She Would Be King
By: Wayétu Moore
4.00
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history—a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s forma…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Loneliness while in the presence of others is a most cruel kind"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"Loneliness while in the presence of others is a most cruel kind"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"This was his mother. This was his poetic lo e, whose fallen shadow broke his spirit as he sprinted with the wind. She was gone."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"This was his mother. This was his poetic lo e, whose fallen shadow broke his spirit as he sprinted with the wind. She was gone."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
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1. Kintu
By: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
4.11
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
Uganda’s history reimagined through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan in an award-winning debu… read more
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"For knowing and refusing to know."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu
2. Red Ink
By: Angela Makholwa
3.81
Format: 595 pages, Paperback
When Lucy Khambule receives an unexpected call from a convicted serial killer, nicknamed The Butche… read more
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- african literature
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3. Clade
By: James Bradley
3.62
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
On a beach in Antarctica, scientist Adam Leith marks the passage of the summer solstice. Back in Sy… read more
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4. 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
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- africa
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5. Reading the Ceiling
By: None
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Ayodele has just turned eighteen and has decided, having now reached womanhood, that the time is ri… read more
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6. Where We Once Belonged
By: Sia Figiel
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, … read more
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7. Houseboy
By: Ferdinand Oyono , John Reed
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Toundi Ondoua, the rural African protagonist of Houseboy, encounters a world of prisms that cast be… read more
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8. Dust
By: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From a breathtaking new voice, a novel about a splintered family in Kenya--a story of power and dec… read more
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9. The Ultimate Tragedy
By: Jethro Soutar , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau, The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of… read more
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10. Beyond the Rice Fields
By: None , None
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo's magisterial Beyond the … read more
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11. 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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"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
12. The Old Drift
By: Namwali Serpell
3.74
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A Zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families, telling the story of a nati… read more
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"Every family is a war but some are more civil than others."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Only a sister, an alternative self, could inspire such a sordid mix of disgust and envy."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"She stepped from the trashy bedlam of the road into the cool cave of the shop, relieved to escape the experience of walking outside while female."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Old like her father was old, a shaggy shambling old, an old where you'd lost the order of things and felt so sad that you simply had to embrace the loss, reassuring yourself with the lie that you had…"-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
13. She Would Be King
By: Wayétu Moore
4.00
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history—a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s forma… read more
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- fantasy
- audiobook
"Loneliness while in the presence of others is a most cruel kind"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"This was his mother. This was his poetic lo e, whose fallen shadow broke his spirit as he sprinted with the wind. She was gone."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"How can you leave me?' Maisy had said one night. 'You are my sister now. My flesh. Flesh cannot leave you.' At which Gbessa almost lost her breath. The kindness, the newness, stunned her."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"We did not have books on Emerson. That place where we lost our language, lost ourselves. They told us we had no history but darkness, so they kept the books away for fear we might understand the trut…"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
14. In Universes
By: Emet North
3.95
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Raffi works in an observational cosmology lab, searching for dark matter and trying to hide how lit… read more
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15. Wild with Happy
By: Colman Domingo
3.74
Format: None pages, None
Grief is a funny thing. Gil’s boyfriend has left him, his acting career isn’t exactly taking off, a… read more
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16. River Spirit
By: Leila Aboulela
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela… read more
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"Keep your faith within your heart even if your tongue is forced to say otherwise."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
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"She was part of his youth and their love stretched from her village to his town. She must not feel lost or untethered. And there now was his son in her arms."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"Free, heart tight, expectant, in love, she was not sure what her position would be in the household, not sure about much except that she did not want to be anywhere else."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
17. Co-wives, Co-widows
By: Adrienne Yabouza
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Bangui, Central African Republic. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows … read more
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18. The Hundred Wells of Salaga
By: Ayesha Harruna Attah
3.72
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey … read more
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19. Unveiled: Unveiling the Truth to the Façade (Urban Literary Fiction and Romance)
By: Celsi Leigh
4.08
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
“That B****, Who Has it All!” The fans have spoken and Malika Samuels has been crowned the “IT” gir… read more
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20. Catherine the Great and the Small
By: Olja Knezevic
3.96
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Catharine's tragectory in life is accompanied by failures in love, family traumas and an incredible… read more
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21. Out of Earth
By: Sheyla Smanioto
3.84
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
First translation into English of Desesterro, the multiple prize-winning novel by Sheyla Smanioto f… read more
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