Most Popular Books Tagged Africa

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Based on the tag "Africa"
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africa, Africa
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
10,582 members
194 reviews
4
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,292 members
459 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,868 members
316 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
by Alexander McCall Smith
3,802 members
78 reviews
3.9
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King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
6,219 members
141 reviews
½ 3.6
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
15,234 members
426 reviews
½ 3.7
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Disgrace
by J. M. Coetzee
11,807 members
297 reviews
3.9
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Explanations
ahef1963: Compelling, fascinating, tragic.
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Tears of the Giraffe
by Alexander McCall Smith
7,510 members
163 reviews
3.8
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
8,076 members
318 reviews
4
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ahef1963: The most devastating book I have ever read.
10
Morality for Beautiful Girls
by Alexander McCall Smith
6,556 members
111 reviews
3.9
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
by Alexander McCall Smith
6,053 members
106 reviews
3.9
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12
The Full Cupboard of Life
by Alexander McCall Smith
5,160 members
91 reviews
3.9
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The Constant Gardener
by John le Carré
5,677 members
95 reviews
½ 3.6
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
by Alexander McCall Smith
4,803 members
85 reviews
3.9
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15
Blue Shoes and Happiness
by Alexander McCall Smith
4,343 members
77 reviews
3.9
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
5,575 members
72 reviews
½ 4.3
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The Shadow of the Sun
by Ryszard Kapuściński
2,307 members
53 reviews
4.2
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18
The Other Hand
by Chris Cleave
9,161 members
548 reviews
½ 3.7
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Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
26,264 members
432 reviews
½ 3.6
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Explanations
aulsmith: Read as an adult and thought it was very good
ahef1963 : A book I was "forced" to read in high school; it is never one I have liked.
20
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
10,561 members
565 reviews
½ 4.3
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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
by Dave Eggers
7,232 members
172 reviews
4.1
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
by Verna Aardema
6,396 members
304 reviews
4.1
23
Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
5,793 members
111 reviews
3.9
24
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by Adam Hochschild
5,599 members
144 reviews
½ 4.3
25
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,306 members
191 reviews
4
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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
by Verna Aardema
4,207 members
58 reviews
4.1
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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
3,996 members
141 reviews
4.1
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by Alexandra Fuller
3,755 members
113 reviews
3.9
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A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
3,471 members
59 reviews
½ 3.7
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
by Paul Theroux
2,323 members
62 reviews
3.9
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The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
by Martin Meredith
1,596 members
25 reviews
4.2
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The Scramble for Africa: 1876–1912
by Thomas Pakenham
1,570 members
21 reviews
4.1
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The White Nile
by Alan Moorehead
1,373 members
17 reviews
4
35
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
28,600 members
539 reviews
4.2
Explanations
ahef1963 : I have tried to read this book several times, but it fails to catch my attention or interest.