🌴 Southern Island

Narratives set on islands off the Southern coast, where isolation breeds unique cultures, tight-knit communities, and stories shaped by wind and water.

Les marins ne savent pas nager

by Dominique Scali • 2022

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

3.73

1k+

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

Les marins ne savent pas nager 87%

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

by Dominique Scali 2022

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

The Island

by Adrian McKinty • 2022

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

3.76

43k+

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl

The Island 87%

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

by Adrian McKinty 2022

3.76

43k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl

Reckless Girls

by Rachel Hawkins • 2022

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

3.55

159k+

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery

Reckless Girls 87%

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

by Rachel Hawkins 2022

3.55

159k+ ratings

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery

Tupaia

by Joan Druett • 2010

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

4.25

201

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail

Tupaia 87%

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

by Joan Druett 2010

4.25

201 ratings

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail

At Loggerheads

by Kristen Ness • 2023

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

4.01

592

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

At Loggerheads 86%

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

by Kristen Ness 2023

4.01

592 ratings

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Mile Marker Zero

by William McKeen • 2011

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

3.93

567

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture

Mile Marker Zero 86%

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

by William McKeen 2011

3.93

567 ratings

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture

A Brief History Of Bali

by Willard A. Hanna • 1976

How Bali survived piracy, slavery, and colonialism to become the paradise tourists see today.

3.45

128

🏝️ Island History 🌏 Southeast Asia 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism

A Brief History Of Bali 86%

How Bali survived piracy, slavery, and colonialism to become the paradise tourists see today.

by Willard A. Hanna 1976

3.45

128 ratings

🏝️ Island History 🌏 Southeast Asia 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism

Playground

by Richard Powers • 2024

Tech mogul seeks forgiveness on a Pacific island as the community votes on his final plan.

4.13

51k+

🌏 Climate Fiction 📖 Polyphonic Narrative 🏝️ Remote Pacific Island

Playground 86%

Tech mogul seeks forgiveness on a Pacific island as the community votes on his final plan.

by Richard Powers 2024

4.13

51k+ ratings

🌏 Climate Fiction 📖 Polyphonic Narrative 🏝️ Remote Pacific Island

As the Tide Comes In

by Cindy Woodsmall • 2018

Grieving her brothers, a woman seeks her roots on a Georgia island and discovers new family.

4.08

606

🫂 Found Family 🍑 Southern Hospitality 🖤 Grief And Healing

As the Tide Comes In 86%

Grieving her brothers, a woman seeks her roots on a Georgia island and discovers new family.

by Cindy Woodsmall 2018

4.08

606 ratings

🫂 Found Family 🍑 Southern Hospitality 🖤 Grief And Healing

Swan Song

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2025

Nantucket's new money couple hires a starry-eyed concierge, but the real currency is secrets.

4.02

156k+

🏖️ Summer Beach Town 💰 New Money Arrives 🏝️ Island Community

Swan Song 86%

Nantucket's new money couple hires a starry-eyed concierge, but the real currency is secrets.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2025

4.02

156k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Beach Town 💰 New Money Arrives 🏝️ Island Community

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima • 1954

A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.

3.77

25k+

🐚 Pastoral Romance 💙 Class Divide Romance ⚔️ Rival Suitor

The Sound of Waves 86%

A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.

by Yukio Mishima 1954

3.77

25k+ ratings

🐚 Pastoral Romance 💙 Class Divide Romance ⚔️ Rival Suitor

Castaway

by Lucy Irvine • 1983

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

3.76

871

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology

Castaway 86%

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

by Lucy Irvine 1983

3.76

871 ratings

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology

The Cay

by Theodore Taylor • 1969

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

3.80

39k+

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

The Cay 86%

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

by Theodore Taylor 1969

3.80

39k+ ratings

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

Troubles in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2020

Her husband's crash reveals a double life in paradise, and a widow must rebuild from nothing.

3.94

127k+

🌴 Tropical Island 🤫 Family Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Troubles in Paradise 86%

Her husband's crash reveals a double life in paradise, and a widow must rebuild from nothing.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2020

3.94

127k+ ratings

🌴 Tropical Island 🤫 Family Secrets 🫂 Found Family

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

by T.J. Klune • 2024

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

4.10

224k+

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children

Somewhere Beyond the Sea 86%

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

by T.J. Klune 2024

4.10

224k+ ratings

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children

Winter in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2018

A widow uncovers her husband's secret Caribbean life: a villa, a lover, and a daughter.

4.08

184k+

🌴 Tropical Mystery 🕵️ Secret Double Life 🔍 Domestic Suspense

Winter in Paradise 86%

A widow uncovers her husband's secret Caribbean life: a villa, a lover, and a daughter.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2018

4.08

184k+ ratings

🌴 Tropical Mystery 🕵️ Secret Double Life 🔍 Domestic Suspense

American Aloha

by Heather A. Diamond • 2008

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

4.20

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

American Aloha 86%

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

by Heather A. Diamond 2008

4.20

10 ratings

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

by Geronimo Stilton • 2004

A timid mouse editor is thrust into a high-seas treasure hunt by his sister's mysterious map.

