We Are All Birds of Uganda
By: Hafsa Zayyan
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will...' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan…
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1. Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour
By: Hsiao-Hung Pai
3.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
You know the people in this book. You'll remember the harassed waitress from your local Chinese res… read more
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2. The Island of Missing Trees
By: Elif Shafak
4.15
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
A rich, magical new book on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the B… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- book club
- audiobook
"She was no part of anything. In her unbroken loneliness, she was complete. Never had she felt so exposed, yet si powerful."-Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
"So I guess it is in my genes, this melancholy I can never quite shake off. Carved with an invisible knife into my arborescent skin."-Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
"You don't share a language, you think, and then you realise, grief is a language. We understand each other, people with troubled pasts."-Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
"To immigrants and exiles everywhere, the uprooted, the re-rooted, the rootless, And to the trees we left behind, rooted in our memories ..."-Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
3. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
By: Shehan Karunatilaka
3.92
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Even suicide requires perseverance."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
4. 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
- 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
5. Black Butterflies
By: Priscilla Morris
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city i… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
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
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- literary fiction
- africa
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- african literature
- audiobook
7. Brotherless Night
By: V.V. Ganeshananthan
4.46
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
8. Songbirds
By: Christy Lefteri
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- book club
- audiobook
"Now that I could hear this woman’s song—a melody that told a story I couldn’t understand—I hoped with all of my heart that it wasn’t too late."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"As if she couldn’t quite allow herself to enjoy the pleasures of one world without being pulled into the other. Her home was always waiting for her."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"Yes, I love thinking about beginnings. I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without you knowing it."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
9. River East, River West
By: Aube Rey Lescure
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Set against the backdrop of developing modern Chin… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"They each had puzzle pieces that might never lock into a flat smooth hole."-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West
"She was alone and grown. And had somehow done the worst thing a Chinese woman could do, whore herself out to a white man"-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West
"She told her mother the most important, most devastating thing that had happened to her and somehow it had turned into a fight."-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West
"She still said nothing. You are fifteen and this is living life, she thought. She'd be like Serena or Blair or those girls on TV. Powerful."-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West
10. The Havoc of Choice
By: Wanjiru Koinange
4.31
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
2007, Kenya Long held captive by her father’s shadow of corruption, Kavata has spent her life su… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- african literature
11. Wandering Souls
By: Cecile Pin
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
12. A Girl Is a Body of Water
By: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
4.15
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a piercing question that has haunted h… read more
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- uganda
- literary fiction
- africa
- historical
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- contemporary
- historical fiction
- african literature
"Remember, be a good person, not a good girl. Good girls suffer a lot in this life."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Explore it, love it, find out what it is capable of before you hand it over to a man."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Stories are critical, Kirabo. The minute we fall silent, someone will fill the silence for us."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Children do absolutely nothing on their arrival that warrants presents every year. If anything, they should give presents to their mothers, who come close to death."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
13. We Are All Birds of Uganda
By: Hafsa Zayyan
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will...' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan… read more
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- uganda
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- africa
- historical
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- contemporary
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- african literature
- book club
- audiobook
14. The Family Tree
By: Sairish Hussain
4.20
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Your roots can always lead you home…Amjad cradles his baby daughter in the middle of the night. He … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. That Peckham Boy
By: Kenny Imafidon
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Poverty Safari and Skint Estate , That Peckham Boy is a reallife manifesto calling… read more
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16. 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
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- african literature
- fiction
- contemporary
17. 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
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- fiction
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- audiobook
18. A Trace of Sun
By: Pam Williams
3.73
Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Don’t go Mammy please.’ Stuttered words filled her ears, sent frissons of guilt through her as she… read more
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- historical fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
19. Confessions of Nairobi Men
By: Joan Thatiah
4.34
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Confessions of Nairobi Men is a culmination of three years Joan Thatiah has spent listening to stor… read more
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20. Kololo Hill
By: Neema Shah
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Uganda 1972 A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety … read more
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21. Rose and the Burma Sky
By: Rosanna Amaka
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For fans of Yaa Gyasi, Esi Edugyan and James Baldwin - gripping and intimate historical novel of a … read more
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