Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
31st out of 600 books — 428 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
17th out of 130 books — 100 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
66th out of 409 books — 223 voters
Born a Crime by Trevor NoahMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHomegoing by Yaa GyasiAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
[ATY 2024] African Author
27th out of 207 books — 84 voters

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaHarvest of Thorns by Shimmer ChinodyaDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerWaiting for the Rain by Charles MungoshiBones by Chenjerai Hove
Zimbabwean Authors
5th out of 30 books — 17 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
147th out of 820 books — 286 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithOut of Africa by Isak DinesenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best books for an African Safari
150th out of 476 books — 525 voters
The Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di ZhangThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy TanThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Bonds Between Mothers and Daughters
56th out of 225 books — 133 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Books of 1995
103rd out of 431 books — 191 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
Recommended by Reading Challengers
4173rd out of 6,210 books — 4,710 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerA Dry White Season by André BrinkThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaWe Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Southern Africa
54th out of 265 books — 73 voters
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahUnbowed by Wangari MaathaiThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
diverse_reading
53rd out of 100 books — 4 voters

Queen Sugar by Natalie BaszileKartography by Kamila ShamsieThe Third Son by Julie WuEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgSummer in the City by Nadifa Mohamed
To_read_2015
62nd out of 96 books — 3 voters
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferGilead by Marilynne RobinsonA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Read Harder 2019 #1 An Epistolary Novel Or Collection Of Letters
101st out of 106 books — 10 voters

The Jewel in the Crown by Paul ScottEnglish Passengers by Matthew KnealeCopenhagen by Michael FraynTouch Not the Cat by Mary StewartThe American by Henry James
Moderately Underrated Books (1,000 to 10,000 ratings)
1293rd out of 1,907 books — 264 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNobody's Princess by Esther M. FriesnerThe Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis KlauseFroi of the Exiles by Melina MarchettaA Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Books You Wish More People Knew About
15501st out of 17,386 books — 10,361 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferIlluminae by Amie KaufmanThe Martian by Andy Weir84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffDracula by Bram Stoker
Books that are told through letters or diaries
96th out of 215 books — 63 voters
Quiet by Susan CainQueenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsZ by Therese Anne FowlerThe Queen of Nothing by Holly BlackThe Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Popsugar 2021 #32 - A Book Whose Title Starts with Q, X, or Z
326th out of 420 books — 243 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Books by Women of Color
166th out of 629 books — 76 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleThe Martian by Andy Weir
52 Book Club 2021: #42 An Epistolary
140th out of 153 books — 51 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCry, The Beloved Country by Alan PatonNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaA Dry White Season by André BrinkWhen a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
History through Novels: Southern Africa
72nd out of 82 books — 43 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
African novels for High School Students
25th out of 26 books — 7 voters

The Sunbird by Elizabeth WeinThe Door of No Return by Kwame AlexanderWhen the Ground Is Hard by Malla NunnLyrics Alley by Leila AboulelaA Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe
Books set in AFRICA - Clean Reads for adults and teens
28th out of 51 books — 1 voter
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books with a Non-Caucasian person as the/one of the lead characters.
1401st out of 1,519 books — 636 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Cultural reads
146th out of 402 books — 165 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
What We've Read So Far in 2018
3516th out of 6,470 books — 689 voters

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan PoeLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Letters
141st out of 272 books — 67 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
12816th out of 31,966 books — 121,369 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2013: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1735th out of 2,622 books — 326 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksXVI by Julia KarrZ by Therese Anne FowlerYellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
Titles that start with X, Y, or Z
303rd out of 872 books — 244 voters

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