Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post any books set in Kiribati here.

Books set in Kiribati:


The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi
One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa by John Wukovits
In Search of Tusitala: Travels in the Pacific After Robert Louis Stevenson
Line of departure: Tarawa by Martin Russ
In their own words: History and society in Gilbertese oral tradition by Kambati K Uriam

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Amelia Earhart's Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved? by Thomas F. King
Kaiju Kirabati by Je Gurley
A Pattern Of Islands by Arthur Grimble
Migrations, Myth and Magic from the Gilbert Islands: Early Writings of Sir Arthur Grimble

Food of Ghosts by Marianne Wheelaghan

West of the Pier-A murder mysery by Janet Elizabeth Lynn

Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander

Amelia Earhart's Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved? by Thomas F. King

Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba by Katerina Martina Teaiwa

More books set in Kiribati:



Attol Holiday by Nancy Phelan
Battle Cry by Leon Uris
Cutting Toddy in Kiribati by Tebuai Uaai
Return To The Islands by Arthur Grimble
Tales of Kiribati / Iango Mai Kiribati by Peter Kanere Koru
Underwater Eden: Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth by Gregory S. Stone

Worst. Person. Ever. by Douglas Coupland

The Shoeshine Killer by Marianne Wheelaghan

More books set in Kiribati:


46 Days Adrift: A True Story by Barry Donnelly
The Biggest Fish in Kiribati by Buatia Kauea
Cinderellas Of The Empire: Towards A History Of Kiribati And Tuvalu
Dodging Tides of Tarawa by Edward Theriot
Islands of the Frigate Bird by Daryl Tarte
Seaswept by Susan Sackett
Treasure Islands: The Trials Of The Banabans by Pearl Binder
Tungaru Traditions: Writings on the Atoll Culture of the Gilbert Islands
Waa in Storms by Teweiariki Teaero
When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard

Traditional Stories from the Northern Gilberts by Ten Tiroba.

I just finished And the Sea Will Tell and I would consider it set in the US, not Kiribati. The main part of the story is set on Palmyra Island, which is US territory - and the rest of the action is mostly divided between Maui and San Francisco too.

There are some mentions of Fanning Island in the book, which is part of Kiribati - but only as a place a couple of the characters discuss possibly sailing to, it's never actually visited by anyone in the narrative.

On the other hand - I'm glad it was in here anyway, because it was an EXCELLENT read and I probably wouldn't have come across it otherwise! About to dive into Food of Ghosts now to fill Kiribati in my challenge instead.