The Poisonwood Bible (1998)

1. 223
   The Help de Kathryn Stockett (paulkid)

   paulkid: Race relations on different continents, told from multiple female perspectives.

2. 172
   The Red Tent de Anita Diamant (derelicious)
3. 130
   Tot se'n va en orris de Chinua Achebe (jlelliott)

   jlelliott: Each tells the story of Christian missionaries in Africa, one from the perspective of the missionaries, one from the perspective of the local people targeted for "salvation".

4. 142
   Estiu pròdig de Barbara Kingsolver (Booksloth)
5. 121
   Cutting for Stone de Abraham Verghese (momofthreewi)

   momofthreewi: Both are rich in character development and centered around unique families.

6. 122
   Arbres de mongetes de Barbara Kingsolver (kraaivrouw)
7. 90
   El cor de les tenebres de Joseph Conrad (WSB7)

   WSB7: Both about "colonialisms" abuses in the Congo, among other themes.

8. 80
   Plora, pàtria estimada de Alan Paton (allenmichie)
9. 92
   Out of Africa de Isak Dinesen (allenmichie)
10. 82
    The Lacuna de Barbara Kingsolver (GreenVelvet)
11. 60
    Viatge a l'Índia de E. M. Forster (lucyknows)

    lucyknows: You could use the theme of colonialism to pair The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver with Passage to India by E. M. Forster.

12. 71
    King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa de Adam Hochschild (baobab)
13. 83
    The Mosquito Coast de Paul Theroux (whirled)
14. 50
    The Book of Negroes de Lawrence Hill (Bcteagirl)

    Bcteagirl: The book has a similar familial tone and is also told from the point of view of young girls growing up in a difficult situation. I had been looking for a book with a similar writing style and was happy to find this one. If you liked The Book of Negroes I recommend The Poisonwood Bible and vice versa.… (més)

15. 83
    El déu de les coses petites de Arundhati Roy (kiwiflowa)
16. 40
    Jesus Land: A Memoir de Julia Scheeres (literarysarah)
17. 30
    Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart de Tim Butcher (CatherineRM)

    CatherineRM: I love both these books and they nicely juxtapose each other with their Congo total immersion albeit one fictional and one factual. Tim Butcher traces the Congo River from its source through the dense equatorial land that the protagonist of the Kingsolver book occupied with his suffering family. Both books made a lasting impression on me and I have great time for Africa as I lived in Tanzania - close to Congo geographically for most of the time - and it has a big place in my heart. Read both books and be enriched!… (més)

18. 20
    State of Wonder de Ann Patchett (sweetbug)

    sweetbug: Similar themes of conflict between two cultures, Westerners living and working in an exotic and dangerous land, and parents / surrogate parents protecting (or not) their children from harm.

19. 20
    The Plague of Doves de Louise Erdrich (charl08)
20. 20
    The Civilized World de Susi Wyss (ShortStoryLover)

    ShortStoryLover: Although it's much shorter than Poisonwood, The Civilized World also has multiple points of view from female perspectives and the chapters are almost all set in various parts of present-day Africa.

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