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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeSay You're One of Them by Uwem AkpanAkata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Book Riot African Reading List
78 books — 16 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,376 books — 1,635 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
African Writers Series
239 books — 63 voters
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeMy Traitor's Heart by Rian MalanBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Best South African reads
314 books — 182 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
554 books — 273 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithOut of Africa by Isak DinesenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best books for an African Safari
476 books — 525 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,805 books — 1,688 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
409 books — 223 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
601 books — 429 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Man of the People by Chinua AchebeRoots by Alex HaleyAncestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
History through Novels: West Africa
68 books — 42 voters

The People Could Fly by Virginia HamiltonHer Stories by Virginia HamiltonJohn Henry by Julius LesterThe People Could Fly by Virginia HamiltonThe Black Cloth by Bernard Binlin Dadié
African and African American Folktales
137 books — 19 voters
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal by Aimé CésaireChronicle of the Seven Sorrows by Patrick ChamoiseauSolibo Magnifique by Patrick ChamoiseauThe Martinique Mission by Showell StylesTexaco by Patrick Chamoiseau
Books Set in Martinique
8 books — 4 voters


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