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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 102 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.75 — 428,938 ratings — published 1958
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.31 — 428,660 ratings — published 2013
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.46 — 432,929 ratings — published 2016
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.34 — 194,280 ratings — published 2006
Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 152,542 ratings — published 2003
Stay with Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.06 — 69,124 ratings — published 2017
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.63 — 386,459 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 343,693 ratings — published 2012
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.48 — 856,213 ratings — published 2016
The Thing Around Your Neck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 52,187 ratings — published 2008
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,411 ratings — published 2010
The Death of Vivek Oji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.11 — 70,963 ratings — published 2020
Freshwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 38,417 ratings — published 2018
Behold the Dreamers (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 88,036 ratings — published 2016
The Girl with the Louding Voice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.41 — 182,062 ratings — published 2020
Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,594 ratings — published 1988
Under the Udala Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,659 ratings — published 2015
The Fishermen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.88 — 23,094 ratings — published 2015
We Need New Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.75 — 23,929 ratings — published 2013
The Joys of Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,863 ratings — published 1979
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 169,204 ratings — published 2020
Ghana Must Go (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.84 — 12,605 ratings — published 2013
So Long a Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,831 ratings — published 1980
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.87 — 13,698 ratings — published 1961
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 9,695 ratings — published 2024
His Only Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.73 — 34,335 ratings — published 2020
The Shadow King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.65 — 15,529 ratings — published 2019
Wizard of the Crow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,946 ratings — published 2004
Notes on Grief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.21 — 43,216 ratings — published 2021
Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.86 — 122,589 ratings — published 1999
A Spell of Good Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,668 ratings — published 2023
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.50 — 90,667 ratings — published 2017
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,926 ratings — published 1964
A Girl Is a Body of Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,284 ratings — published 2020
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 261,477 ratings — published 2018
Say You're One of Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.55 — 16,671 ratings — published 2008
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.93 — 18,340 ratings — published 2020
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.83 — 83,160 ratings — published 2015
The River Between (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,716 ratings — published 1965
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.52 — 60,411 ratings — published 2022
Butter Honey Pig Bread (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 14,285 ratings — published 2020
At Night All Blood is Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 31,024 ratings — published 2018
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.08 — 16,685 ratings — published 2017
Kintu (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,805 ratings — published 2014
A Man of the People (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,819 ratings — published 1966
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,547 ratings — published 1968
The Famished Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,994 ratings — published 1991
Maame (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 133,888 ratings — published 2023
Dele Weds Destiny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.59 — 3,312 ratings — published 2022
On Black Sisters Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,918 ratings — published 2007
“I talked to a mourning petal that day about all the hurting stories I did not tell anyone.”
― In the midst of the womb
― In the midst of the womb
“Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.”
― The Prince and the Pauper
― The Prince and the Pauper
