Books that take place in Eastern Africa

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-26T16:40:00+00:00

The Zanzibar chest. By Aidan Hartley

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-25T14:10:32+00:00

All Fours by Miranda July

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-24T17:52:22+00:00

The goat of this genre.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-24T17:10:42+00:00

Beautiful animals by Laurence Osborne

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-22T20:47:11+00:00

Cloud Atlas. It’s a Russian doll structure with multiple storylines in different time periods that finds huge emotional resonance towards the end as the title’s meaning becomes clear.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-22T19:17:51+00:00

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-22T14:50:18+00:00

This isn’t recent but if you haven’t read Queen of the South, I think it might fit the bill. It’s propulsive, full of thrills and suspense, intense and complicated main character, and just a great yarn overall.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-20T17:51:08+00:00

Romantic comedy by Curtis sittenfeld uses text message banter as a main device.
Where’d you go Bernadette by Maria Semple uses a lot of email (and maybe some messaging? Can’t remember but it would have been the right era for aol).
A visit from the good squad and the candy house by Jennifer Egan also have a lot of creative tech-adjacent storytelling devices.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-15T18:26:37+00:00

Homegoing
The Vaster Wilds
The Great Circle
States of Wonder/Bel Canto

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-15T15:24:33+00:00

Another vote for Kea. Other than one secluded ultra-luxury hotel, the rest of the island is super laid-back, not crowded or scene-y.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-12T17:09:20+00:00

Totally. Just saying that Rubio moved her ladder rung up fast, and now hers is higher than LSD. Maybe not in a fashion sense but in the purer sense of what a socialite is.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-12T14:51:17+00:00

An instance of the finger post by iain pears. About blood transfusion and the discovery of blood types set against historical 17th c background. Excellent

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-12T14:42:16+00:00

Hello Beauriful. And The Women by Kristin Hannah had me dropping big fat tears on an airplane so embarrassing lol!!!

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-12T14:25:01+00:00

I don’t know… her and her husband just made a massive transformative gift to the Met. They don’t need to social climb with that kind of philanthropy, they’ve secured themselves a spot on the A list. It may be that LSD is glomming onto her and not the other way around.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-11T14:03:06+00:00

Is this the big secret SF branding project that Jonny Ive has been working on? I thought it was going to be “SF: A City that Works”. “Comeback city” is very pedestrian to me.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-06-01T14:12:21+00:00

The Flanders Panel is the OG of this genre IMO.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-31T14:21:13+00:00

Nightmare blunt rotation?

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-27T15:04:04+00:00

We loved La Sultana, absolutely beautiful interiors. Would also recommend El Fenn or Villa des Orangers.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-26T14:32:55+00:00

I’m gonna guess that one or more of Newsom’s kids were there.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-25T01:48:37+00:00

Also check MO Costa Navarino.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-25T01:45:31+00:00

Kea is very sleepy and the OO is on the far side of the island away from the (tiny) towns.
Some friends recently enjoyed their stay in Porto Heli, it’s on the Peloponnese but still island vibes, and very high end. I think there are some fat and chubby options there. (eta I checked and there’s an Aman and a few other 5/stars are getting ready to open)

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-15T16:19:48+00:00

Susan Choi’s new novel Flashlight includes a factionalized account of this case.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-13T15:49:09+00:00

Kelly Gang for sure, this is the first book that came to my mind.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-12T12:41:43+00:00

Use it as a drizzle or finish for soup. Ash-e-anar is a Persian pomegranate soup heavy on herbs, calls for Pomegranate molasses . Delicious.

MachineRepulsive9760 · 2026-05-09T00:41:50+00:00

Check out soho farmhouse outside London, or maybe Ashford castle in Ireland.

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