Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sten Hüss (28 Lists)



Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoThis Mournable Body by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
Zimbabwean Authors
30 books — 17 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieParadise by Toni Morrison
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
570 books — 233 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonGo Tell It on the Mountain by James BaldwinParadise by Toni MorrisonJazz by Toni MorrisonAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters
Things They Lost by Okwiri OduorPetals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oDreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oWeep Not Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oWeep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Kenyan writers
29 books — 3 voters

GraceLand by Chris AbaniA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola ShoneyinHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Introduction to African Literatures
52 books — 17 voters
The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oDo They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya KassindjaPossessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
Female Genital Mutilation
82 books — 15 voters

The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oPetals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Kenyan Authors
12 books — 5 voters
A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard KapuścińskiSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Books About Colonialism
679 books — 240 voters

The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oWeep Not Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oDreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oWizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Books Set in Kenya
194 books — 107 voters
The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oHomegoing by Yaa GyasiAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
820 books — 286 voters

The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oAnthills of the Savannah by Chinua AchebeHomegoing by Yaa GyasiWeep Not Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best by African Authors
407 books — 222 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola ShoneyinNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,764 books — 1,645 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
Top 50 books by African Authors you should read
71 books — 30 voters
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oGraceLand by Chris AbaniThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin
Book Riot African Reading List
78 books — 16 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola ShoneyinAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEverything Good Will Come by Sefi AttaNervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read
53 books — 135 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeWeep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oDreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâPetals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
African Litterature Review
26 books — 7 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeArrow of God by Chinua AchebeAnthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters
Equiano's Travels by Olaudah EquianoThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeArrow of God by Chinua AchebeA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
African Writers Series
239 books — 63 voters

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Grit Lit
105 books — 76 voters
The Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorSuttree by Cormac McCarthyAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Southern Gothic Literature
338 books — 502 voters

Goodbye to All That by Robert GravesA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav HašekAugust 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Great War
778 books — 600 voters
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio MishimaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
The Best of Yukio Mishima
23 books — 75 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Red Pony by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
44 books — 210 voters
Engineer of Human Souls by Josef ŠkvoreckýThe Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav HašekThe Cowards by Josef ŠkvoreckýThe Bass Saxophone by Josef ŠkvoreckýThe Miracle Game by Josef Škvorecký
Best Czech Books
147 books — 117 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Great American Novel
671 books — 1,090 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnd Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail SholokhovLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Case of Comrade Tulayev by Victor Serge
Best Russian (Soviet 1917-1991) Literature
199 books — 268 voters

Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo GaleanoBrilliant Orange by David WinnerHow Soccer Explains the World by Franklin FoerFever Pitch by Nick HornbyFutebol by Alex Bellos
Top Football Literature
117 books — 67 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisStrangeland by Tracey Emin
Books that seriously piss you off
926 books — 1,095 voters