4.09

16k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 🐭 Anthropomorphic Animals 😰 Reluctant Adventurer

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye Summary

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye 86%

A timid mouse editor is thrust into a high-seas treasure hunt by his sister's mysterious map.

by Geronimo Stilton 2004

4.09

16k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 🐭 Anthropomorphic Animals 😰 Reluctant Adventurer

Camino Island

by John Grisham • 2017

Fitzgerald manuscripts vanish. A broke writer must charm a Florida island bookseller to find them.

3.83

167k+

🔫 Heist Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Operation

Camino Island 86%

Fitzgerald manuscripts vanish. A broke writer must charm a Florida island bookseller to find them.

by John Grisham 2017

3.83

167k+ ratings

🔫 Heist Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Operation

Crash Landing

by Annie McQuaid • 2025

Her plane crashes on a deserted island. The pilot is the man who broke her heart.

3.45

3k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏝️ Deserted Island 🔥 Forced Proximity

Crash Landing 86%

Her plane crashes on a deserted island. The pilot is the man who broke her heart.

by Annie McQuaid 2025

3.45

3k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏝️ Deserted Island 🔥 Forced Proximity

Last Chance to See

by Douglas Adams • 1990

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

4.32

26k+

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation

Last Chance to See 86%

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

by Douglas Adams 1990

4.32

26k+ ratings

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation

Camino Ghosts

by John Grisham • 2024

An abandoned island. A dark legacy. A last descendant's legal fight to save it from developers.

4.18

65k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Courtroom Drama 🖋️ Writer Sleuth

Camino Ghosts 85%

An abandoned island. A dark legacy. A last descendant's legal fight to save it from developers.

by John Grisham 2024

4.18

65k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Courtroom Drama 🖋️ Writer Sleuth

The Memory Police

by Yōko Ogawa • 1994

The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.

3.69

145k+

🕊️ Quiet Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 🏠 Hidden Refuge

The Memory Police 85%

The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.

by Yōko Ogawa 1994

3.69

145k+ ratings

🕊️ Quiet Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 🏠 Hidden Refuge

The Hotel Nantucket

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2022

She takes over a haunted Nantucket hotel. The ghost isn't the hardest guest to please.

4.05

315k+

🏖️ Nantucket Island 🏨 Historic Hotel 🎭 Ensemble Cast

The Hotel Nantucket 85%

She takes over a haunted Nantucket hotel. The ghost isn't the hardest guest to please.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2022

4.05

315k+ ratings

🏖️ Nantucket Island 🏨 Historic Hotel 🎭 Ensemble Cast

The Life Impossible

by Matt Haig • 2024

A widow inherits an Ibiza house, where a sea light grants psychic visions and a hidden threat.

3.47

173k+

🏡 Mysterious Inheritance 🔮 Psychic Awakening 🌊 Oceanic Mystery

The Life Impossible 85%

A widow inherits an Ibiza house, where a sea light grants psychic visions and a hidden threat.

by Matt Haig 2024

3.47

173k+ ratings

🏡 Mysterious Inheritance 🔮 Psychic Awakening 🌊 Oceanic Mystery

Someone Else's Ocean

by Kate Stewart • 2018

Childhood friends become neighbors on a Caribbean island. Two broken hearts, nowhere to hide.

4.18

13k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Someone Else's Ocean 85%

Childhood friends become neighbors on a Caribbean island. Two broken hearts, nowhere to hide.

by Kate Stewart 2018

4.18

13k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Deux Ans de vacances

by Jules Verne • 1888

Shipwrecked without adults, fifteen boys must turn a hostile Pacific island into a home.

3.97

7k+

🏝️ Desert Island Survival 👦 Child Castaways ⚔️ Rival Leaders

Deux Ans de vacances 85%

Shipwrecked without adults, fifteen boys must turn a hostile Pacific island into a home.

by Jules Verne 1888

3.97

7k+ ratings

🏝️ Desert Island Survival 👦 Child Castaways ⚔️ Rival Leaders

One Perfect Couple

by Ruth Ware • 2024

When a tropical reality show crew vanishes, a scientist is stranded with a dangerous rival.

3.61

172k+

🔪 Survival Thriller 🏝️ Stranded On Island 📺 Reality Tv

One Perfect Couple 85%

When a tropical reality show crew vanishes, a scientist is stranded with a dangerous rival.

by Ruth Ware 2024

3.61

172k+ ratings

🔪 Survival Thriller 🏝️ Stranded On Island 📺 Reality Tv

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

The Living Stones 85%

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

Happier Than A Billionaire

by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

3.89

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

Happier Than A Billionaire 85%

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

The Summer Book

by Tove Jansson • 1972

On a tiny Finnish island, a girl and her grandmother meet grief with driftwood and silence.

