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Books Set in Zimbabwe:


Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
Butterfly Burning by Yvonne Vera
The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire
Bones by Chenjerai Hove
An Elegy for Easterly: Stories by Petina Gappah
The Boy Next Door: A Novel by Irene Sabatini
The Stone Virgins: A Novel by Yvonne Vera
Black Sunlight by Dambudzo Marechera
Harare North by Brian Chikwava
The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera
Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir by Neely Tucker
Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa by Wendy Kann
Without a Name and Under the Tongue by Yvonne Vera
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin
Of Spirits and Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa by Paul R. Linde
Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm by Lauren St. John
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
The Book of Not: Stopping the Time by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Rooms in the House of Stone by Michael Dorris
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe by Peter Godwin
The Last Resort by Douglas Rogers
The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg
Men of Men by Wilbur Smith
Walking Still by Charles Mungoshi
Nehanda by Yvonne Vera
The Setting Sun and the Rolling World by Charles Mungoshi
Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya

Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace

I have edited and added to a Listopia list of books set in Zimbabwe here: Books Set in Zimbabwe. I compiled the list from this thread plus other suggestions and recommendations found elsewhere on Good Reads and the Internet. Feel free to vote for your favorites and/or add books that I missed!

More books from Zimbabwe:


Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 by Doris Lessing
African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe by Doris Lessing
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Andrew Meldrum
Journey To The Vanished City by Tudor Parfitt
A Falcon Flies by Wilbur A. Smith (1st book of series)

Scribbling The Cat by Alexandra Fuller

We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo

Our Votes, Our Guns: Robert Mugabe and the Tragedy of Zimbabwe by Martin Meredith

One Hundred and Four Horses: A Memoir of Farm and Family, Africa and Exile by Amanda Retzlaff

Textures by John Eppel and Togara Muzanenhamo

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives - half zimbabwe, half US

My Brother-But-One by T.M. Clark

This September Sun by Bryony Rheam.

The Maestro, the Magistrate and the Mathematician by Tendai Huchu.

The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah.

More books set in Zimbabwe:


Absent. the English Teacher by John Eppel
Across the Wide Zambezi: A Doctor's Life in Africa by Warren Durrant
African Oral Story-Telling Tradition and the Zimbabwean Novel
African Sky by Tony Park (1st book in African Sky series)
African Stories by Doris Lessing
Afrikan Lullaby: Folk Tales from Zimbabwe by Chisiya
Alfred & Emily by Doris Lessing
All the Way Home: Stories from an African Wildlife Sanctuary by Bookey Peek
Ancestors by Chenjerai Hove
Ancestral Truths by Sara Maitland
Angels In Hell by P. Zoro (3rd book in Darkness and Light series)
Architects Of Poverty by Moeletsi Mbeki
The Avoidable Orphan by T.M. Clark
The Baboons Who Went This Way and That by Alexander McCall Smith
Battle for the President's Elephants: Life, Lunacy Elation in the African Bush
Beyond the Wild Wood: Further Stories from an African Wildlife Sanctuary
The Black Insider by Dambudzo Marechera
Black Mamba White Settler by Ken Tilbury
Blind Moon by Chenjerai Hove
Born on the Continent - Ubuntu by Getrude Matshe
Branching Streams Flow in the Dark by Charles Mungoshi
Breakfast with Mugabe by Fraser Grace
Buck: A Memoir by M.K. Asante
Bulawayo: historic battleground of Rhodesia by Oliver Ransford

Sibanda by Tim Farren

More books set in Zimbabwe:


Can We Talk And Other Stories by Shimmer Chinodya
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
The Caruso of Colleen Bawn and Other Short Writings by John Eppel
Cemetery of Mind by Dambudzo Marechera
Chairman of Fools by Shimmer Chinodya
The Chartfield School Mystery by Monica Marsden
Chasing The Leopard Finding the Lion by Julie Wakeman-Linn
Child Of Africa by T.M. Clark
Child of Zimbabwe by Debra Chidakwa
Children's Folk Tales from Zimbabwe by Thelma Grace Sithole
Chioniso and Other Stories by Shimmer Chinodya
Close to the Sources: Essays on Contemporary African Culture by Abebe Zegeye
Coming of the Dry Season by Charles Mungoshi
Companion of Life: Poems from Zimbabwe by Munyaradzi Mawere
The Contract by Dwight Kopp (1st book of The Zambezi Chronicles)
The Convert by Danai Gurira
Cry My Beloved Zimbabwe by K. Nyamayaro Mufuka
Cry Zimbabwe: Independence - Twenty Years on by Peter Stiff
The Cry of the Go-Away Bird by Andrea Eames
Culture and Customs of Zimbabwe by Oyekan Owomoyela
The Curse of the Ripe Tomato by John Eppel
D.G.G. Berry's The Great North Road by John Eppel
Dancing with Life. Tales from the Township by Christopher Mlalazi
The Death of Rex Nhongo by C.B. George
Dew in the Morning by Shimmer Chinodya
Diamond Boy by Michael Williams
Dinner With Mugabe by Heidi Holland
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
East of the Sun by Barbara Bickmore
Echoes from the Past by Peter Rimmer (1st book in the Brigandshaw Chronicles)
Echoing Silences by Alexander Kanengoni
Effortless Tears by Alexander Kanengoni
Elephant Dawn by Sharon Pincott
Elephant Song by Wilbur Smith
The Elephants and I: Pursuing a Dream In Troubled Zimbabwe by Sharon Pincott

Sibanda is my first novel and is set in Zimbabwe, Africa.
I look forward to any feedback or comments as I am finishing my second fictional novel which takes place on the coast of Maine.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/dash...

