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Explore 24 books like Links by Nuruddin Farah — a handpicked selection united by AFRICA_FICTION and FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL.

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Top related books to Links

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Links.

Heart of Darkness and Other Tales (The World’s Classics) — Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness and Other Tales (The World’s Classics)

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION • FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Half a Life — V.S. Naipaul

Half a Life — V.S. Naipaul

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION • FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Possessing the Secret of Joy: A Novel — Alice Walker

Possessing the Secret of Joy: A Novel

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION • FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Killing Time — Caleb Carr

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION • FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

The Philosopher Fish Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire — Richard Adams Carey

The Philosopher Fish Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire

Richard Adams Carey

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION • FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

The Strange Case of Dr. Simmons and Dr. Glas — Dannie Abse

The Strange Case of Dr. Simmons and Dr. Glas

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer My Life at Rose Red — Joyce Reardon

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer My Life at Rose Red

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Here I Stay — Barbara Michaels

Barbara Michaels

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Bound on Earth — Angela Hallstrom

Angela Hallstrom

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Reunion — Alan Lightman

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Selah’s Bed: A Novel — Jenoyne Adams

Selah’s Bed: A Novel

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Going to the Sun: A Novel — James McManus

Going to the Sun: A Novel

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Kill Your Friends: A Novel — John Niven

Kill Your Friends: A Novel

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Affliction — Russell Banks

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Say You’re One of Them (Oprah’s Book Club) — Uwem Akpan

Say You’re One of Them (Oprah’s Book Club)

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION

Six Feet of the Country — Nadine Gordimer

Six Feet of the Country

Nadine Gordimer

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION

Fiddler’s Dream — Gregory Spatz

Fiddler’s Dream

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

A Guest of Honour — Nadine Gordimer

A Guest of Honour

Nadine Gordimer

Themes: AFRICA_FICTION

Divisadero — Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Lynelle By the Sea — Laurie Albanese

Lynelle By the Sea

Laurie Albanese

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Lipstick Jungle — Candace Bushnell

Lipstick Jungle

Candace Bushnell

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel — Colum McCann

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Friday Nights at Honeybee’s — Andrea Smith

Friday Nights at Honeybee’s

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

Babbitt (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) — Sinclair Lewis

Babbitt (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Themes: FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of AFRICA_FICTION, FICTION_PSYCHOLOGICAL — the same threads that run through Links by Nuruddin Farah. Among the authors featured: Joseph Conrad, V. S. Naipaul, Alice Walker, Caleb Carr, and others.

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