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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Nina Chachu (78 Lists)



The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Breaking Brown Book Reads
105 books — 68 voters
Born a Crime by Trevor NoahOut of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah
Great Modern African Reads
89 books — 57 voters

Happiness by Aminatta FornaChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiFreshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
African writers to read in 2018
14 books — 10 voters
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola ShoneyinAya by Marguerite AbouetWoman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAma by Manu HerbsteinAfrican Psycho by Alain Mabanckou
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,096 books — 1,005 voters
Hiding in Plain Sight by Nuruddin FarahCircling the Sun by Paula McLainA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiSpool Of Blue Thread by Anne TylerThe Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Accra Book Club Reads
41 books — 1 voter

Blood River by Tim ButcherLooking for Transwonderland by Noo Saro-Wiwa
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
121 books — 115 voters
Saturday's Shadows by Ayesha Harruna AttahGhana Must Go by Taiye SelasiTail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Novels from Ghana
78 books — 26 voters

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,999 books — 3,711 voters
Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,663 books — 3,003 voters

Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi OkoraforOn Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe
From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors
229 books — 155 voters
A Good Man in Africa by William BoydHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieI Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Books Set in Nigeria
199 books — 111 voters

So Long a Letter by Mariama BâThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola ShoneyinZahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor
50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read
53 books — 135 voters
So Long a Letter by Mariama BâThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century
100 books — 66 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeArrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe
African Writers Series
239 books — 63 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotMaus I by Art SpiegelmanBoy by Roald Dahl
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,583 books — 3,439 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Giver by Lois LowryWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
2,324 books — 2,449 voters
The Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,503 books — 5,607 voters

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesLord of the Flies by William GoldingChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,197 books — 1,516 voters
Ama by Manu HerbsteinAncestor Stones by Aminatta FornaThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
History through Novels: West Africa
68 books — 42 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeAké by Wole Soyinka
West Africa
201 books — 88 voters
So Long a Letter by Mariama BâChanges by Ama Ata AidooCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Fictitious Africa
558 books — 281 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdiePax Britannica Climax of an Empire by Jan Morris
Books About Colonialism
688 books — 241 voters
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
East Africa
251 books — 99 voters

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieGhana Must Go by Taiye SelasiSearching for Zion by Emily RaboteauWe Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
199 books — 547 voters
Ancestor Stones by Aminatta FornaSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
African Fiction
604 books — 433 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonA Test of Wills by Charles Todd
Best Books to Make into a PBS Series
478 books — 405 voters
القرآن الكريم by اللهThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,301 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Best Books You Had to Read for School
152 books — 182 voters
Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei ParkesOnions Are My Husband by Gracia ClarkThe Prophet of Zongo Street by Mohammed Naseehu AliAma by Manu HerbsteinCloth Girl by Marilyn Heward Mills
Books Set in Ghana
137 books — 53 voters


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