The Woman Next Door
By: Yewande Omotoso
3.61
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful wo…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Night was the real measure of love, Hortensia thought. Anything can sparkle in the daylight. But night – that was when humanity got tested. It was always at night that she saw things between them were decrepit and ugly."-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door
"Night was the real measure of love, Hortensia thought. Anything can sparkle in the daylight. But night – that was when humanity got tested. It was always at night that she saw things between them were decrepit and ugly."-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door
"Marion had avoided history. Or she'd invented her own. After all, what was history but a record of what gets noticed? Noticed, it seemed to Marion, was what life was really about. Noticing and not noticing, remembering and forgetting."-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door
"Marion had avoided history. Or she'd invented her own. After all, what was history but a record of what gets noticed? Noticed, it seemed to Marion, was what life was really about. Noticing and not noticing, remembering and forgetting."-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door
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1. The Yacoubian Building
By: Alaa Al Aswany , علاء الأسواني , Humphrey T. Davies
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual rep… read more
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- africa
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2. The World in Half
By: Cristina Henríquez
4.31
Format: 1056 pages,
From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apartcomes a mesmerizingly beautiful first nove… read more
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3. 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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4. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
By: Ayi Kwei Armah
3.71
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A railway freight clerk in Ghana attempts to hold out against the pressures that impel him toward c… read more
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5. Black Sunday
By: Tola Rotimi Abraham
3.65
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Simultaneously unique and universal (NPR), this fiercely original debut novel follows the fate of f… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
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"Gone but not Forgotten."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
"Children can have stubborn pain too."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
"Lagos is filled with broke men with big dreams."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
"Just give me five years, I'll ruin his entire life."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
6. Tenir sa langue
By: Polina Panassenko
3.77
Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition
« Ce que je veux moi, c'est porter le prénom que j'ai reçu à la naissance. Sans le cacher, sans le … read more
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7. 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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8. A casa teníem un himne
By: Maria Climent
4.25
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
La Remei té més de quaranta anys, està casada i té un fill, treballa moltes hores a l’hospital i es… read more
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9. 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
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10. La possibilitat de dir-ne casa
By: Marta Orriols
3.93
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
La novel·la més esperada. Una corresponsal a l'estranger decideix tornar, després de molts anys for… read more
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11. The Woman Next Door
By: Yewande Omotoso
3.61
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful wo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- africa
- south africa
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- african literature
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- audiobook
"Night was the real measure of love, Hortensia thought. Anything can sparkle in the daylight. But night – that was when humanity got tested. It was always at night that she saw things between them wer…"-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door
"Marion had avoided history. Or she'd invented her own. After all, what was history but a record of what gets noticed? Noticed, it seemed to Marion, was what life was really about. Noticing and not no…"-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door
"She’s going to die.’ ‘We all do eventually, Marion.’ ‘I’m worried she’ll die and come to haunt me, you know?’ ‘Ah, I see. Trust you to find a way to be the star of someone else’s death-scene. She’s t…"-Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door
12. The Zanzibar Wife
By: Deborah Rodriguez
3.43
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
'A lovely novel of female friendship and support when East meets West, of magic and things we may n… read more
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- africa
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13. 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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- africa
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14. Aterratge
By: Eva Piquer
3.80
Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition
La decisió que pren en aquell cafè és radicalment contrària a la seva manera de fer: sense pensar-s… read more
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- fiction
15. 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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- literary fiction
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16. The Eternal Audience of One
By: Rémy Ngamije
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This coming-of-age tale follows a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda during the… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
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"It's easy to live and work with someone when you don't owe them an apology. But when you apologize for the fucked up shit you did then you need to carry the guilt and the shame."-Rémy Ngamije, The Eternal Audience of One
"Isn't that what apologies are? Acknowledgment of guilt and shame. And the other person takes your wrongdoing and agrees to carry it and le t you be human again. That's why I don't believe weak people…"-Rémy Ngamije, The Eternal Audience of One
17. The Deep Blue Between
By: Ayesha Harruna Attah
3.46
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina's home is in ruins after a brutal raid. But this is not the end b… read more
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18. An Ordinary Wonder
By: Buki Papillon
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An Ordinary Wonder is a story of the courage needed to be yourself. Oto leaves for boarding scho… read more
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19. Dominoes
By: Phoebe Mcintosh
3.76
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
A tender and provocative debut novel about a mixed-race British woman who makes the shocking discov… read more
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- adult fiction
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20. The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
By: Okechukwu Nzelu
3.63
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020 'A magnificent novel, full of wit, warmth and ten… read more
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"A dress could usher in the dawn of a new era."-Okechukwu Nzelu, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
"To be close to someone in so much distress is to be distressed yourself."-Okechukwu Nzelu, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
"Being Black can be hard sometimes, and it can be harder if you’re a woman."-Okechukwu Nzelu, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
"We’re not supposed to say we hate it here. Immigrants; Nigerians. We’re not supposed to say that we hate it here."-Okechukwu Nzelu, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
21. Packerl: Ein Familienroman, wie es ihn noch nie gab (German Edition)
By: Anna Neata
3.63
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
»Ein Familienroman, wie ich ihn noch nicht gelesen haben. […] Anna Neata findet klare und eindrückl… read more
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