28 best-selling fiction books like Even When Your Voice Shakes by Ruby Yayra Goka

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Even When Your Voice Shakes

By: Ruby Yayra Goka

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A young woman speaks out against her wealthy abuser in this riveting YA novel from one of Ghana’s m…

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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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • african literature
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2. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

By: Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi's Wives,… read more

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  • africa
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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. 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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  • cultural
  • 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

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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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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6. The Son of the House

By: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

SHORTLISTED for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 • FINALIST for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 20… read more

Similar categories in Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's The Son of the House book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • cultural
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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7. Rootless

By: Krystle Zara Appiah

3.83

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted… read more

Similar categories in Krystle Zara Appiah's Rootless book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • ghana
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. 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

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  • africa
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. 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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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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10. 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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • contemporary
  • africa
  • fiction
  • african literature
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11. 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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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12. A Good Name

By: Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Twelve years in America and Eziafa Okereke has nothing to show for it. Desperate to re-write his st… read more

Similar categories in Yejide Kilanko's A Good Name book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • african literature
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13. 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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • ghana
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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14. The Marriage Class

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.02

Format: None pages, None

One Class. Ten Couples. Ten Decisions. Abi and Raymond are engaged to be married and have starte… read more

Similar categories in Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi's The Marriage Class book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • african literature
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15. 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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Teller of Secrets

By: Bisi Adjapon

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut novel—a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening—a feisty Nigerian-Ghan… read more

Similar categories in Bisi Adjapon's The Teller of Secrets book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • ghana
  • fiction
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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17. Dele Weds Destiny

By: Tomi Obaro

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first t… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Obaro's Dele Weds Destiny book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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18. The Nigerwife

By: Vanessa Walters

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, an… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Walters's The Nigerwife book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • audiobook
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."

-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife

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19. Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

By: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

4.26

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls. Some managed to escape. Many are still missing. … read more

Similar categories in Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani's Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Lucky Girl

By: Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Longing for independence, a young sheltered Kenyan woman flees the expectations of her mother for a… read more

Similar categories in Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu's Lucky Girl book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Allow Me to Introduce Myself

By: Onyi Nwabineli

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ever since she was a child, Anuri’s life was chronicled and monetized by her influencer stepmother.… read more

Similar categories in Onyi Nwabineli's Allow Me to Introduce Myself book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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22. 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
Cover of Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

23. Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories

By: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

3.99

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

6 hrs. 10 min. Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling… read more

Similar categories in Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi's Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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24. 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 Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • ghana
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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25. Where We End & Begin

By: Jane Igharo

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they're reunited at a wedding in Nigeria, i… read more

Similar categories in Jane Igharo's Where We End & Begin book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • audiobook
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Even When Your Voice Shakes

By: Ruby Yayra Goka

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A young woman speaks out against her wealthy abuser in this riveting YA novel from one of Ghana’s m… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • cultural
  • africa
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • ghana
  • african literature
  • social issues
  • audiobook
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27. Who Drove Nearly All Lagos Men Mad?

By: Ugochukwu Ugonna

2.64

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the heart of Lagos -- the center of excellence, from Festac to Ikeja, Surulere to Sangotedo… read more

Similar categories in Ugochukwu Ugonna's Who Drove Nearly All Lagos Men Mad? book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • fiction
Cover of Broken. Not a halal love story by Fatima   Bala

28. Broken. Not a halal love story

By: Fatima Bala

4.19

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In this heartwrenching new novel from Award-winning author and poet, Fatima Bala, a connection send… read more

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"Broken into fragments, Heartbeats - counted, limited. Yet, I’d give all the beats I have left to hear my name escape your lips again. Ours is a togetherness that honors the beauty of our solitude."

-Fatima Bala, Broken. Not a halal love story

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29. The Unfortunates

By: J.K. Chukwu

3.84

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhau… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Chukwu's The Unfortunates book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. 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

Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow book and Ruby Yayra Goka's Even When Your Voice Shakes

  • africa
  • fiction
  • african literature
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31. Adanna

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.13

Format: 621 pages, Kindle Edition

Adanna, the haunting beauty married off to a man three times her senior. After enduring two decades… read more

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  • fiction

22 best-selling contemporary books like Even When Your Voice Shakes by Ruby Yayra Goka

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Transform Your Habits

A Spell of Good Things

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

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Tomorrow I Become a Woman

Aiwanose Odafen

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Son of the House

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

4.11

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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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