4.00

57k+

🧩 Linked Vignettes 🤝 Intergenerational Bond 🏝️ Nordic Island

The Summer Book 85%

On a tiny Finnish island, a girl and her grandmother meet grief with driftwood and silence.

by Tove Jansson 1972

4.00

57k+ ratings

🧩 Linked Vignettes 🤝 Intergenerational Bond 🏝️ Nordic Island

Hatchet Island

by Paul Doiron • 2022

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

4.05

5k+

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up

Hatchet Island 85%

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

by Paul Doiron 2022

4.05

5k+ ratings

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up

The Wind off the Small Isles

by Mary Stewart • 1968

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

3.76

774

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting

The Wind off the Small Isles 85%

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

by Mary Stewart 1968

3.76

774 ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting

Wild Dark Shore

by Charlotte McConaghy • 2025

A shipwrecked woman on a remote island discovers her rescuers may have killed her husband.

4.07

560k+

🌊 Remote Island Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense 🖤 Found Family

Wild Dark Shore 85%

A shipwrecked woman on a remote island discovers her rescuers may have killed her husband.

by Charlotte McConaghy 2025

4.07

560k+ ratings

🌊 Remote Island Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense 🖤 Found Family

How to Sail Around the World

by Hal Roth • 2003

Stop the boat, survive the storm, and cross oceans with less: a circumnavigator's practical manual.

4.06

237

🧭 Bluewater Sailing 🏠 Liveaboard Cruising 🔧 Sailboat Outfitting

How to Sail Around the World 85%

Stop the boat, survive the storm, and cross oceans with less: a circumnavigator's practical manual.

by Hal Roth 2003

4.06

237 ratings

🧭 Bluewater Sailing 🏠 Liveaboard Cruising 🔧 Sailboat Outfitting

Evil Under the Sun

by Agatha Christie • 1941

Poirot's island holiday is shattered by a strangled beauty and a circle of unbreakable alibis.

3.98

91k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🏝️ Island Mystery

Evil Under the Sun 85%

Poirot's island holiday is shattered by a strangled beauty and a circle of unbreakable alibis.

by Agatha Christie 1941

3.98

91k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🏝️ Island Mystery

Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan

by Tom Masters • 2000

Three countries, one guide: ancient wine, mountain monasteries, and the minibus routes between them.

3.80

272

🏔️ South Caucasus 🎒 Lonely Planet 🗺️ Offbeat Destinations

Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan Summary

Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan 85%

Three countries, one guide: ancient wine, mountain monasteries, and the minibus routes between them.

by Tom Masters 2000

3.80

272 ratings

🏔️ South Caucasus 🎒 Lonely Planet 🗺️ Offbeat Destinations

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett • 1978

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

4.22

171k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

Eye of the Needle 85%

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

by Ken Follett 1978

4.22

171k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

This Summer Will Be Different

by Carley Fortune • 2024

A florist's island summer collides with the best friend's brother she promised to forget.

3.95

394k+

🫣 Best Friend'S Brother 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏘️ Small Town Romance

This Summer Will Be Different 85%

A florist's island summer collides with the best friend's brother she promised to forget.

by Carley Fortune 2024

3.95

394k+ ratings

🫣 Best Friend'S Brother 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

23k+

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

Abroad in Japan 85%

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

by Chris Broad 2023

4.11

23k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets

Death in the Family 85%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets

The Wishing Game

by Meg Shaffer • 2023

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

4.02

192k+

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey

The Wishing Game 85%

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

by Meg Shaffer 2023

4.02

192k+ ratings

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey

Five on a Treasure Island

by Enid Blyton • 1942

Four children follow a shipwreck map into island dungeons to find gold before scheming adults.

4.13

37k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 👧 Tomboy Protagonist 🐕 Loyal Animal Companion

Five on a Treasure Island 85%

Four children follow a shipwreck map into island dungeons to find gold before scheming adults.

by Enid Blyton 1942

4.13

37k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 👧 Tomboy Protagonist 🐕 Loyal Animal Companion

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island

Hemlock Island 85%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island

Gwen, in Green

by Hugh Zachary • 1974

A gentle wife on a ravaged island becomes the bloody instrument of the land's revenge.

3.33

460

🪴 Ecological Horror 🩸 Carnivorous Plants 🏝️ Isolated Island

Gwen, in Green 85%

A gentle wife on a ravaged island becomes the bloody instrument of the land's revenge.

by Hugh Zachary 1974

3.33

460 ratings

🪴 Ecological Horror 🩸 Carnivorous Plants 🏝️ Isolated Island

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

3k+

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

The Secret Knowledge of Water 85%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Voodoo River 85%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House

Los elementales 85%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House

Bangkok Days

by Lawrence Osborne • 2009

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

3.41

1k+

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Bangkok Days 85%

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

by Lawrence Osborne 2009

3.41

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

The Bone People

by Keri Hulme • 1984

A mute boy breaks into a hermit's coastal tower, and three solitudes begin to heal.

4.03

24k+

🏠 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Isolation 🌀 Maori Culture

The Bone People 85%

A mute boy breaks into a hermit's coastal tower, and three solitudes begin to heal.

by Keri Hulme 1984

4.03

24k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Isolation 🌀 Maori Culture

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