The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Ethiopia

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
816 The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia Samuel Johnson, Abraham Raimbach, Robert Smirke 1759 British English
3860 Ethiopia Unbound J. E. Casely Hayford 1911 Ghanaian English
5099 Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese 2009 American English
5114 Le Lion Joseph Kessel 1958 French French
5447 Imperium Ryszard Kapuscinski 1993 Polish Polish
5530 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
6446 The Emperor Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
6974 Origins Reconsidered Roger Lewin, Richard Leakey 1992 Multiple English
8714 Dark Star Safari Paul Theroux 2002 American English
9176 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
10605 Someone Like Us Dinaw Mengestu 2024 American English
11042 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste 2019 American English
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11661 The Parking Lot Attendant Nafkote Tamirat 2018 American English
12586 The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Dinaw Mengestu 2007 American English
13347 The Shadow Of The Sun Ryszard Kapuscinski 1998 Polish Polish
13359 A Grave For A Dolphin Alberto Denti di Pirajno 1956 Italian Italian
14025 The Wife's Tale Aida Edemariam 2018 Canadian English
14457 The White Man’s Burden William Russell Easterly 2006 Unknown English
14697 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14730 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
14984 Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan 2008 Nigerian English
15833 First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Burton 1856 British English
15901 Treatise Of Zera Yacob Zera Yacob 1667 Ethiopian Ge'ez
15901 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17122 My Soul To Keep Tananarive Due 1997 American English
17122 Mandela Anthony Sampson 1999 British English
17122 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17122 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17122 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17122 My Fourth Time, We Drowned Sally Hayden 2022 Irish English
17122 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17122 Poverty And Famines Amartya Sen 1981 Indian English
17122 Sweetness In The Belly Camilla Gibb 2005 Canadian English
17122 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17122 The Soccer War Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
17122 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17122 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17122 Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire Drusilla Dunjee Houston 1985 American English