Africa

May 2, 2024
99 Books
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Position	Details	Rating
#2	Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide Peter Allison	4.4
#3	Silent Predator Tony Park	3
#4	The Delta Tony Park	3
#5	The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Alexander McCall Smith	4.33
#6	Wife of the Gods Kwei Quartey	4
#7	Death of the Mantis Death of the Mantis Michael Stanley	4
#8	Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller	4.5
#9	The Camel Bookmobile The Camel Bookmobile: A Novel Masha Hamilton	4
#10	A Carrion Death Michael Stanley	3
#11	The Double Comfort Safari Club Alexander McCall Smith	4
#13	Mediations of Violence in Africa Mediations of Violence in Africa: Fashioning New Futures from Contested Pasts	4
#14	The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper	4
#15	The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party Alexander McCall Smith	4.25
#16	Tea Time for the Traditionally Built Alexander McCall Smith	4
#17	Born in Africa Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life Martin Meredith	4
#18	Children of the Street Children of the Street: An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery Kwei Quartey	4
#19	The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon Alexander McCall Smith	3.71
#20	The Elephant Whisperer Lawrence Anthony Graham Spence	4.36
#21	The Last Rhinos The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures Lawrence Anthony Graham Spence	4
#22	A Death in the Family Michael Stanley	4
#23	Savage War of Peace Alistair Horne	4
#24	Blessed are the dead Malla Nunn	4
#25	Present darkness Malla Nunn	4
#26	A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1) Malla Nunn	3.67
#27	The Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s Tradition on the Holy Cross Getatchew Haile	4
#28	The House of Unexpected Sisters Alexander McCall Smith	3.67
#29	Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Helene Cooper	4
#30	Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II Meredith Hindley	0
#31	A Marriage of Inconvenience A Marriage of Inconvenience Michael Dutfield	0
#32	King Leopold's Ghost Adam Hochschild	4.46
#33	Kleurenblind Trevor Noah	4
#34	Deadly Harvest Michael Stanley	4
#35	Churchill's Confidant Churchill's Confidant: Jan Smuts, Enemy to Lifelong Friend Richard Steyn	5
#36	Two Thousand Years in Dendi, Northern Benin	4
#37	The Colours of All the Cattle Alexander McCall Smith	3.5
#38	Born Free Joy Adamson	4.5
#39	Torn Trousers Torn Trousers Andrew St. Pierre Gwynn White	0
#40	Explorers of the Nile Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure Tim Jeal	0
#41	Into Africa Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone Martin Dugard	5
#42	Violence and Gender in Africa's Iberian Colonies Andreas Stucki	4
#43	The origin of humankind Richard E. Leakey	4
#44	Child of Happy Valley Juanita Carberry Nicola Tyrer	4
#45	Entertaining Angels Entertaining Angels Marita van der Vyver	4
#46	Tears of the Giraffe Alexander McCall Smith	3.73
#47	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Alexandra Fuller	4.08
#48	African Alternatives African Alternatives	4
#49	Morality for Beautiful Girls Alexander McCall Smith	3.58
#50	Stikvallei Frank Westerman	0
#51	Safari Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure Bartle Bull	4
#52	Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt Katherine Frank	4
#53	Oleander, Jacaranda Penelope Lively	4
#54	Hearts of Darkness Hearts of Darkness: European Exploration of Africa Frank McLynn	4
#55	The Pathfinders The Pathfinders: The Saga of Exploration in Southern Africa Peter Becker	4
#56	The mighty Nimrod: A life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917 Stephen Taylor	5
#57	Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley John Bierman	4
#58	Jock of the Bushveld Jock of the Bushveld J. Percy FitzPatrick	3.5
#59	The Mottled Lizard Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley	4
#60	The Flame Trees of Thika The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood Elspeth Huxley	4
#61	The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton Fawn M. Brodie	4
#62	Lifting the Veil: Two Centuries of Travelers, Traders and Tourists in Egypt Anthony Sattin	4
#63	A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley Katherine Frank	4
#64	Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad	3.22
#65	The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials Lubica Hudakova	4
#66	An Elephant in My Kitchen An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me about Love, Courage and Survival Françoise Malby-Anthony Katja Willemsen	4
