WORDS by CHRISTIE FYNN MORGAN
We recently asked our Instagram followers to recommend their favourite books about Africa or safari. We wanted to know which books made their hearts long for Africa and its wild places.
Instagram: @highteawithelephants
The list of books below are the must-read, most-loved books for an African safari as voted for by our Instagram followers. Thank you to everyone who participated, I think we’ve started a list that I hope continues to grow with wonderful recommendations.
If you’ve got a favourite book to add to this list, please add it as a comment to this post and we’ll add it to our compilation.
- @discoveringkenya – I Dreamed of Africa – Kuki Gallman
- @janehbroughton – Masai Dreaming by Justin Cartwright – to be read in east Africa
- @kenyanmzungu – Dangerous Beauty by Mark C. Ross
- @kat__webb – Wilbur Smith Courtney series… Actually Wilbur Smith’s everything! All hail Wilbur
- @jonny_morgs – Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens
- @jamessuter – Elephant Whisperer
- @dustyrhino – Favourite authors! Peter Godwin, Alexandra Fuller, Dinesen, Joy Adamson, Norman Carr, Beryl Markham, Kuki Gallman, Andre Brink, Nadine Gordimer, Rian Malan. Best African book I’ve read recently was “Skinner’s Drift” by Lisa Fugard.
- @emgatland – The Voluptuous Delights Of Peanut Butter and Jam. Author: Lauren Liebenberg
- @goodsafariguide – Ooh sounds fun must take a look at that 1 @emgatland! The Power Of One & Thandia by Bryce Courtney, I read in Madagascar as a young teenager longing for my beloved South Africa! Also agree with many of @dustyrhino‘s favourites, just love Alexandra Fuller
- @carolynroumeguere – My favorite is west with the night…
- @goodsafariguide – Oh & we mustn’t forget Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series set in #Botswana
- @penny.parker – Amazing suggestions. Will be making some purchases soon! I love so many… The Last Rhinos – Anthony Lawrence ; An African Love Story – Daphne Sheldrick; My Life with Leopards – Graham Cook and Fransje Van Riel ; Memories of a Game Ranger – Harry Wolhuter; Born Wild – Tony Fitzjohn. …. The list is endless – can’t wait to add more. Thanks for such a great post.
- @shelahouses – The Elephant Whisperer
- @ahimsavet – Thoroughly enjoyed Don’t Let’s Not Go To the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller and hope to read West With the Night by Beryl Markham
- @jax.stephenson – Ah must concur with the comments above – definitely anything by Kuki Gallmann, Alexandra Fuller and Peter Godwin.
- @christiefynn – Tony Park
1. Love, Life and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
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2. West with the Night by Beryl Markham
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3. Skinner’s Drift by Lisa Fugard
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4. Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens
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5. I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann
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6. The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
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7. The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
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8. The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg
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9. Born Wild by Tony Fitzjohn
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10. Don’t Let’s go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexander Fuller
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11. Masai Dreaming by Justin Cartwright
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12. Dangerous Beauty by Mark C. Ross
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13. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
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14. The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
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15. The Last Rhinos by Lawrence Anthony
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16. My Life with Leopards by Fransje van Riel
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17. Memories of a Game Ranger by Harry Wolhuter
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18. Mukiwa by Peter Godwin
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19. The Leopard Hunts in the Darkness by Wilbur Smith
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20. Silent Predator by Tony Park
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21. Cathedral of the Wild: An African journey home by Boyd Varty
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