More books set in Zimbabwe


Clouds Like Black Dogs by Graham Lang
The Crocodile Hunter's Widow by Peter Dearlove
Encounters by Jason Wallace
Familiar by Danai Gurira
Far From Home by Na'ima B. Robert
Farai's Girls by Shimmer Chinodya
Folk Tales from Zimbabwe by V.T. Kandimba
Forever Let Me Go by Emmanuel Sigauke
Fortunate by Andrew J.H. Sharp
Freedom fighter by Stephen Lungu
Gemmology by John Sweeney
The Giraffe Man by John Eppel
The Girl Savage by Katherine Rundell
Goatsmell by Nevanji Madanhire
Going Home by Doris Lessing
Going to Heaven by Wilson Katiyo
Gumiguru by Togara Muzanenhamo
Guns and Rain: Guerillas and Spirit Mediums in Zimbabwe by David Lan
The Hangman's Replacement: Sprout of Disruption by Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
Hatchings by John Eppel
Her Name Was Zimbabwe by Kwapi Vengesayi
The Hidden Dimensions of Operation Murambatsvina by Maurice Vambe
A Hippo Love Story by Karen Paolillo
The Holy Innocents by John Eppel
Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives by Peter Orner
HostBods by Tendai Huchu
House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka
If God Was A Woman: A Collection Of Short Stories by Stanley Nyamfukudza
In the Shadow of the Tokolosh by Conrad K.
An Inconvenient Elephant by Judy Reene Singer
The Jazz Goblin by Brian Chikwava
Landlocked by Doris Lessing
The Last Leopard by Lauren St. John
The Last Safari:A Season of Discovery in Zimbabwe by Bruce Vanbuskirk
Laughing Now. New Stories from Zimbabwe by Irene Staunton
The Leopard Hunts in Darkness by Wilbur Smith
The Leper Compound by Paula Nangle
Lettah's Gift by Graham Lang
Libertalia: Lost Fortunes by Melina Lewis
A Lifetime Of Struggle by Edgar Zivanai Tekere
Long Time Coming: Short Writings from Zimbabwe by Jane Morris
Lyrics of Reason and Experience by Munyaradzi Mawere
Many Rivers by Christopher Mlalazi
A Matter of Clues by Monica Marsden
Matters of Dignity by K. Nyamavaro Mufuka
Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale by Gail Nyoka
The Milkman Doesn't Only Deliver Milk by Charles Mungoshi
Mindblast, Or, The Definitive Buddy by Dambudzo Marechera
Morgan Tsvangirai: At the Deep End by Morgan Tsvangirai
The Mourned One by Stanlake Samkange
Mugabe and the White African by Ben Freeth
Mugabe: Power, Plunder, and the Struggle for Zimbabwe's Future by Martin Meredith
Mukoma's Marriage and Other Stories by Emmanuel Sigauke
My Extraordinary Journey: Sharing Power with Mugabe by Morgan Tsvangirai
The Non-Believer's Journey by Stanley Nyamfukudza
Not Another Day by Julius Chingono
Now Is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
Of Beasts and Beings by Ian Holding
On Trial for My Country by Stanlake Samkange
One Day, Long Ago: More Stories from a Shona Childhood by Charles Mungoshi
Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah
Out of the Black Shadows: The Amazing Transformation of Stephen Lungu
Palaver Finish by Chenjerai Hove
Peace and Conflict by Irene Sabatini
Place of Birth by Graham Lang
Red Hills Of Home by Chenjerai Hove
Revelations: Africa in Poetry by Munyaradzi Mawere
Rhodesians Never Die by Peter Godwin
A Ripple from the Storm by Doris Lessing
Roses Under the Miombo Trees: An English Girl in Rhodesia by Amanda Parkyn
Rotten Row by Petina Gappah
Running with Mother by Christopher Mlalazi
Safari by Tony Park
Scrapiron Blues by Dambudzo Marechera
The Sculptors of Mapungubwe by Zakes Mda
Shadows by Chenjerai Hove
She No Longer Weeps by Tsitsi Dangarembga
She by H. Rider Haggard
Shebeen Tales: Messages from Harare by Chenjerai Hove
Shona Proverbs: Palm Oil with Which African Words Are Eaten by Ngwabi Bhebe
Shona Proverbs and Parables by Jacob W. Chikuhwa
Shooting Butterflies by T.M. Clark
Sibanda and the Black Sparrowhawk by C.M. Elliott
Sibanda and the Death's Head Moth by C.M. Elliott
Sibanda and the Rainbird by C.M. Elliott
Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants by Katy Payne
The Sleeping Pool by P. Zoro
Some Kinds of Wounds and Other Stories by Charles Mungoshi
A Son Of The Soil by Wilson Katiyo
Sonata for Matabeleland by John Eppel
Songs My Country Taught Me: Collected Poems 1965-2005 by John Eppel
Songs to an African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story by Sekai Nzenza-Shand
Sons of Africa by Jeffrey Whittam