#67	To the Land of Long Lost Friends Alexander McCall Smith	3.5
#68	The Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor Martin Meredith	0
#69	Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa Peter Godwin	3.67
#70	Sahara Michael Palin	3.33
#71	Land of a thousand hills Rosamond Halsey Carr	0
#72	The Great Sea David Abulafia	3
#73	Histories of Independence in Côte d'Ivoire Konstanze N'Guessan	4
#74	Louis Botha Louis Botha: A Man Apart Richard Steyn	0
#75	Jan Smuts Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness Richard Steyn	0
#76	The Rhodora Letters The Rhodora Letters Rosemary Seys	0
#77	Trackers Deon Meyer	2.5
#78	Prester John John Buchan	3
#79	A Good Man in Africa A Good Man in Africa William Boyd	3.5
#80	How to Raise an Elephant How to Raise an Elephant: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith	4
#81	The Nile Toby Wilkinson	4
#82	A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology Toby Wilkinson	4.5
#83	The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story John Gimlette	0
#84	When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa Peter Godwin	4
#85	No Ordinary Killing Jeff Dawson	4
#86	Unfair Game: An investigation into South Africa's captive-bred lion industry Michael Ashcroft	0
#87	Congo Redmond O'Hanlon	4
#88	Loot Barnaby Phillips	0
#89	Foreign Native Foreign Native: An African Journey R.W. Johnson	0
#90	The Joy and Light Bus Company Alexander McCall Smith	4
#91	Congo. Een geschiedenis David Van Reybrouck	5
#92	Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth Wole Soyinka	0
#93	Tutankhamun's Trumpet Toby Wilkinson	5
#94	The Sloth Lemur's Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present Alison Richard	0
#95	The Rape of the Nile The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt Brian M. Fagan	0
#96	A Song of Comfortable Chairs Alexander McCall Smith	4
#97	River of the Gods Candice Millard	3.75
#98	The Elephants of Thula Thula The Elephants of Thula Thula Françoise Malby-Anthony	0
#99	Bwana, There's a Body in the Bath! Bwana, There's a Body in the Bath! Tony Park Peter Whitehead	3
#101	Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage Jonny Steinberg	0
#102	The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire David Veevers	0

Position	Details	Rating
#2	Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide Peter Allison	4.4
#3	Silent Predator Tony Park	3
#4	The Delta Tony Park	3
#5	The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Alexander McCall Smith	4.33
#6	Wife of the Gods Kwei Quartey	4
#7	Death of the Mantis Death of the Mantis Michael Stanley	4
#8	Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller	4.5
#9	The Camel Bookmobile The Camel Bookmobile: A Novel Masha Hamilton	4
#10	A Carrion Death Michael Stanley	3
#11	The Double Comfort Safari Club Alexander McCall Smith	4
#13	Mediations of Violence in Africa Mediations of Violence in Africa: Fashioning New Futures from Contested Pasts	4
#14	The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper	4
#15	The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party Alexander McCall Smith	4.25
#16	Tea Time for the Traditionally Built Alexander McCall Smith	4
#17	Born in Africa Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life Martin Meredith	4
#18	Children of the Street Children of the Street: An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery Kwei Quartey	4
#19	The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon Alexander McCall Smith	3.71
#20	The Elephant Whisperer Lawrence Anthony Graham Spence	4.36
#21	The Last Rhinos The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures Lawrence Anthony Graham Spence	4
#22	A Death in the Family Michael Stanley	4
#23	Savage War of Peace Alistair Horne	4
#24	Blessed are the dead Malla Nunn	4
#25	Present darkness Malla Nunn	4
#26	A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1) Malla Nunn	3.67
#27	The Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s Tradition on the Holy Cross Getatchew Haile	4
#28	The House of Unexpected Sisters Alexander McCall Smith	3.67
#29	Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Helene Cooper	4
#30	Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II Meredith Hindley	0
#31	A Marriage of Inconvenience A Marriage of Inconvenience Michael Dutfield	0
#32	King Leopold's Ghost Adam Hochschild	4.46
#33	Kleurenblind Trevor Noah	4
#34	Deadly Harvest Michael Stanley	4
#35	Churchill's Confidant Churchill's Confidant: Jan Smuts, Enemy to Lifelong Friend Richard Steyn	5
