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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)
1,881 books — 1,762 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
560 books — 282 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradBlood River by Tim ButcherDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieLife on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
Rivers
918 books — 198 voters
The Frontlines of Peace by Severine AutesserreBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenMy War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony LoydA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtSketches from the Periphery by M.P. Summers
Conflict-Zone Journalism
285 books — 144 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildNo Mercy by Redmond O'HanlonPeaceland by Severine Autesserre
Central Africa
113 books — 70 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
89 books — 57 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
227 books — 52 voters
Beau Geste by P.C. WrenLegionnaire by Simon MurrayThe French Foreign Legion by Douglas BoydHell in a Very Small Place by Bernard B. FallLegion of the Lost by Jaime Salazar
The French Foreign Legion - la Légion étrangère
48 books — 34 voters

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters
Beak of the Moon by Philip TempleAlex & Me by Irene M. PepperbergBudgerigar by Sarah HarrisThe Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw by Bruce BarcottOf Parrots and People by Mira Tweti
Books for Parrot Lovers
86 books — 19 voters

Song of the Butterflies by R.M. LeslieNot Just Yet. Egypt 2011 by Mohamed Abdel-MaksoudLife and Death in Nyamata by Omar NdizeyeHearing Enabled by Dante F. LupinettiThe Foxhunter by Dr Andrew J Rynne
Best Debut Short Stories From Africa!
12 books — 19 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyAlif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 17 voters

Nobody's Children by WD OliveNobody's Children by WD Olive1812 by William MowatApi's Berlin Diaries by Gabrielle RobinsonMy Whirlwind Lives by Dee Knight
War History Non Fiction
13 books — 13 voters
Aya by Marguerite AbouetWhen Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonKwezi by Loyiso MkizeRebirth by Daniel BrowdeE.X.O. - The Legend of Wale Williams, Part One by Roye Okupe
Graphic Novels + Comics By People From Africa
9 books — 8 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherImmersed in West Africa by Terry ListerThe Ukimwi Road by Dervla MurphyA New Day Dawns by Terry ListerTravels in Senegal by Terry Lister
Armchair travel: Africa
79 books — 6 voters
Prey by Michael CrichtonMicro by Michael CrichtonJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Lost World by Michael CrichtonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton Reading List
35 books — 3 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
51 books — 1 voter
Wrapped Up in You by Carole MatthewsTinderbox by Rachel GrantThe Rival in South Africa by Liz AldenThe Sweetest Remedy by Jane IgharoJana Goes Wild by Farah Heron
African Romances
85 books — 1 voter

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