More books set in Zimbabwe:


104 Horses: A Memoir of Farm and Family, Africa and Exile by Mandy Retzlaff
An Act of Defiance by Irene Sabatini
African Fables: Tales from Rhodesia by Winifred Pearce
Angel in a Thorn Bush by Rob Fynn
The Axe and the Tree: How Bloody Persecution Sowed the Seeds of New Life in Zimbabwe
Blood Lily by Mason Cranswick
Blood Sweat And Treason: My Story by Henry Olonga
Call of the Litany Bird by Susan Gibbs
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
The Colours That Blind by Rutendo Tavengerwei
Cry of the Fish Eagle by Peter Rimmer
The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger
The Dust Diaries by Owen Sheers
Eriza: A Woman's Journey, a Country's Hope, a Family's Freedom by Peter Molife
A Family Affair: A Novel by Sue Nyathi
The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can by Tererai Trent
The Gold Diggers by Sue Nyathi
The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Africa's Most Controversial Leader
Hope Is Our Only Wing by Rutendo Tavengerwei
Hotel Girls by Nicole O'Connor
I Came as a Child: Zimbabwe 1992-1996 by Natalie Kreutzer
Keeper of Faith: Cricket, Conflict and God in Zimbabwe's Age of Extremes by Tatenda Taibu
Like Sodium in Water: A memoir of home and heartache by Hayden Eastwood
The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech
Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
Monkey's Wedding by Rossandra White
Mud Between Your Toes: A Rhodesian Farm by Peter Wood
The Music Box by Bekezela Broscius
No Momentum by Juliette de Casabianca
Pashena: The Dirt Field by Shingi Mavima
The Polygamist by Sue Nyathi
The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe
The Spirit Brides by Togara Muzanenhamo
Spoils of War by John Eppel
State of the Nation: Contemporary Zimbabwean Poetry by John Eppel
Still Life With Elephant by Judy Reene Singer
Stories from a Shona Childhood by Charles Mungoshi
Stories Gogo Told Me by Lisa Grainger
Stories of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe by Peter Dearlove
Storms Over Africa by Beverley Harper
Strife by Shimmer Chinodya
The Summoner by Layton Green (1st book in Dominic Grey series)
Sweet Medicine by Panashe Chigumadzi
The Sweetest Dream by Doris Lessing
Switch! The Lost Kingdoms of Karibu by Karen Prince
Tale of Tamari by Shimmer Chinodya
These Bones Will Rise Again by Panashe Chigumadzi
They Are Coming by Christopher Mlalazi
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
This Was the Old Chief's Country by Doris Lessing
Through The Darkness: A Life In Zimbabwe by Judith Garfield Todd
Tindo's Quest by Shimmer Chinodya
To Love a Man by Karen Robards
Together: Stories and Poems by Julius Chingono and John Eppel
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being. Farmers' Voices from Zimbabwe
Under The Tongue by Yvonne Vera
Unfeeling by Ian Holding
Up In Arms by Chenjerai Hove
A Vet's Ventures in the Interior by Ian McLauchlan
Vicious Circle by Alexander Kanengoni
Waiting for the Rain by Charles Mungoshi
We Are All Zimbabweans Now by James Kilgore
Weeds Don't Perish: Memoirs of a Defiant Old Woman by Hanna Braun
West of the moon by Barbara Bickmore
When The Rainbird Cries by Alexander Kanengoni
Where Are You Going, Manyoni? by Catherine Stock
Where to Now? Short Stories from Zimbabwe by Jane Morris
Whispering Death by Daniel Carney
White Man Crawling by John Eppel
The White Shadow by Andrea Eames
Why Don't You Carve Other Animals by Yvonne Vera
Wild Encounter by Nikki Logan
The Wild Geese by Daniel Carney
Wild Honey: More Stories from an African Wildlife Sanctuary by Bookey Peek
Wild Life: Adventures of an Accidental Conservationist in Africa
Women Writing Zimbabwe by Irene Staunton
Year of the Uprising by Stanlake Samkange
Yesterday is a Lost Country by Malene Breytenbach
Zambezi by Tony Park
Zebra Crossing by Meg Vandermerwe
Zimbabwe by Tapiwa Mugabe
Zimbabwe: Years Of Hope And Despair by Philip Barclay
Zimbabwe Bound: A Woman's Journey Through Africa by Larita Killian
Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story by Sekai Nzenza-Shand
Zvakwana by Sarah Ladipo Manyika

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