The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Senegal

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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
771 God's Bits of Wood Ousmane Sembène 1960 Senegalese French
1025 Ambiguous Adventure Cheikh Hamidou Kane 1961 Senegalese French
1278 So Long a Letter Mariama Bâ 1980 Senegalese French
3286 Three Strong Women Marie NDiaye 2009 French French
3507 The Most Secret Memory Of Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2021 Senegalese French
3564 The Beggars' Strike Aminata Sow Fall 1979 Senegalese French
3860 Tales of Amadou Koumba Birago Diop 1947 Togolese French
3948 Antériorité Des Civilisations Nègres Cheikh Anta Diop 1954 Senegalese French
4746 Oeuvre Poétique Léopold Sédar Senghor 1964 Senegalese French
4879 Massâlik Al Jinân Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba 1895 Senegalese Arabic
4879 The Wound Malick Fall 1967 Senegalese French
5427 At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop 2018 French French
5531 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
7612 Poems Of Léopold S. Senghor Léopold S. Senghor 1945 Senegalese French
8979 Riwan, Ou Le Chemin De Sable Ken Bugul 1999 French French
11181 The Abandoned Baobab Ken Bugul 1982 Senegalese French
11181 Juletane Myriam Warner-Vieyra 1982 Senegalese French
11255 Éthiopiques Léopold Sédar Senghor 1956 Senegalese French
11533 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa Mungo Park 1799 British English
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
13258 You Shall Know Our Velocity Dave Eggers 2002 American English
14698 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14731 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
14985 Redemption in Indigo Karen Lord 2010 Barbadian English
14985 The Most Secret Memory Of Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2023 Senegalese French
15667 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15780 Xala Ousmane Sembène 1973 Senegalese French
15916 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17163 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17163 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17163 The Silence Of The Choir Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 2024 Senegalese English
17163 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17163 The Soccer War Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
17163 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17163 The Odyssey Of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher 2023 Unknown English
17163 Women's Liberation And The African Freedom Struggle Thomas Sankara 1990 Burkinabé French
17163 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17163 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2023 French French
17163 Daughter In Exile Bisi Adjapon 2023 Unknown English
17163 Beyond The Door Of No Return David Diop 2021 French French
17163 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian