St Kilda in 1927
  3. Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon – set in Sicily in the 5th century BC 
  4. The Island of Sheep by John Buchan – set in the (fictional) Norland Islands
  5. The Night Ship by Jess Kidd – set on Beacon Island off the coast of Western Australia
  6. Mr Peacock’s Possessions by Lydia Syson – set on the remote Monday Island in 1879
  7. The Dancing Floor by John Buchan – set on the (fictional) Aegean island of Plakos
  8. Mussolini’s Island by Sarah Day – set on the Italian island of San Domino in 1938
  9. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres – set on the Greek island of Kefalonia in 1941
  10. The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak – set in Cyprus from the 1970s onwards

What time or place did you choose?

The Lost Lights of St Kilda

31 thoughts on “#TopTenTuesday Books Set On Islands #TuesdayBookBlog”

  1. i could only find one this year.

    Home before Dark by Eva Björg Aegisdóttir. Set in Iceland.

    Apart from Jamison, and North, by Anna Hackett. Set in a future, dystopian Australia. Technically an island I suppose

    gill

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  2. This is good, there is something about an island as a book setting that makes it very readable. Years ago I tried Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, but gave up as I couldn’t get into it.

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  7. I love reading about islands. They sound so peaceful (well, most of the time..depending on the type of book you’re reading. 😂)

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