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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.75 — 429,475 ratings — published 1958
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The God of Small Things The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 345,524 ratings — published 1997
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.59 — 113,683 ratings — published 1966
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Midnight’s Children Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 137,339 ratings — published 1981
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Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 37,488 ratings — published 1980
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.43 — 579,446 ratings — published 1899
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Half of a Yellow Sun Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.34 — 194,577 ratings — published 2006
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A Small Place A Small Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 20,320 ratings — published 1988
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Nervous Conditions Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,652 ratings — published 1988
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Season of Migration to the North Season of Migration to the North (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 35,861 ratings — published 1966
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The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,981 ratings — published 1988
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Disgrace Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 122,760 ratings — published 1999
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.35 — 35,488 ratings — published 1961
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,633,883 ratings — published 2003
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,837,059 ratings — published 2007
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 429,108 ratings — published 2013
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Death and the King's Horseman Death and the King's Horseman (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,773 ratings — published 1975
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Lucy Lucy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.84 — 15,949 ratings — published 1990
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 557,157 ratings — published 2022
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Against the Loveless World Against the Loveless World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.50 — 34,899 ratings — published 2019
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Petals of Blood Petals of Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,870 ratings — published 1977
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The Lonely Londoners The Lonely Londoners (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 14,811 ratings — published 1956
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Life & Times of Michael K Life & Times of Michael K (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,122 ratings — published 1983
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On Beauty On Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 94,349 ratings — published 2005
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White Teeth White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 182,228 ratings — published 2000
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Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 31,214 ratings — published 2008
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Voyage in the Dark Voyage in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.77 — 6,512 ratings — published 1934
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The Farming of Bones The Farming of Bones (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 10,205 ratings — published 1998
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The Bone People The Bone People (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,760 ratings — published 1984
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A House for Mr Biswas A House for Mr Biswas (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 22,904 ratings — published 1961
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 31,782 ratings — published 1978
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Purple Hibiscus Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 152,817 ratings — published 2003
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The Inheritance of Loss The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.47 — 58,295 ratings — published 2005
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The Joys of Motherhood The Joys of Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,881 ratings — published 1979
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Foe Foe (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.41 — 12,991 ratings — published 1986
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Devil on the Cross Devil on the Cross (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,283 ratings — published 1980
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The English Patient The English Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 143,173 ratings — published 1992
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 817,996 ratings — published 1998
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Escape to an Autumn Pavement (Caribbean Modern Classics) Escape to an Autumn Pavement (Caribbean Modern Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.42 — 120 ratings — published 1960
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 65,878 ratings — published 2022
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Annie John Annie John (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.74 — 15,019 ratings — published 1985
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Kartography: A Lyrical Literary Romance of Fated Love and Secrets in Pakistan Kartography: A Lyrical Literary Romance of Fated Love and Secrets in Pakistan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,164 ratings — published 2001
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.34 — 708,882 ratings — published 2017
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Our Sister Killjoy Our Sister Killjoy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,868 ratings — published 1977
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The Bridge of Beyond The Bridge of Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,256 ratings — published 1972
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A Dying Colonialism A Dying Colonialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,777 ratings — published 1959
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The Best We Could Do The Best We Could Do (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 4.35 — 41,866 ratings — published 2017
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Crick Crack, Monkey (Caribbean Writers Series) Crick Crack, Monkey (Caribbean Writers Series)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.62 — 881 ratings — published 1970
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Abeng Abeng (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,051 ratings — published 1984
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Train to Pakistan Train to Pakistan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as postcolonial-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 33,605 ratings — published 1956
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