10 Best literary fiction books like The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe

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The Middle Daughter

By: Chika Unigwe

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning author Chika Unigwe, perfect for …

If you liked the literary fiction plot in The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Daughters Who Walk This Path by Yejide Kilanko

1. Daughters Who Walk This Path

By: Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Spirited and intelligent, Morayo grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-d… read more

Similar categories in Yejide Kilanko's Daughters Who Walk This Path book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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2. Tomorrow Died Yesterday

By: Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • novels
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3. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

By: Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi's Wives,… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • african literature

4. I Do Not Come to You by Chance

By: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

4.12

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to Y… read more

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5. A Spell of Good Things

By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

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6. Tomorrow I Become a Woman

By: Aiwanose Odafen

4.24

Format: None pages, Audiobook

What can I do?’ she asked. You can fight, I thought, you can fight for your daughters. But then aga… read more

Similar categories in Aiwanose Odafen's Tomorrow I Become a Woman book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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7. A Broken People's Playlist

By: Chimeka Garricks

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A Broken People’s Playlist is a collection of short stories with underlying themes so beautifully w… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
"They will ask me when I first knew I was in love with you. I will sign and say I don't know. It happened in fragments, piece by piece, separate moments over the years. Moments - that's how I remember…"

-Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

Cover of Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right by Ukamaka Olisakwe

8. Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right

By: Ukamaka Olisakwe

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadin… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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9. The Mechanics of Yenagoa

By: Michael Afenfia

3.84

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Ebinimi, star mechanic of Kalakala Street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of … read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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10. The Middle Daughter

By: Chika Unigwe

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning author Chika Unigwe, perfect for … read more

Similar categories in Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • western africa
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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11. A Good Name

By: Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Twelve years in America and Eziafa Okereke has nothing to show for it. Desperate to re-write his st… read more

Similar categories in Yejide Kilanko's A Good Name book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • family
  • african literature
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12. Nightbloom

By: Peace Adzo Medie

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife , returns with a moving novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Peace Adzo Medie's Nightbloom book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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13. The Marriage Class

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.02

Format: None pages, None

One Class. Ten Couples. Ten Decisions. Abi and Raymond are engaged to be married and have starte… read more

Similar categories in Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi's The Marriage Class book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • african literature
Cover of Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

14. Blessings

By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more

Similar categories in Chukwuebuka Ibeh's Blessings book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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15. We Were Girls Once

By: Aiwanose Odafen

3.82

Format: None pages, Audiobook

'We were three: complete, as we were meant to be…’ Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to … read more

Similar categories in Aiwanose Odafen's We Were Girls Once book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of One for Sorrow, Two for Joy by Marie-Claire Amuah

16. One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

By: Marie-Claire Amuah

4.06

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

*Winner of the Diverse Book Award 2023* 'I loved this book so much! Intense and beautiful and heart… read more

Similar categories in Marie-Claire Amuah's One for Sorrow, Two for Joy book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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17. Daughter in Exile

By: Bisi Adjapon

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of  The Teller of Secrets  returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, sto… read more

Similar categories in Bisi Adjapon's Daughter in Exile book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Broken. Not a halal love story by Fatima   Bala

18. Broken. Not a halal love story

By: Fatima Bala

4.19

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In this heartwrenching new novel from Award-winning author and poet, Fatima Bala, a connection send… read more

Similar categories in Fatima Bala's Broken. Not a halal love story book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

"Broken into fragments, Heartbeats - counted, limited. Yet, I’d give all the beats I have left to hear my name escape your lips again. Ours is a togetherness that honors the beauty of our solitude."

-Fatima Bala, Broken. Not a halal love story

Cover of Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

19. Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

By: Damilare Kuku

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Humor and poignance mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties,… read more

Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow book and Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • family
  • african literature
Cover of Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book One (Ara) by Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

20. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book One (Ara)

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.10

Format: 347 pages, None

Ara is left heartbroken when her childhood sweetheart, Oye, leaves her for another woman. But she i… read more

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21. Adanna

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.13

Format: 621 pages, Kindle Edition

Adanna, the haunting beauty married off to a man three times her senior. After enduring two decades… read more

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  • fiction

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Daughters Who Walk This Path

Yejide Kilanko

4.00

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Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

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Lola Shoneyin

4.25

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3.79

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Born on a Tuesday

Elnathan John

3.00

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Allen Bratton

3.65

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Oisín McKenna

3.96

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4.20

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