READING SAFARI

 

Fiction and Non-Fiction

set in Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnsburg Public Library

3000 N. Johnsburg Rd.   Johnsburg, IL  60050

815-344-0077   www.johnsburglibrary.org

 

The library owns all of these titles, but they might be checked out.  Check the computer catalog to see if they are available. 

 

FICTION SET IN AFRICA:

 

FIC ACHEBE                      

           Achebe, Chinua.  Anthills of the savannah.  [1st ed.].  Garden

                City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1987.

 

FIC BULL                     

           Bull, Bartle.  The devil's oasis.  1st Carroll & Graf ed.  New

                York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001.

 

 FIC CARR                    

           Carr, Caleb, 1955-.  Killing time : a novel of the future.  1st

                ed.  New York : Random House, c2000.

 

FIC COETZEE                  

           Coetzee, J. M., 1940-.  Disgrace.  1st American ed.  New York :

                Viking, c1999.

 

FIC CONRAD                   

           Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.  Heart of darkness : and, The secret

                sharer.  [New York] : New American Library, c1978.

 

FIC CRICHTON                 

           Crichton, Michael, 1942-.  Congo.  1st Ballantine Books ed.  New

                York : Ballantine Books, 2003, c1980.

 

FIC CUSSLER                      

           Cussler, Clive.  Sahara.  New York : Pocket Star Books, [1993],

                c1992.

 

FIC FODEN                    

           Foden, Giles, 1967-.  Ladysmith.  1st American ed.  New York :

                Knopf, 2000.

 

FIC GILMAN                   

           Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-.  Caravan.  1st ed.  New York : Doubleday,

                c1992.

 

FIC GILMAN                       

           Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-.  Mrs. Pollifax and the lion killer.  1st

                ed.  New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1996.  A novel featuring

                Emily Pollifax.

 

FIC GORDIMER                      

           Gordimer, Nadine.  None to accompany me.  1st ed.  New York :

                Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1994.

 

FIC HEMINGWAY                

           Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.  True at first light.  New York :

                Scribner, 1999.

 

FIC KINGSOLVER                       

           Kingsolver, Barbara.  The poisonwood Bible : a novel.  1st ed.

                New York : HarperFlamingo, c1998.

 

FIC MCCALLSMITH              

           Alexander McCall Smith has many titles in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective

 Agency series that take place in Botswana.  Check the online catalog for specific titles.

 

FIC MICHENER                      

           Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-.  The covenant.  New

                York : Random House, c1980.

 

FIC MURRAY                    

           Murray, Stuart, 1948-.  White fire.  1st ed.  Bennington, Vt.:

                Images From The Past, c2000.

 

FIC PATON                    

           Paton, Alan.  Cry, the beloved country.  New York : C. Scribner's

                Sons, c1948.

 

FIC PEARCE                   

           Pearce, Michael, 1933-.  The camel of destruction : a Mamur Zapt

                mystery.  1st. U. S. ed.  Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen, 2002.

 

FIC PETERS                     

Elizabeth Peters has many titles that take place in Africa.  Check the online catalog for specific titles.

 

FIC SMITH                      

Wilbur Smith has many titles that take place in Africa.  Check the online catalog for specific titles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NON-FICTION:

In addition to the titles listed below, books on African history and culture can be found in the 960’s, and books on travel to Africa can be found in the 916’s.  Other books related to Africa can be found by doing a keyword search for “Africa” in the library’s online catalog.

 

398.0899 MCC                 

           McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-.  The girl who married a lion and

                other tales from Africa.  New York : Pantheon Books, 2004.

 

599.74428 ADA                

           Adamson, Joy.  Living free : the story of Elsa and her cubs.

                [1st ed.].  New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, [1961].

 

599.74428 ADA                

           Adamson, Joy.  Forever free.  [1st American ed.].  New York :

                Harcourt, Brace & World, [1963].

 

599.884 DEL              

           De la Bédoyère, Camilla.  No one loved gorillas more : Dian

                Fossey, letters from the mist.  Washington, DC : National

                Geographic, c2005.

 

599.8844 LAW                  

           Goodall, Jane, 1934-.  My friends, the wild chimpanzees.

                Washington : National Geographic Society, [1967].

 

641.596 HAR                  

           Harris, Jessica B.  The Africa cookbook : taste of a continent.

                New York : Simon & Schuster, c1998.  Contains over two

                hundred traditional and contemporary recipes from African

                home kitchens, and includes anecdotes, menu and entertaining

                suggestions, a glossary of ingredients and utensils, and a

                listing of mail-order sources.

 

746.46 ENG                   

           England, Kaye.  Quilt inspirations from Africa : a caravan of

                ideas, patterns, motifs, and techniques.  Lincolnwood, Ill.

                : Quilt Digest Press, c2000.

 

967.0423 DUG                 

           Dugard, Martin.  Into Africa : the Epic Adventures of Stanley and

                Livingstone.  1st ed.  New York : Doubleday, 2003.