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  1. Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

    1. Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

    Jason K. Stearns
    Strong fit for this central list in the central lane.
  2. King Leopold's Ghost

    2. King Leopold's Ghost

    Adam Hochschild
    Included for strong history alignment with this central list.
  3. Congo Stories

    3. Congo Stories

    John Prendergast, Fidel Bafilemba
    Included for strong civil alignment with this central list.
  4. In the Forest of No Joy

    4. In the Forest of No Joy

    J. P. Daughton
    Included for strong human alignment with this central list.
  5. Another Fine Mess

    5. Another Fine Mess

    Helen C. Epstein
    Fits this list for its focus on central.
  6. White Malice

    6. White Malice

    Susan Williams
    Included for strong african alignment with this central list.
  7. The Fate of Africa

    7. The Fate of Africa

    Martin Meredith
    Included for strong african alignment with this central list.
  8. Dictatorland

    8. Dictatorland

    Paul Kenyon
    Included for strong fiction alignment with this central list.
  9. Land of Tears

    9. Land of Tears

    Robert Harms
    Included for strong about alignment with this central list.
  10. First Kill Your Family

    10. First Kill Your Family

    Peter Eichstaedt
    Strong fit for this central list in the central lane.
  11. Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World

    11. Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World

    Patricia Crisafulli, Andrea Redmond
    Included for strong development alignment with this central list.
  12. Walking the Bowl

    12. Walking the Bowl

    Chris Lockhart, Daniel Mulilo Chama
    Included for strong story alignment with this central list.
  13. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families

    13. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families

    Philip Gourevitch
    Included for strong african alignment with this central list.
  14. Left to Tell

    14. Left to Tell

    Immaculée Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin
    Included for strong book club alignment with this central list.
  15. A Thousand Hills

    15. A Thousand Hills

    Stephen Kinzer
    Strong fit for this central list in the central lane.
  16. From Red Earth

    16. From Red Earth

    Denise Uwimana
    Included for strong stories alignment with this central list.
  17. Life Laid Bare

    17. Life Laid Bare

    Jean Hatzfeld, Linda Coverdale
    Included for strong history alignment with this central list.
  18. China's Second Continent

    18. China's Second Continent

    Howard W. French
    Fits this list for its focus on central.
  19. Slow Poison

    19. Slow Poison

    Mahmood Mamdani
    Included for strong biography alignment with this central list.
  20. Death in the Congo

    20. Death in the Congo

    Emmanuel Gerard, Bruce Kuklick
    Strong fit for this central list in the central lane.
  21. Strength in What Remains

    21. Strength in What Remains

    Tracy Kidder
    Included for strong book club alignment with this central list.
  22. Congo Diary

    22. Congo Diary

    Ernesto Che Guevara, Che Guevara Studies Center
    Included for strong world alignment with this central list.
  23. Cobalt Red

    23. Cobalt Red

    Siddharth Kara
    Included for strong human alignment with this central list.
  24. Mirror to the Church

    24. Mirror to the Church

    Emmanuel M. Katongole, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
    Included for strong book club alignment with this central list.

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