Philippines: Understanding a country's struggles
Fiction and non-fiction books to help understand the long history of the Philippines' struggles in the hands of its political leaders and the devastation of natural disasters, in the wake of recent 2025 events.
open to recs and corrections!
created by superllaine
last updated January, 2026
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Migrants for Exports by Robyn Rodriguez was pivotal for my learning & understanding!
thanks for this!! I hope understanding migration and the driving forces behind them, especially the part played by the government, would help more people discern and shape their values
what an excellent list, thanks for making it!!
thank you, creating this list also helps me to commit to reading the books! a good lot of them are locally published so it doubly works as a to-buy list š¤
Thanks for putting this together! You might be interested in A Good Provider is One Who Leaves by Jason DeParle which follows the migration story of multiple generations of a Filipino family. It explores a lot of push/pull factors in a sociopolitical sense as well as on a very personal level.
this looks great, I've added it in the list, thank you!!
