Best books for an African Safari

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The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,722 ratings
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 273,160 ratings
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Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating β€” 46,904 ratings
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood 3.97 avg rating β€” 56,650 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,052 ratings
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Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating β€” 545,702 ratings
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa 4.19 avg rating β€” 66,204 ratings
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating β€” 78,536 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,441 ratings
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The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener 3.83 avg rating β€” 30,204 ratings
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Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating β€” 417,347 ratings
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The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1) 4.36 avg rating β€” 93,086 ratings
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town 3.99 avg rating β€” 15,570 ratings
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West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating β€” 40,229 ratings
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa 4.17 avg rating β€” 9,387 ratings
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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 33,673 ratings
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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood 4.10 avg rating β€” 6,047 ratings
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Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating β€” 114,195 ratings
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The Shadow of the Sun
The Shadow of the Sun 4.39 avg rating β€” 16,541 ratings
20.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating β€” 92,318 ratings
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Cry of the Kalahari
Cry of the Kalahari 4.33 avg rating β€” 8,282 ratings
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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide 4.02 avg rating β€” 11,605 ratings
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 46,663 ratings
24.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating β€” 86,449 ratings
25.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,076 ratings
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating β€” 294,032 ratings
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Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)
Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) 3.98 avg rating β€” 59,900 ratings
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The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,291 ratings
29.
The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating β€” 14,768 ratings
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The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,646 ratings
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Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa 4.28 avg rating β€” 4,628 ratings
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The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,373 ratings
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Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa 3.54 avg rating β€” 12,908 ratings
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4)
The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4) 4.01 avg rating β€” 41,966 ratings
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The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife
The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife 4.46 avg rating β€” 1,500 ratings
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Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone 4.15 avg rating β€” 7,474 ratings
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Scoop
Scoop 3.79 avg rating β€” 21,998 ratings
38.
A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River 3.77 avg rating β€” 18,433 ratings
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families 4.22 avg rating β€” 35,952 ratings
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Brazzaville Beach
Brazzaville Beach 3.96 avg rating β€” 6,427 ratings
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Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist 4.15 avg rating β€” 21,055 ratings
42.
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 42,962 ratings
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The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,745 ratings
44.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,357 ratings
45.
The Covenant
The Covenant 4.22 avg rating β€” 21,709 ratings
46.
Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating β€” 247,069 ratings
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Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3) 3.99 avg rating β€” 45,391 ratings
48.
I Dreamed of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa 3.96 avg rating β€” 4,281 ratings
49.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating β€” 445,010 ratings
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3) 4.46 avg rating β€” 4,946 ratings
51.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating β€” 8,096 ratings
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The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,292 ratings
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A Story Like the Wind
A Story Like the Wind 4.39 avg rating β€” 1,572 ratings
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Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family
Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family 4.20 avg rating β€” 661 ratings
55.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating β€” 13,392 ratings
56.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating β€” 34,735 ratings
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God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,057 ratings
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Henderson the Rain King
Henderson the Rain King 3.76 avg rating β€” 15,910 ratings
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Sweetness in the Belly
Sweetness in the Belly 3.91 avg rating β€” 9,458 ratings
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A Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,410 ratings
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The House at Sugar Beach
The House at Sugar Beach 3.91 avg rating β€” 8,008 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,100 ratings
63.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.25 avg rating β€” 13,602 ratings
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The Spotted Sphinx
The Spotted Sphinx 4.35 avg rating β€” 325 ratings
65.
Mark of the Lion (Jade del Cameron Mysteries, #1)
Mark of the Lion (Jade del Cameron Mysteries, #1) 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,444 ratings
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Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle 3.87 avg rating β€” 2,928 ratings
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The Mission Song
The Mission Song 3.47 avg rating β€” 7,143 ratings
68.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child 3.90 avg rating β€” 4,098 ratings
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,379 ratings
70.
Africa: A Biography of the Continent
Africa: A Biography of the Continent 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,882 ratings
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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness 4.19 avg rating β€” 3,255 ratings
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The Slave Girl
The Slave Girl 3.85 avg rating β€” 601 ratings
73.
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari (Mrs. Pollifax, #5)
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari (Mrs. Pollifax, #5) 4.18 avg rating β€” 8,109 ratings
74.
Unbowed
Unbowed 4.07 avg rating β€” 6,928 ratings
75.
Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War
Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War 4.41 avg rating β€” 1,022 ratings
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The Blue Nile
The Blue Nile 4.16 avg rating β€” 877 ratings
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Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 4.18 avg rating β€” 16,375 ratings
78.
The White Nile
The White Nile 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,441 ratings
79.
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 51,856 ratings
80.
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating β€” 20,649 ratings
81.
Assegai (Courtney publication, #13; Courtney chronological, #14)
Assegai (Courtney publication, #13; Courtney chronological, #14) 4.06 avg rating β€” 7,518 ratings
82.
The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals
The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals 4.19 avg rating β€” 207 ratings
83.
The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)
The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5) 4.03 avg rating β€” 34,423 ratings
84.
A Carrion Death (Detective Kubu, #1)
A Carrion Death (Detective Kubu, #1) 3.70 avg rating β€” 2,194 ratings
85.
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,979 ratings
85.
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,962 ratings
87.
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #8)
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #8) 4.08 avg rating β€” 27,569 ratings
88.
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,491 ratings
89.
Baking Cakes in Kigali
Baking Cakes in Kigali 3.69 avg rating β€” 6,850 ratings
90.
Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in the African Bush
Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in the African Bush 4.44 avg rating β€” 2,722 ratings
91.
My Life with Leopards
My Life with Leopards 4.29 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
92.
Tick Bite Fever
Tick Bite Fever 3.73 avg rating β€” 251 ratings
93.
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness 3.91 avg rating β€” 12,740 ratings
94.
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons 4.39 avg rating β€” 8,660 ratings
95.
A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa 3.92 avg rating β€” 932 ratings
96.
Horn of the Hunter: The Story of an African Safari
Horn of the Hunter: The Story of an African Safari 4.39 avg rating β€” 654 ratings
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Travels in the Kalahari
Travels in the Kalahari 4.29 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating β€” 12,584 ratings
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Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross 3.93 avg rating β€” 2,032 ratings
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Jock of the Bushveld
Jock of the Bushveld 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,468 ratings
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