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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)
1,754 books — 1,633 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

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Must Reads
182 books — 154 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
284 books — 141 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxSo Many Africas by Jill KandelKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayJourney Without Maps by Graham Greene
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
121 books — 114 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
100 Must-Read Works of Speculative Fiction In Translation
100 books — 61 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
Syrian Brides by Anna HalabiThe Hidden Face of Eve by Nawal El SaadawiHeadscarves and Hymens by Mona EltahawyWoman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiThe Veil and the Male Elite by Fatema Mernissi
Arab feminism
46 books — 45 voters

A Thorned Rose in the Sand by Lea BronsenWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsBest Laid Plans by Stylo FantomeKaribu Keňa by Hana HindrákováDobrovolnice by Hana Hindráková
Romance Novels Set in Africa
112 books — 38 voters
The Plague by Albert CamusKing of the Wind by Marguerite HenryIn the Country of Men by Hisham MatarThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeHideous Kinky by Esther Freud
North Africa
147 books — 34 voters

Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiCronache di Gerusalemme by Guy DelisleSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel Saneeb
Middle East and Maghreb Graphic Novels
45 books — 28 voters
Mr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseAs You Desire by Connie BrockwayThe Other Guy's Bride by Connie BrockwayA Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna RaybournMr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Historical Romance Set in Africa
52 books — 21 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
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia RodenPersiana by Sabrina GhayourFalastin by Sami TamimiOlives, Lemons & Za'atar by Rawia BisharaFeast by Anissa Helou
Best Middle Eastern & North African Cookbooks
136 books — 17 voters

Where Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsLong Walk Home by DiAnn MillsHeart of Africa by Loren LocknerDeadly Safari by Lisa HarrisPromises in the Dark by Stephanie Tyler
Contemporary Romance Novels set on the African Continent
62 books — 16 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforEverfair by Nisi ShawlLagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 16 voters

Sketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersThe Tenth Gift by Jane JohnsonThe Salt Road by Jane JohnsonThe Sultan's Wife by Jane JohnsonThe Black Crescent by Jane Johnson
Historical Fiction - North Africa
28 books — 12 voters
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

The Last Twilight by Marjorie M. LiuWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerTimeless by Gail CarrigerSerpent's Kiss by Thea HarrisonEternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
Paranormal Romance Set in Africa
22 books — 11 voters
The Woman from Tantoura by Radwa AshourFriendly Fire by Alaa Al AswanyChicago by Alaa Al AswanyI Saw Ramallah by Mourid BarghoutiNo One Sleeps in Alexandria by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
The American University in Cairo Press - Fiction in Translation
134 books — 11 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
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia SamatarThe Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose UtomiSon of the Storm by Suyi Davies OkungbowaEverfair by Nisi ShawlBlood Scion by Deborah Falaye
Africa-Influenced Epic Fantasy
21 books — 8 voters

Not Just Yet. Egypt 2011 by Mohamed Abdel-MaksoudLife and Death in Nyamata by Omar NdizeyeMinna, Saturday by Chizzy Ndukwe N.Hitting Budapest by NoViolet BulawayoA Boy Called Hyppo by Hyppolite Ntigurirwa
Best Debut Short Stories From Africa!
8 books — 6 voters
King of the Wind by Marguerite HenryThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Snake Catcher's Daughter by Michael PearceMurder in the Place of Anubis by Lynda S. RobinsonThe Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
Around the World: Northern Africa
20 books — 4 voters

A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkNory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly GiffThe Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRed Sails to Capri by Ann WeilMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Read Around the World FOR KIDS (No picture books)
167 books — 4 voters

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