Don’t Run, Whatever You Do – Peter Allison (Botswana)
Out of Africa – Isak Dinesen (Kenya)
West with the Night – Beryl Markham (East Africa)
Born Free – Joy Adamson (Kenya)
The Elephant Whisperer – Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence (South Africa)
Cry of the Kalahari – Mark and Delia Owens (Botswana)
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)
The Sheltering Desert – Henno Martin (Namibia)
The Caliph’s House – Tahir Shah (Morocco)
Dark Star Safari – Paul Theroux (Cairo to Cape Town)
Walking the Nile – Levison Wood (the length of the Nile)
The Shadow of the Sun – Ryszard Kapuściński (across Africa)