Books like Sweet Friday Island by Taylor, Theodore

William Golding’s 1954 classic follows a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island, whose attempts to self-govern unravel into a stark exploration of leadership, morality, and the human capacity for both cooperation and violence.

Ernest Hemingway’s classic follows an old Cuban fisherman and his young companion as they battle a massive marlin, exploring themes of endurance, solitude, and the human struggle against nature.

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

A solitary Chumash girl is left on San Nicolas Island and must learn to survive alone, mastering skills traditionally reserved for men while facing danger, hunger and loneliness.

Ernest Hemingway’s Louisiana‑born narrator takes readers through the 1920s Lost Generation—expatriates on Paris’s Left Bank, bullfights in Spain, and the era’s moral and spiritual unraveling.

Amid writer's block and a looming deadline, a skeptical romance novelist and a disenchanted literary author trade their craft: she must write a happy ending, he a Great American Novel, as they race to finish before summer ends.

A federal agent and a young lawyer team up to expose a Ponzi scheme and fight corruption, but their intense attraction threatens to derail their mission.

Posthumously published, Hemingway’s *A Moveable Feast* is a memoir of his Paris years in the 1920s, detailing his early career, intimate relationships, and encounters with other literary figures of the Lost Generation.

During a camping trip, Tora’s vivid imagination turns mundane sights into thrilling adventures with animals, while her father learns to share her enthusiasm and strengthen their bond.

Mary‑Kate becomes stranded on a remote South Pacific island after her cruise ship departs without her; as she integrates into island life, she faces the dilemma of staying with a mysterious local landowner or awaiting rescue.

Three teenage boys are shipwrecked on a Pacific island and must survive rival Polynesian war parties, pirates, and the challenges of island life before they sail home in a stolen pirate ship.

A Week In The Woods follows the adventures of Mark Chelmsley as he attempts to prove himself to his teacher at the Hardy Elementary School's Week in the Woods tradition, leading to a series of challenges and unexpected alliances.

On Loggerhead Island, teens Tory Brennan and her mates uncover a buried box that transforms a simple treasure hunt into a race against time to decode puzzles—lest a single misstep unleash a deadly explosion.

A dark, imaginative reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Ariel follows a mischievous spirit who entices a lost mariner and his daughter, leading to a clash of ambitions and a storm that will forever change their island home.

Nim loves her island home and the creatures she shares it with. While her scientist father is away, trouble arrives and an unexpected e‑mail friend may be the key to keeping her community safe.

An emotional journey that follows Caretta Rutledge as she returns to her Lowcountry roots to restore a family beach house, become a turtle volunteer, and heal the bond with her mother.

A thrilling adventure about social media influencers and a private island resort gone wrong, with a twist of horror that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

On Jeju Island, Mi‑ja and Young‑sook become lifelong friends through decades of diving, navigating Japanese occupation, World War II, the Korean War, and modern changes, while confronting family legacies and cultural tensions.

Sixteen‑year‑old Lucinda lives in seclusion on a remote island, protected by her father from the horrors of the twentieth century. A mysterious visitor shatters that safety, exposing a harrowing secret about her family's past.

A sailing adventure in England's east coast, featuring Amazons and the Tribe of the Eels.

"Irreverently juggling magical realism, film noir, hip hop, and chicanismo, Karen Yamashita presents an L.A. where the homeless, gangsters, infant organ entrepreneurs, and Hollywood collide on a stretch of highway struck by disaster. The Harbor Freeway crisis becomes the apex of events - caused by an orange, which has been brought to L.A. from just north of Mazatlan, dragging with it the Tropic of Cancer." "Rafaela, caretaking Gabriel's getaway home in Mexico, discovers a dealer of human body parts and flees north, joining a performer/laborer named Arcangel. Meanwhile, Gabriel, a news reporter in L.A., has been following leads in which seemingly unrelated events mysteriously unite as the homeless take up residence in abandoned Mercedes, lowriders, and Cads, and an aged Asian American sansei conducts symphonies from a freeway overpass." "Emi, T.V. executive and Gabriel's girlfriend, along with Buzzworm, his connection to the streets, get caught in the middle of this mounting wildfire just as the cast of characters - diverse as the city itself - assembles for the final event. Tropic of Orange is an apocalypse of race, class, and culture, fanned by the media under the harsh L.A. sun."--BOOK JACKET.

Ten‑year‑old Tory Brennan and her friends, known as the Virals, gain supernatural powers as they hunt a geocache left by a mysterious Gamemaster—solving puzzles while racing against time to stop a deadly trap.

During her first campout, Fancy Nancy, with her father and younger sister JoJo, delightfully describes the stars above, turning the night sky into a whimsical vocabulary lesson.

Island girls (and boys) by Rachel Hawthorne is a lively juvenile fiction tale set against the backdrop of island life, summer vacations, and youthful adventures that explore themes of love and summer employment.

Eighteen‑year‑old Arcadia leaves her quiet Florida town for a road‑trip adventure with two cousins, only to discover one harbors deadly intentions— a thriller that tests youth, family bonds, and the danger of trust.