Caribbean Beach Books for Your Bahamas Vacation

Image: View of beach and ocean in Nassau, Bahamas (photo via tomalu / iStock / Getty Images Plus)
Image: View of beach and ocean in Nassau, Bahamas (photo via tomalu / iStock / Getty Images Plus)
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Last updated:: 8:00 AM ET, Mon July 9, 2018

Picture it. You're lounging on the beach, deep in an enthralling book. Life is good.

This can be you in Nassau Paradise Island.

A tropical oasis and one of the most beautiful places in the world, Nassau Paradise Island is home to breathtaking views. T

Beach lovers will be in pure bliss relaxing with their toes in the sand and reading any of these great Caribbean centric books.

Don't Stop the Carnival, by Herman Wouk

A hilarious tale about a NYC press agent who moves to the Caribbean to become a hotelkeeper. It's a fictional island in the book, but it's believed to be based on The Bahamas.

Caribbean, by James A. Michener

A historical fiction book that takes readers to the Caribbean, packing 700 years into a tale of romance, revolution, superstition and slavery.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by Ann C. Crispin
Nassau Paradise Island was the backdrop for Pirates of the Caribbean films. This book is a light read that shows how Jack Sparrow became the pirate captain we all know and love today.

An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof

Two professionals change their lives drastically by sailing off into the sunset and enjoying the seductive secrets of the Caribbean.

A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean by Melinda and Robert Blanchard

A memoir of Bob and Melinda Blanchard. They sold their Vermont food business to build a restaurant down in paradise, facing and overcoming hardships along the way.

Out From Nassau by Fia B. Scheyer

Dive back in time to the 1920s in this novel where life in Nassau during Prohibition saw many people smuggling booze into the U.S. from the Bahamas.

Bahamas Blue by David Poyer

If you love to scuba dive and snorkel, this is the book for you. A daring diver must recover dangerous cargo at the bottom of the sea in this sequel book to Hatteras Blue.

The James Bond Series by Ian Fleming

No trip to the Bahamas is complete without some James Bond. This 12-part collection book follows Agent 007 as he faces deadly assassins and non-stop action. Quantum of Solace, Thunderball, and High Time To Kill all feature the Bahamas.


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