Big Books of 2026
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Zimbabwe

Books in this genre are set in or about Zimbabwe.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Zimbabwe"

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
We Need New Names
Leaving Before the Rains Come
Buck: A Memoir
Dingo Firestorm: The Greatest Battle of the Rhodesian Bush War
The Book of Memory
Diamond Boy
The White Shadow
104 Horses: A Memoir of Farm and Family, Africa and Exile
The Maestro, the Magistrate and the Mathematician
The Death of Rex Nhongo
Dark Lands

Zimbabwe Books

Nervous Conditions
We Need New Names
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
This Mournable Body
The Hairdresser of Harare
Glory
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
House of Stone
An Elegy for Easterly: Stories
The Book of Memory
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe
The House of Hunger
The Grass Is Singing
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Lists

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,754 books — 1,633 voters
Nothando's Journey by Jill Apperson ManlyOf Wheels and Witches by Stephen HayesThe Enchanted Grove by Stephen HayesJourney to Jo'burg by Beverley NaidooWitch woman on the hogsback by Carolyn Parker
Childrens & Y/A books set in southern Africa
29 books — 12 voters

Aya by Marguerite AbouetRebirth by Daniel BrowdeKwezi by Loyiso MkizeWhen Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonE.X.O. - The Legend of Wale Williams, Part One by Roye Okupe
Graphic Novels + Comics By People From Africa
9 books — 8 voters
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaWhen a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter GodwinMukiwa by Peter GodwinThe Last Resort by Douglas Rogers
Books Set in Zimbabwe
130 books — 100 voters

We Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoSend Her Back and Other Stories by Munashe KasekeHitting Budapest by NoViolet BulawayoSnapshots - Nouvelles voix du Caine Prize by NoViolet BulawayoHis Middle Name Was Not Jesus by NoViolet Bulawayo
Voice form Zimbabwe in Literature
27 books — 2 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherChasing the Devil by Tim ButcherSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Great Modern African Reads
88 books — 55 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Zimbabwe”

Thabo Katlholo
“ A Motswana in Zambia or Zimbabwe was referred to as gwerekwere and so was a Zimbabwean or Zambian in Botswana. Post-colonialism tragedy. ”
― Thabo Katlholo, The Mud Hut I Grew Upon
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“ Instead he was grabbing at whatever was available in this system that no longer held the old predictable relationship between effort and result as true ”
― Panashe Chigumadzi, Sweet Medicine
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Videos Tagged “Zimbabwe”

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Groups Tagged "Zimbabwe"

#BlogIndaba A blogger's coterie Grown in Zimbabwe for Africa and the world…more
9 members, last active 8 years ago
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
24,324 members, last active 1 days ago
Mama Jumbe's Book Club We discuss African-themed short stories published in English. Quick 10-minute reads that are pow…more
5 members, last active 5 years ago
Silent World — A discussion group A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
1,555 members, last active 5 days ago