16 best-selling contemporary books like God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

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God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

By: Arinze Ifeakandu

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broke…

If you liked the contemporary plot in God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Tomorrow Died Yesterday

By: Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

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Similar categories in Chimeka Garricks's Tomorrow Died Yesterday book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • fiction
  • nigeria
  • african literature

2. 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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3. 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

Similar categories in Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s A Spell of Good Things book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
"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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4. Pity

By: Andrew McMillan

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and … read more

Similar categories in Andrew McMillan's Pity book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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5. 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 Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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6. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

By: Damilare Kuku

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity … read more

Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • romance
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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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

Similar categories in Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • romance
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • 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

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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

Similar categories in Ukamaka Olisakwe's Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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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

Similar categories in Michael Afenfia's The Mechanics of Yenagoa book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • 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 Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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11. 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 Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. 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 Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • queer
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13. God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

By: Arinze Ifeakandu

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broke… read more

Similar categories in Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • romance
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • queer
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14. Vagabonds!

By: Eloghosa Osunde

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the bustling streets and cloistered homes of Lagos, a cast of vivid characters—some haunted, som… read more

Similar categories in Eloghosa Osunde's Vagabonds! book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"But look how we broke each other in the end. Who could have killed me better than you?"

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

"...because some books won't come directly to you; they go through someone who loves you."

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

"Shame works, because there are those who we name when we talk power, but not when we talk harm."

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

"What I will also say is that women are magicians. I don't mean magic like the kind you were warned to avoid, I mean magic as in spinning story as lifeline, as in turning a wound into a star, as in ho…"

-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

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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 Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. 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 Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • africa
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. And Then He Sang a Lullaby

By: Ani Kayode Somtochukwu

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The inaugural title from Roxane Gay Books, And Then He Sang a Lullaby is a searingly honest and res… read more

Similar categories in Ani Kayode Somtochukwu's And Then He Sang a Lullaby book and Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

  • romance
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. Ghostroots: Stories

By: 'Pemi Aguda

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom… read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • african literature
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19. An Unusual Grief

By: Yewande Omotoso

3.76

Format: 240 pages, None

How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead? This is the question which takes a mother… read more

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  • africa
  • fiction
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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20. Little Rot

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more

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  • africa
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

21. 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

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  • africa
  • fiction
  • nigeria
  • african literature

20 best-selling fiction books like God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Transform Your Habits

A Spell of Good Things

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Pity

Andrew McMillan

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow I Become a Woman

Aiwanose Odafen

4.24

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20 Best fiction books like Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Transform Your Habits

Born on a Tuesday

Elnathan John

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

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