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24 alternatives to Half of a Yellow Sun
Epic novel set during the Nigerian Civil War.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Half of a Yellow Sun launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Love, faith, and turmoil in post-civil-war Nigeria
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An epic about love + friendship in the 21st century
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Chinua Achebe's classic story of the clashing of cultures
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Okonkwo's story, a “strong man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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WWII fiction from both French and German point of view
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Why good people are divided by politics and religion
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An epic of the violence and depravity of Manifest Destiny
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Youngblood▲71The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Living in a landscape shaped by love, loss and violence
2015 · goodreads.com · its alternatives →
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Berkeley students take on a Civil War re-enactment
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A delightful essay on the ethos of Japanese aesthetics
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The 50th Law▲73The stories and techniques behind 50 Cent's fearlessness.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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