Reading Lists: Book Riot's African authors reading list • BookLikes

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Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

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Akata Witch

by Nnedi Okorafor

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Broken Monsters

by Lauren Beukes

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Beneath the Lion's Gaze

by Maaza Mengiste

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In the United States of Africa

by Abdourahman A. Waberi, Percival Everett, David Ball, Nicole Ball

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Wife of the Gods

by Kwei Quartey

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Say You're One of Them

by Uwem Akpan

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Purple Hibiscus

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel

by Ishmael Beah

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Disgrace

by J.M. Coetzee

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Nervous Conditions

by Tsitsi Dangarembga

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

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The Attack

by Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen

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Xala

by Ousmane Sembène, Clive Wake

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The Bridges of Constantine

by Ahlem Mosteghanemi, Raphael Cohen

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Good Morning Comrades

by Ondjaki, Stephen Henighan

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The Screaming of the Innocent

by Unity Dow

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Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono 1st (first) edition [Paperback(2012)]

by Ferdinand Oyono

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Johnny Mad Dog

by Emmanuel Dongala, Maria Louise Ascher

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The Witch Doctor's Wife

by Tamar Myers

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Broken Glass

by Helen Stevenson, Alain Mabanckou

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Life and a Half: A Novel (Global African Voices)

by Sony Labou Tansi, Dominic Thomas, Alison Dundy

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The Yacoubian Building

by علاء الأسواني, Alaa Al Aswany

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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire ... - Naguib Mahfouz

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street

by Naguib Mahfouz

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The Map of Love

by Ahdaf Soueif, أهداف سويف

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All Our Names

by Dinaw Mengestu

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Our Sister Killjoy: Longman African Writers

by Ama Ata Aidoo

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The Seasons of Beento Blackbird

by Akosua Busia

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Faceless

by Amma Darko

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Ghana Must Go

by Taiye Selasi

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Aya: Life in Yop City

by Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie

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Allah Is Not Obliged

by Ahmadou Kourouma

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The Cockroach Dance

by Meja Mwangi

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Nairobi Heat

by Mukoma wa Ngugi

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A Grain of Wheat

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

by M.G. Vassanji

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Chaka

by Thomas Mofolo

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Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile

by Won-Ldy Paye, Margaret H. Lippert, Julie Paschkis

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Gold Dust

by Ibrahim al-Koni

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In the Country of Men

by Hisham Matar

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The Last of the Sweet Bananas: New and Selected Po... - Jack Mapanje

The Last of the Sweet Bananas: New and Selected Poems

by Jack Mapanje

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The Fortunes of Wangrin

by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Aina Pavolini Taylor

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The Last Brother

by Nathacha Appanah, Geoffrey Strachan

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The Lovers of Algeria: A Novel

by Anouar Benmalek, Joanna Kilmartin

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Horses of God: A Novel

by Mahi Binebine, Lulu Norman

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The Moor's Account: A Novel

by Laila Lalami

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A Varanda do Frangipani

by Mia Couto

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The Purple Violet of Oshaantu

by Neshani Andreas

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No Longer at Ease

by Chinua Achebe

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Everything Good Will Come

by Sefi Atta

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Open city

by Teju Cole

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Oil on Water

by Helon Habila

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Daughters Who Walk This Path

by Yejide Kilanko

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Foreign Gods, Inc.

by Okey Ndibe

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I Do Not Come to You by Chance

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

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The Famished Road

by Ben Okri

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

by Lola Shoneyin

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So Long a Letter

by Mariama Bâ, Modupe-Bode-Thomas

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The Memory of Love

by Aminatta Forna

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Crossbones

by Nuruddin Farah

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The Orchard of Lost Souls

by Nadifa Mohamed

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The October Killings

by Wessel Ebersohn

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In a Strange Room

by Damon Galgut

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The Conservationist

by Nadine Gordimer

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The Three

by Sarah Lotz

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Ways of Dying

by Zakes Mda

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Minaret

by Leila Aboulela

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Paradise

by Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe

by Doreen Baingana

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Abyssinian Chronicles

by Moses Isegawa

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Patchwork

by Ellen Banda-Aaku

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Baking Cakes in Kigali

by Gaile Parkin

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We Need New Names

by NoViolet Bulawayo

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The Hairdresser of Harare

by Tendai Huchu

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