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Jamaica
2 authors in the ranking·3 rated books·3 books set here
Marlon James and Nicola Yoon represent Jamaica in the reader ranking. Marlon James won the Booker Prize in 2015 for his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings”. The page also lists books whose story is set in Jamaica, among them “Dr. No” (1958), which Ian Fleming wrote at his Goldeneye estate on the island.
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Authors 2
- Nicola Yoon2 ranked booksThe Sun Is Also a Star7.8
- Marlon James1 ranked bookBlack Leopard, Red Wolf7.2
The story is set here 3
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An author's country is their citizenship in Wikidata or, where none is recorded, the country they were born in; a story's setting comes from Wikidata too. Obvious errors and gaps are corrected by hand. Authors are ordered by the number of reader ratings. Country shapes: Natural Earth.