Ethiopia

Books in this genre are set in or about Ethiopia.

Cutting for Stone
The Shadow King
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
Sweetness in the Belly
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
The Wife's Tale: A Personal History
A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
Yes, Chef
All Our Names
Say You're One of Them
Black Dove White Raven
How to Read the Air
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
23 books — 11 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersKintu by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
East Africa
253 books — 104 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
92 books — 63 voters
Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fictitious Africa
562 books — 316 voters

Lucky by Scott NelsonAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe African Queen by C.S. Forester
Where are you from?
341 books — 49 voters
Song of the Butterflies by Robert M. LeslieThe End of Terror by Bruce HowittNot Just Yet. Egypt 2011 by Mohamed Abdel-MaksoudLife and Death in Nyamata by Omar NdizeyeMinna, Saturday by Chizzy Ndukwe N.
Best Debut Short Stories From Africa!
13 books — 20 voters


Doris Lessing
“ Over the plains of Ethiopia the sun rose as I had not seen it in seven years. A big, cool, empty sky flushed a little above a rim of dark mountains. The landscape 20,000 feet below gathered itself from the dark and showed a pale gleam of grass, a sheen of water. The red deepened and pulsed, radiating streaks of fire. There hung the sun, like a luminous spider's egg, or a white pearl, just below the rim of the mountains. Suddenly it swelled, turned red, roared over the horizon and drove up the sk ...more ”
― Doris Lessing, Going Home

“ Today, as a result of the increased activity that European nations are putting into expanding their relations with the most remote peoples of the East, and as a result of the repercussions of England's latest relations with Theodore, I thought that my work would not be without utility. I have just resumed it, and I offer it with the confidence that comes from a task faithfully fulfilled, and with the reserve that befits one who, like myself, undertakes to produce a collection of facts and charac ...more ”
― Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Twelve Years in Upper Ethiopia (Translated): Twelve Years' Residence in Highland Ethiopia

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