#36	Two Thousand Years in Dendi, Northern Benin	4
#37	The Colours of All the Cattle Alexander McCall Smith	3.5
#38	Born Free Joy Adamson	4.5
#39	Torn Trousers Torn Trousers Andrew St. Pierre Gwynn White	0
#40	Explorers of the Nile Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure Tim Jeal	0
#41	Into Africa Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone Martin Dugard	5
#42	Violence and Gender in Africa's Iberian Colonies Andreas Stucki	4
#43	The origin of humankind Richard E. Leakey	4
#44	Child of Happy Valley Juanita Carberry Nicola Tyrer	4
#45	Entertaining Angels Entertaining Angels Marita van der Vyver	4
#46	Tears of the Giraffe Alexander McCall Smith	3.73
#47	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Alexandra Fuller	4.08
#48	African Alternatives African Alternatives	4
#49	Morality for Beautiful Girls Alexander McCall Smith	3.58
#50	Stikvallei Frank Westerman	0
#51	Safari Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure Bartle Bull	4
#52	Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt Katherine Frank	4
#53	Oleander, Jacaranda Penelope Lively	4
#54	Hearts of Darkness Hearts of Darkness: European Exploration of Africa Frank McLynn	4
#55	The Pathfinders The Pathfinders: The Saga of Exploration in Southern Africa Peter Becker	4
#56	The mighty Nimrod: A life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917 Stephen Taylor	5
#57	Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley John Bierman	4
#58	Jock of the Bushveld Jock of the Bushveld J. Percy FitzPatrick	3.5
#59	The Mottled Lizard Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley	4
#60	The Flame Trees of Thika The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood Elspeth Huxley	4
#61	The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton Fawn M. Brodie	4
#62	Lifting the Veil: Two Centuries of Travelers, Traders and Tourists in Egypt Anthony Sattin	4
#63	A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley Katherine Frank	4
#64	Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad	3.22
#65	The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials Lubica Hudakova	4
#66	An Elephant in My Kitchen An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me about Love, Courage and Survival Françoise Malby-Anthony Katja Willemsen	4
#67	To the Land of Long Lost Friends Alexander McCall Smith	3.5
#68	The Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor Martin Meredith	0
#69	Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa Peter Godwin	3.67
#70	Sahara Michael Palin	3.33
#71	Land of a thousand hills Rosamond Halsey Carr	0
#72	The Great Sea David Abulafia	3
#73	Histories of Independence in Côte d'Ivoire Konstanze N'Guessan	4
#74	Louis Botha Louis Botha: A Man Apart Richard Steyn	0
#75	Jan Smuts Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness Richard Steyn	0
#76	The Rhodora Letters The Rhodora Letters Rosemary Seys	0
#77	Trackers Deon Meyer	2.5
#78	Prester John John Buchan	3
#79	A Good Man in Africa A Good Man in Africa William Boyd	3.5
#80	How to Raise an Elephant How to Raise an Elephant: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith	4
#81	The Nile Toby Wilkinson	4
#82	A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology Toby Wilkinson	4.5
#83	The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story John Gimlette	0
#84	When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa Peter Godwin	4
#85	No Ordinary Killing Jeff Dawson	4
#86	Unfair Game: An investigation into South Africa's captive-bred lion industry Michael Ashcroft	0
#87	Congo Redmond O'Hanlon	4
#88	Loot Barnaby Phillips	0
#89	Foreign Native Foreign Native: An African Journey R.W. Johnson	0
#90	The Joy and Light Bus Company Alexander McCall Smith	4
#91	Congo. Een geschiedenis David Van Reybrouck	5
#92	Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth Wole Soyinka	0
#93	Tutankhamun's Trumpet Toby Wilkinson	5
#94	The Sloth Lemur's Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present Alison Richard	0
#95	The Rape of the Nile The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt Brian M. Fagan	0
#96	A Song of Comfortable Chairs Alexander McCall Smith	4
#97	River of the Gods Candice Millard	3.75
#98	The Elephants of Thula Thula The Elephants of Thula Thula Françoise Malby-Anthony	0
#99	Bwana, There's a Body in the Bath! Bwana, There's a Body in the Bath! Tony Park Peter Whitehead	3
#101	Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage Jonny Steinberg	0
#102	The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire David Veevers	0

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