| Chancen internationaler Zivilgesellschaft R Kößler, H Melber (No Title), 1993 | 204 | 1993 |
| The Rise of Africa's Middle Class: myths, realities and critical engagements H Melber Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016 | 180 | 2016 |
| Understanding Namibia: The trials of independence H Melber Oxford University Press, 2015 | 172 | 2015 |
| A new scramble for Africa? Imperialism, investment and development R Southall, H Melber Published by the UKZN Press with support from the Nordic Africa Institute, 2009 | 154 | 2009 |
| Limits to liberation in Southern Africa: the unfinished business of democratic consolidation H Melber HSRC Press, 2003 | 110 | 2003 |
| African middle classes: lessons from transnational studies and a research agenda C Lentz The rise of Africa’s middle class: Myths, realities and critical engagements …, 2016 | 103 | 2016 |
| A new scramble for Africa R Southall, H Melber Imperialism, investment and development, 2009 | 97 | 2009 |
| Re-examining liberation in Namibia: political culture since independence H Melber Nordic Africa Institute, 2003 | 81 | 2003 |
| Legacies of power: Leadership change and former presidents in African politics R Southall, H Melber HSRC Press; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2006 | 74 | 2006 |
| From liberation movements to governments: on political culture in Southern Africa H Melber African Sociological Review/Revue Africaine De Sociologie 6 (1), 161-172, 2002 | 74 | 2002 |
| Africa and the Middle Class (es) H Melber Africa Spectrum 48 (3), 111-120, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| Der Weißheit letzter Schluß: Rassismus und kolonialer Blick H Melber Brandes & Apsel, 1992 | 63 | 1992 |
| Völkermord und Gedenken. Der Genozid an den Herero und Nama in Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1904-1908 R Kößler, H Melber Völkermord und Kriegsverbrechen in der ersten Hälfte des 20, 37-75, 2004 | 62 | 2004 |
| Southern African liberation movements as governments and the limits to liberation H Melber Review of African Political Economy 36 (121), 451-459, 2009 | 59 | 2009 |
| Limits to liberation H Melber Re-examining liberation in Namibia, 2003 | 59 | 2003 |
| ‘Namibia, land of the brave’: Selective memories on war and violence within nation building H Melber Rethinking Resistance, 305-327, 2003 | 58 | 2003 |
| Transitions in Namibia: which changes for whom? H Melber Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2007 | 56 | 2007 |
| How to come to terms with the past: Re-visiting the German colonial genocide in Namibia H Melber africa spectrum 40 (1), 139-148, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| Rassismus und eurozentrisches Zivilisationsmodell: Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des kolonialen Blicks H Melber Autrata, Otger/Elfferding, Wieland/Geiger, Klaus F. et al.: Theorien über …, 1989 | 52 | 1989 |
| Colonialism, land, ethnicity, and class: Namibia after the second national land conference H Melber Africa Spectrum 54 (1), 73-86, 2019 | 50 | 2019 |
