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24 alternatives to Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo's story, a “strong man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Things Fall Apart launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Things Fall Apart▲67

   Chinua Achebe's classic story of the clashing of cultures

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Under the Udala Trees▲66

   Love, faith, and turmoil in post-civil-war Nigeria

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bending Adversity▲69

   A look at Japan's recent developments in Asia and the World

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Gutshot: Stories▲128

   Isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark edges

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Vagabond▲65

   The story of Musashi Miyamoto, Japan's greatest samurai.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Hard Thing About Hard Things▲258

   Essential advice on building and running a startup

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Book of Aron: A Novel▲55

   Story of life in a Warsaw ghetto in the eyes of a child

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Wedding & Disaster of Felona Mabel▲60

   A novel exploring means, matrimony and thoughts of matricide

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Half of a Yellow Sun▲67

   Epic novel set during the Nigerian Civil War.

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Why Nations Fail▲75

    The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Japanese Lover▲66

    Two survivors of separation and loss

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Youngblood▲71

    The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Boo Hoo▲78

    A dot.com story from concept to catastrophe

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Startup Rising▲60

    Inspiring stories from unlikely sources in the Arab world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Collapse▲68

    How societies choose to fail and succeed

    2015 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →

17. 17
    How Humans Learned to Cross the Ocean▲115

    A new story from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning▲56

    A new interpretation of Hitler's frightening worldview

    2015 · bookshop.org · its alternatives →

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    Mating▲62

    A utopian society in the Kalahari with only one man

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Power of Myth▲68

    The impact of the themes and symbols of ancient narratives

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A Geek in Japan▲87

    Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Shock Doctrine▲62

    The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Last Samurai▲56

    The story of a young genius and his unique education

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Playing The Enemy ▲60

    Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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