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Celebrate Haitian Heritage Month

May is Haitian Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the beautiful history and culture of Haiti. To honor the country's literary tradition, here is a list of titles for all ages by Haitian and Haitian American authors. From adult fiction, to memoir, young adult fiction, juvenile fiction, and picture books, this list has something for everyone. #HaitianHeritageMonth

Boston Public Library

29 items

  • Juvenile Fiction. After moving from her home in Haiti to her uncle's home in Brooklyn, ten-year-old Gabrielle, feeling bullied and out of place, makes a misguided deal with a witch.
    eBookHarperCollins, 2021
  • Stories. A powerful debut collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience from New York Times-bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay.
    eBookGrove Atlantic, 2018
  • Juvenile Nonfiction. Features poems inspired by the Haitian landscape written by students from Camp Perrin, Haiti.
    eBookFifth House Books, 2014
  • Teen Fiction. Fabiola Toussaint and her mother are finally leaving Haiti for the good life in the U.S. After leaving Port-au-Prince, Fabiola's mother is detained by immigration officials. Now Fabiola has to navigate life in loud, gritty,…
    eBookHarperCollins, 2017
  • Picture Book. A story of heart, home and identity, connecting a Haitian American girl to generations of family love and lore through her beloved Auntie Luce’s paintings.
    eBookGroundwood Books Ltd, 2019
  • Poems. The late, beloved Danielle Legros George, a Haitian-born, Boston-based poet explores the personal and political stories of the Haitians who were part of Congo's 1960s decolonization movement
    BookBoston : Beacon Press, [2025] — PS3607.E67 T47 2025
  • The World is Moving Around Me

    A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake

    Laferriere, Dany
    Memoir. An eyewitness account of the terrifying earthquake in Haiti in 2010, and its tragic aftermath. Laferrière reveals the shock, rage, and grief experienced by those around him, the acts of heroism he witnesses, and his own sense of…
    eBookArsenal Pulp Press, 2012
  • Poetry. This is prose and verse that moves deftly between girlhood memories of growing up as a Haitian immigrant in the suburbs of Boston, to bearing witness to brutality and catastrophe, to intellectual, playful explorations of pop…
    BookSan Francisco : City Lights Publishers, 2014. — PS3613.O397 A6 2014
  • Fiction. Told from beyond the grave and underscored by the spiritual wisdom of Haitian griots, The Roving Tree explores separation and loss, rootlessness, the impact of class privilege and color consciousness, and the search for cultural…
    eBookAkashic Books, 2013
  • Fiction. After the massive earthquake that devastated the country in 2010, Jacqueline Florestant, who left Haiti years ago, is riddled with worry about her parents. Already dealing with a gauntlet of emotions as the mother of a…
    eBookAkashic Books, 2017
  • Fiction. A native of Haiti, Dimitry Elias Léger makes his remarkable debut with this story of romance, politics, and religion that traces the fates of three lovers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the challenges they face readjusting to life…
    eBookHarperCollins Publishers, 2015
  • Picture Book. In this first book of the bilingual Janjak and Freda series, cousins Janjak and Freda go with their godmother on an exciting adventure to Haiti's famous Iron Market. While there, they make many new friends, taste new fruits,…
    eBookLight Messages Publishing, 2013
  • Teen Fiction. After an incident at school, seventeen year-old Alaine is spending spring break in a "volunteer immersion project", toiling away under the ever-watchful eyes of Tati Estelle and her eagle-eyed mother at a new nonprofit in…
    eBookInkyard Press, 2019
  • Stories. A haunting collection of crime and noir stories set in Haiti.
    eBookAkashic Books, 2010
  • Fiction. At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that…
    eBookSoho Press, 2003
  • Picture Book. Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup -- Freedom Soup. Together,…
    Streaming VideoDreamscape Media, 2019
  • Fiction. Available in English for the first time, Marie Vieux-Chauvet's stunning trilogy of novellas is a remarkable literary event. Love, Anger, Madness is a scathing response to the struggles of race, class, and sex that have ruled…
    eBookRandom House Publishing Group, 2009
  • Poetry. From words that never left your mouth to feelings you held on to, these words explore an unspoken space in heartbreak and pain, providing solace to the wounded soul.
    eBookAndrews McMeel, 2019
  • Fiction. On the morning of her wedding to a Haitian man from a prominent family, Hadriana drinks a potion and collapses on the alter. She turns into a zombie and so her wedding is now her funeral.
    eBookAkashic Books, 2017
  • Fiction. The award-winning saga of a peasant family living in a small Haitian village, told through four generations of voices, recounting through stories of tradition and superstition, voodoo and the new gods, romance and violence, the…
    eBookDeep Vellum Publishing, 2017