Books Set in Tropical Locations

1.
Papillon
Papillon 4.23 avg rating — 74,111 ratings
2.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,776 ratings
3.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,666 ratings
4.
The Beach
The Beach 3.98 avg rating — 94,565 ratings
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Island Ice
Island Ice 3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Hawaii
Hawaii 4.22 avg rating — 80,875 ratings
7.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,278 ratings
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In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,520 ratings
9.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,761 ratings
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A Flower for the Queen
A Flower for the Queen 3.76 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Nation
Nation 4.11 avg rating — 37,535 ratings
12.
Don't Stop the Carnival
Don't Stop the Carnival 3.93 avg rating — 3,892 ratings
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Where Is Joe Merchant?
Where Is Joe Merchant? 3.87 avg rating — 4,405 ratings
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Nim's Island (Nim, #1)
Nim's Island (Nim, #1)
by: Wendy Orr
3.90 avg rating — 5,585 ratings
15.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,090 ratings
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon 3.90 avg rating — 106,824 ratings
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Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,243 ratings
18.
Saving Fish from Drowning
Saving Fish from Drowning
by: Amy Tan
3.47 avg rating — 32,827 ratings
19.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,573 ratings
20.
Trapped in Paradise
Trapped in Paradise 2.98 avg rating — 47 ratings
21.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,971 ratings
22.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,465 ratings
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No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 12,585 ratings
24.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,589 ratings
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Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart 3.98 avg rating — 11,890 ratings
25.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson 3.91 avg rating — 108,846 ratings
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Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
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Caribbean
Caribbean 3.98 avg rating — 7,807 ratings
29.
Out of Africa - and - Shadows on the Grass
Out of Africa - and - Shadows on the Grass 4.21 avg rating — 11,732 ratings
29.
Island Beneath the Sea
Island Beneath the Sea 4.11 avg rating — 45,449 ratings
31.
Aztec (Aztec, #1)
Aztec (Aztec, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 20,225 ratings
32.
The Glass Palace
The Glass Palace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,578 ratings
33.
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast 3.81 avg rating — 13,612 ratings
34.
The Forever Girl
The Forever Girl 3.05 avg rating — 4,171 ratings
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Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest
Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest 4.53 avg rating — 45 ratings
36.
Skinny Dip (Skink, #5; Mick Stranahan #2)
Skinny Dip (Skink, #5; Mick Stranahan #2) 3.84 avg rating — 47,181 ratings
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Stormy Weather (Skink #3)
Stormy Weather (Skink #3) 3.98 avg rating — 19,124 ratings
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The Marriage of Opposites
The Marriage of Opposites 3.93 avg rating — 61,919 ratings
39.
The Singapore Grip (Empire Trilogy, #3)
The Singapore Grip (Empire Trilogy, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 2,350 ratings
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The Descendants
The Descendants 3.84 avg rating — 23,047 ratings
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Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 138,225 ratings
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Rogue Wave
Rogue Wave 4.09 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
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Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana 3.94 avg rating — 39,687 ratings
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The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 1,062,401 ratings
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific 3.87 avg rating — 25,977 ratings
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Baby Island
Baby Island 4.08 avg rating — 2,599 ratings
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The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5)
The Honeymoon Crashers (Unhoneymooners, #1.5) 3.56 avg rating — 73,928 ratings
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Galápagos
Galápagos 3.87 avg rating — 86,764 ratings
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Journey to the River Sea
Journey to the River Sea 4.20 avg rating — 17,183 ratings
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Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,387 ratings
51.
Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 67,602 ratings
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Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2)
Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 61,243 ratings
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The Ten Thousand Things
The Ten Thousand Things 3.80 avg rating — 1,832 ratings
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life 3.56 avg rating — 5,901 ratings
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The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating — 28,997 ratings
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The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 75,070 ratings
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After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti
After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti 3.78 avg rating — 367 ratings
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Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan, #5; Jack Ryan Universe, #6)
Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan, #5; Jack Ryan Universe, #6) 4.14 avg rating — 142,903 ratings
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Pele's Tears
Pele's Tears 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,928 ratings
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A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself
A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself 3.75 avg rating — 2,051 ratings
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All the Way to Havana
All the Way to Havana 4.10 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
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The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon
The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon 3.63 avg rating — 1,815 ratings
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 3.62 avg rating — 32,112 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,118 ratings
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Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin #23)
Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin #23)
by: Hergé
4.04 avg rating — 12,278 ratings
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The Broken Ear (Tintin #6)
The Broken Ear (Tintin #6)
by: Hergé
3.88 avg rating — 12,073 ratings
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Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea 3.75 avg rating — 1,236 ratings
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Flight 714 to Sydney (Tintin, #22)
Flight 714 to Sydney (Tintin, #22)
by: Hergé
3.99 avg rating — 11,018 ratings
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The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,868 ratings
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Prisoners of the Sun (Tintin #14)
Prisoners of the Sun (Tintin #14)
by: Hergé
4.24 avg rating — 15,964 ratings
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Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating — 12,516 ratings
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A Wedding in Haiti
A Wedding in Haiti 3.69 avg rating — 1,463 ratings
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Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,936 ratings
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands 4.03 avg rating — 9,152 ratings
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest 4.28 avg rating — 2,026 ratings
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating — 74,673 ratings
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John Boorman's the Emerald Forest
John Boorman's the Emerald Forest 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings
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When We Were Lost
When We Were Lost 3.86 avg rating — 2,870 ratings
80.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord 4.03 avg rating — 3,228 ratings
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The Deep
The Deep 3.77 avg rating — 38,702 ratings
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The Island of Lost Horses
The Island of Lost Horses 4.12 avg rating — 658 ratings
83.
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal 4.04 avg rating — 832 ratings
84.
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba 3.76 avg rating — 536 ratings
85.
Dragonfly (Dragonfly, #1)
Dragonfly (Dragonfly, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 2,576 ratings
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Ode to a Fish Sandwich
Ode to a Fish Sandwich 3.52 avg rating — 248 ratings
85.
Rendezvous: A Short Story
Rendezvous: A Short Story liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
85.
Reach for Paradise
Reach for Paradise 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
85.
Shark Shifter: The Legend of Tenifa Kekoa
Shark Shifter: The Legend of Tenifa Kekoa 3.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
85.
De stille kracht
De stille kracht 3.58 avg rating — 3,346 ratings
85.
Further Complications
Further Complications 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
85.
Veritas The Pharmacological Endgame
Veritas The Pharmacological Endgame 4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
85.
Without Borders (Wanderlove, #1)
Without Borders (Wanderlove, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 318 ratings
85.
Portrait of a Girl Adrift (Portraits, #3)
Portrait of a Girl Adrift (Portraits, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Between Two Harbors: Reflections of a Catalina Island Harbormaster
Between Two Harbors: Reflections of a Catalina Island Harbormaster 4.52 avg rating — 33 ratings
85.
Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2)
Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 7,437 ratings
85.
It All Began with a Note (Accidentally in Love #1)
It All Began with a Note (Accidentally in Love #1) 3.93 avg rating — 375 ratings
85.
Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road
Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road 4.34 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Black Water Sister
Black Water Sister
by: Zen Cho
3.84 avg rating — 10,846 ratings
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Revolution: 80 Days
Revolution: 80 Days 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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