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Books about Haiti

Adult Fiction

All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
The Comedians by Graham Greene
Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
Lydia Bailey by Kenneth Roberts
Master of the Crossroads by Madison Smartt Bell
Samedi's Knapsack by Gaylord Dold
The Stone That the Builder Refused by Madison Smartt Bell

Non-Fiction

After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti by Edwidge Danticat
Christophe, King of Haiti by Hubert Cole
Dominican Republic and Haiti: Country Studies by Helen Chapin Metz
The Haitian Trilogy by Derek Walcott
The Immaculate Invasion by Bob Shacochis
The Rainy Season by Amy Wilentz
The Serpent and the Rainbow by Jaira Placide
Song of Haiti: the Lives of Dr. Larimer and Gwen Mellon at Albert Schweitzer Hospital of Deschapelles by Barry Paris
Vodou Shaman: the Haitian Way of Healing and Power by Ross Heaven
Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola by Michele Wucker

Tracy Kidder

Non-Fiction

Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder
Home Town by Tracy Kidder
House by Tracy Kidder
My Detachment by Tracy Kidder
Old Friends by Tracy Kidder
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

Dr. Paul Farmer

Non-Fiction

Infection & Inequality - by Paul Farmer

AIDS and Tuberculosis

Non-Fiction

Aids & Accusation by Paul Farmer
Invisible Enemies by Jeanette Farrell
Living in the Shadow of Death by Sheila M. Rothman
The Forgotten Plague by Frank Ryan

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Non-Fiction

Another Day in Paradise edited by Carol Bergman
Hope in Hell by Dan Bortolotti
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
Martyrs' Day by Michael Kelly