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Books set in the Philippines:


Ilustrado: A Novel by Miguel Syjuco
Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) by José Rizal
Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn
The Reign of Greed by José Rizal (aka Subversion)
Dream Jungle by Jessica Hagedorn
Dusk: A Novel by F. Sionil José (1st of series set in Philippines)
The Gangster of Love by Jessica Hagedorn
Ermita: A Filipino Novel by F. Sionil José
The Woman Who Had Two Navels by Nick Joaquín
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto
The Last Time I Saw Mother by Arlene J. Chai
The Tesseract by Alex Garland
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Diwata by Barbara Jane Reyes
To the Brink by Cindy Gerard
Pacific Rims by Rafe Bartholomew
Just A Kiss Away by Jill Barnett
In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines by Stanley Karnow
Viajero: a Filipino Novel by F. Sionil José
And the Word Came with Power by Joanne Shetler
Makamisa: The Search for Rizal's Third Novel by Ambeth Ocampo
Cebu by Peter Bacho
The Philippines: A Past Revisited: Volume I by Renato Constantino
The Philippines: A Continuing Past: Volume II by Renato Constantino
Amazons of the Huk Rebellion by Vina A. Lanzona
Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres
Meaning and History: The Rizal Lectures by Ambeth Ocampo
Twisted by Jessica Zafra (1st of a series)
Rizal Without the Overcoat by Ambeth Ocampo
Orchid House by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma
Bonifacio's Bolo by Ambeth Ocampo
Salamanca by Dean Francis Alfar
America is in the Heart: A Personal History by Carlos Bulosan
My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale by Mary McKay Maynard
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

More Books Set in the Philippines:


Three Filipino Women by F. Sionil José
Songs of Ourselves: Writings by Filipino Women in English by Edna Zapanta Manlapaz
Banana Heart Summer by Merlinda Bobis
The Solemn Lantern Maker: A Novel by Merlinda Bobis
Falling Together: A Novel by Marisa de los Santos
Blessed Are the Merciful by Joyce Shaughnessy
Rebels of Mindanao by Tom Anthony
Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
Death March: The Survivors of Bataan by Donald Knox
The Island of Ted by Jason Cunningham
Broken Jewel by David L. Robbins
Moondogs by Alexander Yates
Wisdom from a Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist by Stuart A. Schlegel
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
Monstress by Lysley Tenorio
Tropical Gothic by Nick Joaquín
Killing Rain by Barry Eisler
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
Fairy Tale Fail by Mina V. Esguerra
Postcards From The Philippines by Gerald R. Anderson
My Imaginary Ex by Mina V. Esguerra

The Ninth Orphan is partially set in the Philippines.

NB: This novel is free to download for Amazon Kindle readers until midnight Monday March 19 US PST.

Great Philippine Jungle Energy Café by Alfred A. Yuson

Soledad's Sister by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

My Philippine novel, A Light in the Cane Fields, is free right now (from 11/20-11/22, 2013) at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/A-Light-Cane-Fi...

Set entirely in the Philippines about an NPA boy soldier, the novel was a top semifinalist at the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and received a tour de force review at Publishers Weekly: "A stylistic tour de force. A riveting epic of loss and transformation"

Enjoy the read.

Always Hiding: A Novel by Sophia G. Romero

More books set in the Philippines:


Biggest Elvis: A Novel by P.F. Kluge
Accidental Bride by Rose Tan
Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines (Illustrated Edition)
Fires on the Plain by Shōhei Ōoka
Juanita Cruz: A Novel by Magdalena Gonzaga Jalandoni

Asia's main Catholic country, the Philippines, is also a bastion of gay tolerance. How did that come to be? I offer a few answers in my book AmalgaNations.

A Pledge of Silence by Flora J. Solomon

In the Country: Stories by Mia Alvar

Rescue at Los Banos: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II by Bruce Henderson

Decker's Dilemma by Jack Ambraw

Drawing underway for a free signed copy of Decker's Dilemma. Open to anyone living in the US and Philippines!

***FREE on Kindle Unlimited***

Under the Sugar Sun, by Jennifer Hallock, a new historical romance set in the Philippine-American War about a schoolmarm, a sugar baron, and a soldier...

It is 1902 and Georgina Potter has followed her fiancé to the Philippines, the most remote outpost of America’s fledgling empire. But Georgina has a purpose in mind beyond marriage: her real mission is to find her brother Ben, who has disappeared into the abyss of the Philippine-American War. To navigate the Islands’ troubled waters, Georgina enlists the aid of local sugar baron Javier Altarejos. But nothing is as it seems, and the price of Javier’s help may be more than Georgina can bear.

This book is the first in the Sugar Sun series, all which take place early in the American colonial era of the Philippines. Enjoy!

Jack wrote: "Drawing underway for a free signed copy of Decker's Dilemma. Open to anyone living in the US and Philippines!"

Please post a link for how to enter this giveaway. Thank you!

Smoking the Mango Trees: An Extraordinary Story of Spiritual Discovery and Growth in the Filipino Jungles. Author: Martin Haworth ISBN-13: 978-1854245946 (2002) publ: Monarch Books

Beyond Coral Shores: Life and Work with a Remote Tribe (Missionary Life Stories) Author: Martin Haworth ISBN-13: 978-1850786658 (2006) publ: Authentic Lifestyle

Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw

Mina V. Esguerra, Bianca Mori/Katrina Ramos Atienza, Carla de Guzman, Clarisse David, Ines Bautista-Yao, Miren B. Flores, Tara Frejas, C.P. Santi, Jay E. Tria, Six de los Reyes, Kate Sebastian, Georgette S. Gonzales, Chrissie Peria, Chris Mariano, Suzette de Borja, Ana Valenzuela, and so many more #romanceclass authors write contemporary romance and new adult romance set in the Philippines. Check out the full catalog at http://romanceclassbooks.com.

Read a book that is set in The Philippines. Starting in the UK and transports us to Manila.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Straight-Hel...

My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo.
Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol.
House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama.
The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco.
Knowledge and passion: Ilongot notions of self and social life / Michelle Z. Rosaldo by Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo (non-fiction)
Ants for Breakfast: Archaeological Adventures among the Kalinga by James Skibo (non-fiction)

Everlasting Nora