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These 20 books are nominees for the 2016 ABC Radio National African Book Club. *Please* do not add any books to this list. There should be only 20 on this list.
Listeners voted for 11 titles as below. The Book Club starts in Feb 2016.
This is the order for reading:
February 26: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
March 31: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
April 28: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
May 27: Everyday is for the Thief by Teju Cole
June 30 : July's People by Nadine Gordimer
July 29: In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
August 26: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
September 29: The Famished Road by Ben Okri
October 28: Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
November 25: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
December 16: Disgrace by JM Coetzee

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1	The Famished Road by Ben Okri 3.73 avg rating — 13,870 ratings score: 587, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.34 avg rating — 191,305 ratings score: 580, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 424,637 ratings score: 495, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah 3.87 avg rating — 3,520 ratings score: 486, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 573,219 ratings score: 480, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 3.86 avg rating — 121,088 ratings score: 470, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 3.93 avg rating — 80,941 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou 3.65 avg rating — 2,090 ratings score: 380, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 11,710 ratings score: 369, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	July's People by Nadine Gordimer 3.51 avg rating — 8,526 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar 3.77 avg rating — 8,001 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo 3.75 avg rating — 23,795 ratings score: 267, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Open City by Teju Cole 3.49 avg rating — 17,814 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Maru by Bessie Head 3.78 avg rating — 1,595 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 3.72 avg rating — 35,130 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor 3.74 avg rating — 1,785 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga 4.04 avg rating — 24,145 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 279,273 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Children of Gebelawi by Naguib Mahfouz 4.08 avg rating — 32,464 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Maps by Nuruddin Farah 3.73 avg rating — 1,026 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars