Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mary (12 Lists)



A Month and a Day by Ken Saro-Wiwa
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,775 books — 1,652 voters
A Month and a Day by Ken Saro-WiwaI Write What I Like by Steve Biko
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,140 books — 1,544 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best historical fiction about Africa
6 books — 11 voters
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
West Africa
201 books — 87 voters

Tropical Fish by Doreen Baingana
Books Set in Uganda
106 books — 51 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliBorn in the Big Rains by Fadumo Korn
Books Set in Somalia or Written by Somalis
75 books — 47 voters

Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
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176 books — 70 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
The Queen's Library: Best of the Commonwealth
743 books — 231 voters

Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
Black British Literature (fiction)
119 books — 83 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,013 books — 1,454 voters

GraceLand by Chris Abani
Award-winning Black Fiction
51 books — 68 voters
Powder Necklace by Nana Ekua Brew-HammondThe Joys of Motherhood by Buchi EmechetaI Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia NwaubaniThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters