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Mukiwa by Peter GodwinWhen a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter GodwinThe Fear by Peter GodwinDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxThe Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
Books Set in Zimbabwe
130 books — 100 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe Grass Is Singing by Doris LessingA Dry White Season by André BrinkJuly's People by Nadine Gordimer
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,754 books — 1,630 voters

Venture to the Interior by Laurens van der PostDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxThe Lower River by Paul TherouxJungle Lovers by Paul Theroux
Books Set in Malawi
37 books — 14 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Espionage
983 books — 1,017 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselSophie’s Choice by William StyronMila 18 by Leon Uris
Well-Written Holocaust Books
890 books — 2,881 voters
Under the Volcano by Malcolm LowryGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Greatest Last Lines
113 books — 22 voters

Birdsong by Sebastian FaulksSurvival in Auschwitz by Primo LeviThe Open Society and Its Enemies - Volume One by Karl Popper
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,814 books — 49,785 voters
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters

The Histories by Herodotus
Best Books About Egypt
491 books — 574 voters
The Safari Companion by Richard D. EstesThe Scramble for Africa by Thomas PakenhamCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Best books for an African Safari
475 books — 525 voters

Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Henry's Six Wives
161 books — 114 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanDevil's Brood by Sharon Kay PenmanLionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
British History from 1066
517 books — 130 voters

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayDeath in the Afternoon by Ernest HemingwayThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Spain
513 books — 244 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
465 books — 855 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
764 books — 1,134 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyArthur & George by Julian BarnesThe Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieIran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2006 (fiction and nonfiction)
64 books — 52 voters