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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 295 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.43 — 569,218 ratings — published 1899
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 267 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.75 — 421,313 ratings — published 1958
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 258 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.35 — 34,048 ratings — published 1961
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (ebook)
by (shelved 202 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 71,660 ratings — published 1998
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Discourse on Colonialism Discourse on Colonialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.44 — 8,474 ratings — published 1950
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 168 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.13 — 517,689 ratings — published 2022
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.14 — 30,801 ratings — published 1978
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,939 ratings — published 1971
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A Passage to India A Passage to India (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.68 — 87,076 ratings — published 1924
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 20,116 ratings — published 1952
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.11 — 804,835 ratings — published 1998
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.49 — 37,998 ratings — published 2020
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.31 — 29,052 ratings — published 1971
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.47 — 418,953 ratings — published 2016
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The Colonizer and the Colonized The Colonizer and the Colonized (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,053 ratings — published 1957
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Culture and Imperialism Culture and Imperialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,912 ratings — published 1993
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An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,928 ratings — published 2016
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A Dying Colonialism A Dying Colonialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,687 ratings — published 1959
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.59 — 110,310 ratings — published 1966
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Burmese Days Burmese Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.87 — 33,397 ratings — published 1934
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
by (shelved 58 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.37 — 21,326 ratings — published 2014
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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.20 — 19,464 ratings — published 2019
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.46 — 24,170 ratings — published 2019
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Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.36 — 688 ratings — published 1965
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 104,784 ratings — published 1970
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Kim Kim (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.70 — 40,536 ratings — published 1901
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.55 — 10,889 ratings — published 2006
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.61 — 19,422 ratings — published 2020
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Nervous Conditions Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.04 — 23,858 ratings — published 1988
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,052 ratings — published 1981
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Half of a Yellow Sun Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.34 — 189,026 ratings — published 2006
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.39 — 7,802 ratings — published 1938
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Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,191 ratings — published 2000
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Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.98 — 30,550 ratings — published 2008
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Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,321 ratings — published 2021
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"Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide "Exterminate All the Brutes": One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,823 ratings — published 1992
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Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.93 — 36,645 ratings — published 1980
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A Small Place A Small Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.07 — 19,510 ratings — published 1988
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The Quiet American The Quiet American (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.98 — 73,967 ratings — published 1955
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,227 ratings — published 2023
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Out of Africa Out of Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.91 — 49,028 ratings — published 1937
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The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,546 ratings — published 2007
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.34 — 664,970 ratings — published 2017
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The Message The Message (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.49 — 44,726 ratings — published 2024
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Season of Migration to the North Season of Migration to the North (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as colonialism)
avg rating 3.72 — 34,658 ratings — published 1966
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,476,059 ratings — published 1942
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.57 — 66,653 ratings — published 2025
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The Word for World Is Forest The Word for World Is Forest (ebook)
by (shelved 32 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.07 — 47,213 ratings — published 1972
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.05 — 97,152 ratings — published 2005
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Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as colonialism)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,133 ratings — published 1983
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Alain Badiou
“The oppressed peoples of the earth are not objects for the exquisite turmoil of European consciences. They are subjects from which to learn how to exercise political intelligence and action. Obviously, colonial arrogance is a long time dying.”
Alain Badiou, Cinema

Thomas Pynchon
“Colonies are the outhouses of the European soul, where a fellow can let his pants down and relax, enjoy the smell of his own shit.”
Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

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