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“Is this not a fun read?…Just the ambition of it, and the sweep of it, and the depiction of these ancient African kingdoms that you don’t really get anywhere else in popular culture.” Read more...

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Kintu

by Jennifer Makumbi

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

Green Darkness by Anya Seton

The Western Wind: A Novel by Samantha Harvey

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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Green Darkness
by Anya Seton

The Western Wind: A Novel
by Samantha Harvey

The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault

The Sun Walks Down
by Fiona McFarlane

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco