What to Read After Congo
Readers who loved Congo by David van Reybrouck keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Congo is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Congo
Diamonds, Gold, and War
We Are Our Brains
The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (America in the World)
Africa
Tirza
The Dinner
People Like Us
The Letter for the King
Butcher's Crossing
The Discovery of Heaven
The Assault
Augustus
The Fate of Africa
Dead aid
Villa Des Roses
Siegfried
The Shackled Continent
Stranger Than We Can Imagine
Day of Empire
Quincunx
From the Mouth of the Whale
The state of Africa
Empire of Cotton
Monsoon