The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide
By: Nice Leng'ete
4.47
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The "incredibly powerful" (Kirkus Reviews) story of the human rights activist who changed the minds…
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1. Patchwork
By: Ellen Banda-Aaku
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing 2010 (fiction). Destined from birth to inhabit two … read more
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2. The Girl of His Dreams (Commissario Brunetti, #17)
By: Donna Leon
2.83
Format: 24 pages,
Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative port… read more
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3. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
By: Nadia Wassef
3.56
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled bet… read more
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- biography
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- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. 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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"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
5. MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery
By: Paloma Faith
4.06
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
'The most raw, funny and liberating look at what it is to be a woman.' – FEARNE COTTON'Gritty, funn… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
6. Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life
By: Michael Mosley
4.03
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
Based on the popular BBC podcast, Just One Thing, this book brings to life Dr Mosley's mission to u… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
By: Mirinae Lee
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre-bending debut o… read more
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- audiobook
8. The Color of Air
By: Gail Tsukiyama
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a go… read more
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- audiobook
9. Memory of Departure
By: Abdulrazak Gurnah
3.70
Format: 159 pages, Hardcover
[Memory of Departure, 1987-8, GURNAH] This haunting coming-of-age novel evokes in spare but vivid p… read more
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- africa
"girls sitting together and apart from us, reared into self-conscious anxiety in the presence of men"-Abdulrazak Gurnah, Memory of Departure
10. Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı
By: Selçuk Altun
3.41
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Ziya Adlan kırk yıldır akademisyenlik yaptığı Cenevre’den dönüp, Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı’ndaki bakım… read more
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11. The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide
By: Nice Leng'ete
4.47
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The "incredibly powerful" (Kirkus Reviews) story of the human rights activist who changed the minds… read more
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- africa
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- memoir
- feminism
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- kenya
- social issues
- audiobook
12. The Love Algorithm
By: Claudia Carroll
3.37
Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition
True love is only just a swipe away? Right? Iris is good with numbers. In fact, she's great at… read more
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- audiobook
13. The Selfless Act of Breathing
By: J.J. Bola
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Transcendent Kingdom meets A Man Called Ove in this heartwarming novel about a Congolese-British Lo… read more
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- africa
- audiobook
"Sometimes it is easier to forget than to heal."-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"Oh, how would we treat the people in our lives if we knew which conversation would be the last? would we act differently? Appreciate every moment? Tell them we love them?"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"It is in these moments that we are compelled to question the meaning of life, and whether life has any meaning at all; moments when tragedy hits us so unexpectedly, and so sudden. But it is also in t…"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
"Some days, I am just tired. Some days, I'm barely strong enough to carry the burden of my heavy heart, let alone the weight of the world on my shoulders, some days I need space on my own, no internet…"-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing
14. Goddess of the River
By: Vaishnavi Patel
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more
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- audiobook
15. The Act of Disappearing
By: Nathan Gower
4.38
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
"Hauntingly beautiful.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Aven… read more
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- audiobook
16. Is This OK? One Woman's Search for Connection Online
By: Harriet Gibsone
3.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Music journalist, self-professed creep and former winner of the coveted ‘Fittest Girl in Year 11’ a… read more
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- memoir
- audiobook
17. Before the Queen Falls Asleep
By: Huzama Habayeb
3.58
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy'… read more
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18. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents
By: Mary-Alice Daniel
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poetic coming-of-age memoir that probes the legacies and myths of family, race, and religion—from… read more
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- biography memoir
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19. Notes from an Island
By: Tove Jansson
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunström, a maverick fisherman, raced … read more
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- biography memoir
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- audiobook
20. Let the Games Begin
By: Rufaro Faith Mazarura
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Set against a sizzling-hot Greek summer filled with sunshine and souvlaki, Rufaro Faith Mazarura’s … read more
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