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Books set in Ecuador or the Galapagos Islands:
The Villagers by Jorge Icaza
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepúlveda
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Century of the Death of the Rose: Selected Poems by Jorge Carrera Andrade
The Potbellied Virgin by Alicia Yánez Cossío
Cumanda: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle by Juan León Mera
The Queen of Water by Laura Resau
Beyond the Islands by Alicia Yánez Cossío
From Peasant Struggles to Indian Resistance by Amalia Pallares
Galapagos at the Crossroads by Carol Ann Bassett
Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel
Red Palms by Cara Haycak
The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine
Wolves' Dream by Abdon Ubidia
Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle by Moritz Thomsen
Jungle Pilot by Russell T. Hitt
Bruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City by Alicia Yánez Cossío
The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resaulooking for a new audio CD for my commute, I happened upon this YA title about a girl and her mother in Ecuador for the summer.
ohh that looks good Linda - and I like Justine eyre's narration from what I remember
LindaD wrote: "The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resaulooking for a new audio CD for my commute, I happened upon this YA title about a girl and her mother in Ecuador for the summer."
I just bought this last week. You'll have to let me know what you think.
A Few More from the Galapagos Islands:
Voyage of the Beagle : Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin
Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin's Lost Notebooks
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner
This Thing Of Darkness by Harry Thompson (AKA To the Edge of the World)
Mr. Darwin's Shooter by Roger McDonald
Just started my Galapagos Read - and its great! 
It's been a while since anyone added a new Ecuador book. Here is my contribution, 100% Love Guaranteed. It is a memoir of my misadventures and incarceration in Ecuador. It's a love story, an adventure story, and a story about personal growth.
100% Love Guaranteed
More books set in Ecuador:
The Amnesia Clinic by James Scudamore
Anaconda by Horacio Quiroga
Babelandia by Demetrio Aguilera-Malta
The Barrios of Manta: A Memoir of the Peace Corps in Ecuador by Rhoda Brooks
The Cain File by Max Tomlinson (1st book in The Agency series)
Canar: A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador by Judy Blankenship
City on the Ledge by Philip Kraske
Dark Fire by Elizabeth Lowell (2nd book in McCalls series)
The Day of Yesterday by Edna Iturralde
Disinterred Love by Jorge Enrique Adoum
Don Goyo by Demetrio Aguilera-Malta
Dr Franklin's Island by Ann Halam
The Ecuador Effect by David E. Stuart
Ecuador: A Travel Journal by Henri Michaux
Ecuador in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics, and Culture by Wilma Roos
End of the Spear by Steve Saint
Fire from the Andes: Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life
The Galápagos: A Natural History by Henry Nicholls
Galapagos: A Natural History by John C. Kricher
Green Fires: Assault on Eden: A Novel of the Ecuadorian Rainforest 
Harvesting the Hummingbird by Scarlett Braden (1st book in series)
How to Walk a Puma: My (mis)adventures in South America by Peter Allison
La mazorca de oro y otros cuentos - The Golden Ear of Corn and Other Stories 
Latitude Zero by Diana Renn
The Legend Makers by Catherine Lanigan
Micrograms by Jorge Carrera Andrade
More books set in Ecuador:
Roses in Ecuador by Heather Huffman
Savages by Joe Kane
Selected Poems of Jorge Carrera Andrade by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Selections from Juan Montalvo by Juan Montalvo
Tapestry of the Sun: An Anthology of Ecuadorian Poetry by Alexis Levitin
A Taste of Ecuador: The Collected Stories of Eugenia Viteri by Eugenia Viteri
A Taste of Life in Cotacachi, Ecuador by Gary Kesinger
That Bear Ate My Pants! by Tony James Slater
A Touch of Peace by J R Groothuis
Verde Fue Mi Selva = My Forest Was Green by Edna Iturralde
Volcanic Reflections: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Ecuadorian Poetry 
Y Su Corazon Escapo Para Convertirse En Pajaro: Relatos Sobre El Pueblo Negro = And His Heart Escapes to Become a Bird
More books set in the Galapagos Islands:
The Blasphemer: A Novel by Nigel Farndale
Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend
The Enchanted Isles or The Encantadas by Herman Melville
Floreana: A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos by Margret Wittmer
Galapagos by Alyse Zaftig (1st book in Chased by the Dragons of Ecuador series)
The Galapagos Affair by John Treherne
Galápagos Regained by James K. Morrow
Galapagos: Islands Lost in Time by Tui De Roy Moore
Galapagos: Islands Of Change by Lynne Born Myers
Iguana by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Plundering Paradise: The Hand of Man on the Galápagos Islands 
Satan Came to Eden: A Survivor's Account of the "Galapagos Affair"
More books set in Ecuador:
Above the Snake Line: My Years in Ecuador by Janis Kent
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
Garden of Eden: Travels in Ecuador and Galapagos by Akhil Bakshi
The Gringo: A Memoir by J. Grigsby Crawford
Poso Wells by Gabriela Alemán
The Republic of Užupis by Haïlji
The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers by Moritz Thomsen
Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the Amazon
Thirty Days In Quito: Two Gringos and a Three-Legged Cat Move to Ecuador
The Visa Chase and Other Fun Stories of Ecuador by Diana Cevallos
Yes, Maria Fernanda, you're right! I'm currently reading it and highly recommend it! It's a book about science that reads almost like a captivating adventure novel.
is set mostly in the Galapagos Islands.
Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda.
Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler.
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