Books About Colonialism

1.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,090 ratings
2.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,742 ratings
3.
The Wretched of the Earth
The Wretched of the Earth 4.34 avg rating — 30,601 ratings
4.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,776 ratings
5.
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 — 66,214 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,680 ratings
7.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,509 ratings
8.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,522 ratings
9.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,712 ratings
10.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,383 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 — 56,656 ratings
12.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,868 ratings
13.
Burmese Days
Burmese Days 3.87 avg rating — 31,289 ratings
14.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,278 ratings
15.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,037 ratings
16.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating — 34,741 ratings
17.
Culture and Imperialism
Culture and Imperialism 4.18 avg rating — 5,662 ratings
18.
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 4.42 avg rating — 7,736 ratings
19.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,338 ratings
20.
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 8,352 ratings
21.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,386 ratings
22.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,459 ratings
23.
The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1)
The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
24.
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding 4.09 avg rating — 10,199 ratings
25.
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism 4.26 avg rating — 9,468 ratings
26.
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent 4.31 avg rating — 26,227 ratings
27.
A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River 3.77 avg rating — 18,435 ratings
28.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,161 ratings
29.
West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,231 ratings
30.
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener 3.83 avg rating — 30,206 ratings
31.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating — 22,078 ratings
32.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating — 30,375 ratings
33.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,544 ratings
34.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating — 32,265 ratings
35.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,198 ratings
36.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,159 ratings
37.
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,122 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 — 6,047 ratings
39.
Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History 4.35 avg rating — 3,145 ratings
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A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest;' Adaptation for a Black Theatre
A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest;' Adaptation for a Black Theatre 3.63 avg rating — 3,450 ratings
41.
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
by: Multatuli
3.53 avg rating — 10,235 ratings
42.
Petals of Blood
Petals of Blood 3.89 avg rating — 2,566 ratings
43.
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 — 4,947 ratings
44.
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia 4.33 avg rating — 8,764 ratings
45.
Nostromo
Nostromo 3.81 avg rating — 17,603 ratings
46.
The Greenlanders
The Greenlanders 3.93 avg rating — 3,029 ratings
47.
The Singapore Grip (Empire Trilogy, #3)
The Singapore Grip (Empire Trilogy, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 2,350 ratings
48.
Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry Series) 4.09 avg rating — 3,446 ratings
49.
A Man of the People
A Man of the People 3.89 avg rating — 5,430 ratings
50.
Out of Africa / Shadows on the Grass
Out of Africa / Shadows on the Grass 4.21 avg rating — 11,732 ratings
51.
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 — 2,647 ratings
52.
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands 4.20 avg rating — 2,206 ratings
53.
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II 4.18 avg rating — 961 ratings
54.
African Perspectives on Colonialism
African Perspectives on Colonialism 3.88 avg rating — 218 ratings
55.
The Shadow of the Sun
The Shadow of the Sun 4.39 avg rating — 16,543 ratings
56.
The River Between
The River Between 3.79 avg rating — 5,150 ratings
57.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 3.87 avg rating — 38,981 ratings
58.
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature 4.36 avg rating — 2,716 ratings
59.
The Voyage Out
The Voyage Out 3.75 avg rating — 11,984 ratings
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I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala 3.85 avg rating — 6,324 ratings
61.
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat 3.88 avg rating — 6,513 ratings
62.
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War 3.89 avg rating — 45,338 ratings
63.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating — 3,379 ratings
64.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,322 ratings
65.
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 3.72 avg rating — 4,189 ratings
66.
Zorro
Zorro 3.80 avg rating — 24,277 ratings
67.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,251 ratings
68.
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East 4.41 avg rating — 5,520 ratings
69.
The Moor's Last Sigh
The Moor's Last Sigh 3.93 avg rating — 14,517 ratings
69.
Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest
Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest 4.08 avg rating — 922 ratings
71.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,577 ratings
72.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,382 ratings
73.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
74.
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem 4.06 avg rating — 14,197 ratings
75.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,928 ratings
76.
Marshall's Family
Marshall's Family 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
76.
Zorro's Last Stand
Zorro's Last Stand really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings
78.
Pax Britannica Climax of an Empire
Pax Britannica Climax of an Empire 4.25 avg rating — 593 ratings
79.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.36 avg rating — 23,662 ratings
80.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea 3.93 avg rating — 11,820 ratings
81.
The Old Man and the Medal
The Old Man and the Medal 3.62 avg rating — 458 ratings
81.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,253 ratings
83.
Heren van de thee
Heren van de thee 3.71 avg rating — 3,208 ratings
84.
Freedom At Midnight
Freedom At Midnight 4.33 avg rating — 10,984 ratings
85.
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present 4.43 avg rating — 9,664 ratings
86.
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
87.
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,337 ratings
88.
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating — 5,157 ratings
88.
Justine (The Alexandria Quartet #1)
Justine (The Alexandria Quartet #1) 3.85 avg rating — 9,883 ratings
90.
Empire
Empire 3.93 avg rating — 9,622 ratings
91.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,208 ratings
92.
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Year of Living Dangerously 3.90 avg rating — 1,916 ratings
93.
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa 3.86 avg rating — 5,552 ratings
93.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,810 ratings
95.
Burger's Daughter
Burger's Daughter 3.50 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
96.
Shame
Shame 3.87 avg rating — 12,962 ratings
97.
Scoop
Scoop 3.79 avg rating — 22,000 ratings
98.
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat 4.08 avg rating — 8,968 ratings
99.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 172,322 ratings
100.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating — 8,096 ratings
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