Ethiopia

Books in this genre are set in or about Ethiopia.

Cutting for Stone
The Shadow King
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Sweetness in the Belly
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
The Wife's Tale: A Personal History
Yes, Chef
A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
Black Dove White Raven
Say You're One of Them
All Our Names
How to Read the Air
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhat the Earl Desires by Aliyah BurkeThe Last Twilight by Marjorie M. LiuHer Reluctant Viscount by Aliyah BurkeA Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory
Africans in Romance
39 books — 11 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor WilliamsThe Kraals of Ulundi by David Ebsworth"The Shining Ones" by Helene E. HaganThe Keys of Egypt by Lesley Adkins
Books On African History
207 books — 51 voters

Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza MengisteMaps by Nuruddin FarahThe Shadow King by Maaza MengisteNotes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega MezlekiaThe Conscript by Gebreyesus Hailu
Reading the Horn of Africa
37 books — 8 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 265 voters


Brynn Kelly
There are many things in my life I want to forget. But this I intend to remember.
Brynn Kelly, Edge of Truth

Tahir Shah
As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed. ...more
Tahir Shah, In Search of King Solomon's Mines

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