Africa (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,051 ratings
2.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,719 ratings
3.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,439 ratings
4.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating β€” 545,692 ratings
5.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating β€” 78,536 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
7.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,098 ratings
8.
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€” 273,159 ratings
9.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating β€” 92,318 ratings
10.
Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart
Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart 3.98 avg rating β€” 11,890 ratings
11.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating β€” 417,346 ratings
12.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating β€” 46,904 ratings
13.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,410 ratings
14.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,251 ratings
15.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,446 ratings
16.
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
17.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating β€” 86,449 ratings
18.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating β€” 114,195 ratings
19.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating β€” 91,943 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€” 35,953 ratings
21.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,076 ratings
22.
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
23.
The Shadow of the Sun
The Shadow of the Sun 4.39 avg rating β€” 16,541 ratings
24.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,288 ratings
25.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,373 ratings
26.
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener 3.83 avg rating β€” 30,204 ratings
27.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating β€” 34,735 ratings
28.
Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating β€” 16,253 ratings
29.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,394 ratings
30.
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
31.
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
32.
West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating β€” 40,229 ratings
33.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating β€” 11,635 ratings
34.
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus 4.16 avg rating β€” 119,579 ratings
35.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating β€” 294,027 ratings
36.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,379 ratings
37.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating β€” 31,868 ratings
38.
A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River 3.77 avg rating β€” 18,431 ratings
39.
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
40.
Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating β€” 247,068 ratings
41.
Someone Knows My Name
Someone Knows My Name 4.47 avg rating β€” 90,238 ratings
42.
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,491 ratings
43.
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
44.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating β€” 32,262 ratings
45.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,201 ratings
46.
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
47.
A Man of the People
A Man of the People 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,429 ratings
48.
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence 4.20 avg rating β€” 7,349 ratings
49.
The Covenant
The Covenant 4.22 avg rating β€” 21,709 ratings
50.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 46,663 ratings
51.
Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist 4.15 avg rating β€” 21,055 ratings
52.
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
53.
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa 4.18 avg rating β€” 5,455 ratings
54.
The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating β€” 14,768 ratings
55.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,357 ratings
56.
The Tears of Dark Water
The Tears of Dark Water 4.19 avg rating β€” 3,564 ratings
57.
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature 4.36 avg rating β€” 2,716 ratings
58.
Slave: My True Story
Slave: My True Story 4.28 avg rating β€” 10,238 ratings
59.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating β€” 778,665 ratings
60.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating β€” 8,096 ratings
61.
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,223 ratings
62.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating β€” 3,429,932 ratings
63.
Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,646 ratings
64.
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
65.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating β€” 13,392 ratings
66.
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat 3.88 avg rating β€” 6,512 ratings
67.
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 4.18 avg rating β€” 16,375 ratings
68.
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
69.
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone 4.15 avg rating β€” 7,474 ratings
70.
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating β€” 12,584 ratings
71.
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€” 11,604 ratings
72.
Unbowed
Unbowed 4.07 avg rating β€” 6,928 ratings
73.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,809 ratings
74.
Brazzaville Beach
Brazzaville Beach 3.96 avg rating β€” 6,427 ratings
75.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating β€” 163,542 ratings
76.
My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience 4.25 avg rating β€” 3,893 ratings
77.
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
78.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,066 ratings
79.
The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating β€” 8,104 ratings
80.
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan 4.21 avg rating β€” 10,210 ratings
81.
The House at Sugar Beach
The House at Sugar Beach 3.91 avg rating β€” 8,008 ratings
82.
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness 4.04 avg rating β€” 17,101 ratings
83.
Tsotsi
Tsotsi 3.59 avg rating β€” 2,097 ratings
84.
The River Between
The River Between 3.79 avg rating β€” 5,149 ratings
85.
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating β€” 20,649 ratings
86.
Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross 3.93 avg rating β€” 2,031 ratings
87.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.25 avg rating β€” 13,602 ratings
88.
Petals of Blood
Petals of Blood 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,566 ratings
89.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 4.08 avg rating β€” 15,430 ratings
90.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child 3.90 avg rating β€” 4,098 ratings
91.
Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit
Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,939 ratings
92.
Desert Flower
Desert Flower 4.24 avg rating β€” 39,492 ratings
93.
Fiela's Child
Fiela's Child 4.06 avg rating β€” 3,022 ratings
94.
Henderson the Rain King
Henderson the Rain King 3.76 avg rating β€” 15,909 ratings
95.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 21,762 ratings
96.
The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #1-3)
The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #1-3) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,156 ratings
97.
God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,057 ratings
98.
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 42,962 ratings
99.
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating β€” 5,157 ratings
100.
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 3.72 avg rating β€” 3,667 ratings
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