Reading order · 2 books · 2005 to 2020 · Set in Plaka, Crete
The Island Books in Order
The Island and One August Night follow the Petrakis family of Crete across three generations, and the island of Spinalonga, a leper colony where people with leprosy were sent to live apart from the world.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2005 to 2020
- First book
- The Island
- Latest
- One August Night (2020)
- Setting
- Set in Plaka, Crete
The reading order
Every The Island book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in Plaka, Crete
- 1The Island2005With Alexis FieldingAlexis Fielding travels to Crete to learn about her mother’s secret past, and discovers the story of her great-grandmother and her grandmother, and of the leper colony on the island of Spinalonga.Buy on Amazon
- 2One August Night2020With Maria Petrakis and Manolis VandoulakisIn 1957, a cure for leprosy is found, and the colony on Spinalonga is closed.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read The Island first, then One August Night, which begins the night the colony closes.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Maria Petrakis | Manolis Vandoulakis | Alexis Fielding | Anna Petrakis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Island | MMajor | MMajor | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 One August Night | LLead | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the The Island books
5 characters from Victoria Hislop’s chart, with the number of The Island books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Maria PetrakisEleni's dutiful daughter | 2 | The Island 2005 |
| Manolis VandoulakisAnna's charming lover | 2 | The Island 2005 |
| Alexis FieldingYoung woman searching for her mother's past | 1 | The Island 2005 |
| Anna PetrakisEleni's beautiful daughter | 2 | The Island 2005 |
| Eleni PetrakisTeacher sent to Spinalonga | 1 | The Island 2005 |