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Islands; Real and Imagined

A selection of books and single poems about islands; fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose, for adults and for children. Most are set on islands, others have islands as a main theme or metaphor.
*'Five on Kirrin Island' appears twice - one of them should be 'Five Run Away Together' - I realised my mistake after publishing the list, and can't correct it!*
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An Eye on the Hebrides (Mairi Hedderwick)
An Eye on the Hebrides
1
Mairi Hedderwick
An Island to Oneself: The Story of Six Years on a Desert Island (Tom Neale)
An Island to Oneself: The Story of Six Years on a Desert Island
2
Tom Neale
An Orkney Tapestry (George MacKay Brown)
An Orkney Tapestry
3
George MacKay Brown
Beside the Ocean of Time (George MacKay Brown)
Beside the Ocean of Time
4
George MacKay Brown
The Black Island (Hergé)
The Black Island
5
Hergé
Boyhood Island (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
Boyhood Island
6
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Caliban Upon Setibos (Robert Browning)
Caliban Upon Setibos
7
Robert Browning
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
8
Louis De Bernieres
A Caribbean Mystery (Agatha Christie)
A Caribbean Mystery
9
Agatha Christie
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
10
Madeline Miller
Coastliners (Joanne Harris)
Coastliners
11
Joanne Harris
Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line (Michael Szonyi)
Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line
12
Michael Szonyi
The Coral Island (R. M. Ballantyne)
The Coral Island
13
R. M. Ballantyne
The Day Is Dark (Yrsa Sigurdardottir)
The Day Is Dark
14
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Devil's Fjord (David Hewson)
Devil's Fjord
15
David Hewson
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
16
Mark Dunn
Famous Five: Five on Kirrin Island (Enid Blyton)
Famous Five: Five on Kirrin Island
17
Enid Blyton
Far AFIeld (Susanna Kaysen)
Far AFIeld
18
Susanna Kaysen
Faroe-Islander Saga (Robert K Painter (Trans))
Faroe-Islander Saga
19
Robert K Painter (Trans)
Five on Kirrin Island Again
Five on Kirrin Island Again
20
Five on a Treasure Island (Enid Blyton)
Five on a Treasure Island
21
Enid Blyton
Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
Galapagos
22
Kurt Vonnegut
Gisli Sursson's Saga & Saga of the People of Eyri (Surssonar)
Gisli Sursson's Saga & Saga of the People of Eyri
23
Surssonar
The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)
The Greenlanders
24
Jane Smiley
Greenvoe (George MacKay Brown)
Greenvoe
25
George MacKay Brown
Guiltless (Viveca Stern)
Guiltless
26
Viveca Stern
A House for Mr Biswas (V. S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr Biswas
27
V. S. Naipaul
Island (Alistair MacLeod)
Island
28
Alistair MacLeod
The Island (Victoria Hislop)
The Island
29
Victoria Hislop
Island
Island
30
The Island (Olivia Levez)
The Island
31
Olivia Levez
The Island (Lim Chul-Woo)
The Island
32
Lim Chul-Woo
The Island (Ragnar Jonasson)
The Island
33
Ragnar Jonasson
The Island
The Island
34
The Island of Adventure (Enid Blyton)
The Island of Adventure
35
Enid Blyton
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
36
Scott O'Dell
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
37
Umberto Eco
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
38
Penguin Classics
Islands (Yusef Komunyakaa)
Islands
39
Yusef Komunyakaa
Journey to the Hebrides (Samuel Johnson/James Boswell)
Journey to the Hebrides
40
Samuel Johnson/James Boswell
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