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Caribbeab American Heritage Month

Since 2006, June has been designated as Caribbean American Heritage Month by Presidential Proclamation. The month-long observance promotes the rich culture and heritage of the Caribbean American people and their contribution to the United States of America.

This book list includes a sampling of literary works of fiction and nonfiction by Caribbean authors and about Caribbean culture and heritage.


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Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson


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Book of the Little Axe

by Lauren Francis Sharma


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A Brief History of Seven Killings

by Marlon James


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The Confessions of Frannie Langton

by Sara Collins


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Empire's Crossroads : a history of the Caribbean from Columbus to the present

by Carrie Gibson


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Everything Inside

by Edwidge Danticat


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A House for Mr. Biswas

by V. S. Naipaul


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Island People : the Caribbean and the world

by Joshua Jelly Schapiro


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Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean

by Ed Kritzler


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Love After Love

by Ingrid Persaud


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A Million Aunties

by Alecia McKenzie


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Moon Witch, Spider King

by Marlon James


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Motherland : a Jamaican Cookbook

by Melissa Thompson


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Neruda On the Park

by Cleyvis Natera


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Of Women and Salt

by Gabriela Garcia


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Queenie

by Candice Carty-Williams


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The Republic of Pirates

by Colin Woodard


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River Sing Me Home

by Eleanor Shearer


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Secrets We Kept

by Krystal A Sital


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A Tall History of Sugar

by Curdella Forbes


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The Taste of Sugar

by Marisel Vera


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A View of the Empire at Sunset

by Caryl Phillips