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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 — 13,964 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 — 193,135 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 — 427,014 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 — 3,533 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 — 576,512 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 — 121,963 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 — 81,301 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 — 2,100 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 — 11,721 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 — 8,580 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 — 8,085 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 — 23,873 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 — 17,877 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 — 1,604 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 — 35,515 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 — 1,797 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 — 24,402 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 — 280,031 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 — 32,756 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 3.72 avg rating — 1,028 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