7 must-read africa books like Bare: The Blesser’s Game by Jackie Phamotse

Cover of Bare: The Blesser’s Game by Jackie Phamotse

Bare: The Blesser’s Game

By: Jackie Phamotse

3.65

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

Treasure is a naïve dreamer tossed into this unforgiving reality. Intent on supporting herself, she…

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1. We're Going to Need More Wine

By: Gabrielle Union

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means… read more

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"Your world is only as small as you make it."

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"My humaness doesn't insulate me from racism or sexism."

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself"

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"An empress does not concern herself with the antics of fools"

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

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2. Period Pain

By: Kopano Matlwa

3.82

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Kopano Matlwa stole South Africa's heart with her debut novel Coconut. With almost 25 000 sales thi… read more

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  • africa
  • south africa
  • fiction
"Being alive is the most dangerous thing in the world. Anything can happen at any time. It's safer to be dead."

-Kopano Matlwa, Period Pain

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3. Coconut

By: Kopano Matlwa

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Paperback

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  • africa
  • south africa
  • fiction
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4. 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
  • fiction
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5. Naledi His Love

By: Dudu Busani-Dube

3.50

Format: None pages,

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  • africa
  • fiction

6. Hlomu The wife

By: Dudu Busani-Dube

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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7. Zndile The Resolute

By: Dudu Busani-Dube

4.26

Format: 112 pages,

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8. Nervous Conditions

By: Tsitsi Dangarembga

4.54

Format: 253 pages,

A modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa's 100 Best Books of … read more

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9. 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
  • fiction
Cover of Bare: The Blesser’s Game by Jackie Phamotse

10. Bare: The Blesser’s Game

By: Jackie Phamotse

3.65

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

Treasure is a naïve dreamer tossed into this unforgiving reality. Intent on supporting herself, she… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Phamotse's Bare: The Blesser’s Game book and Jackie Phamotse's Bare: The Blesser’s Game

  • africa
  • south africa
  • fiction
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11. The Blessed Girl

By: Angela Makholwa

3.71

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

When you are accustomed to the finer things in life – designer shoes, champagne, VIP lounges, exoti… read more

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  • africa
  • south africa
  • fiction
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12. Iqunga

By: Dudu Busani-Dube

4.19

Format: None pages, None

He is speaking in a hushed tone, as if this is a forbidden subject. 'He said there were twins here,… read more

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  • fiction
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13. Critical But Stable

By: Angela Makholwa

3.49

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling story of wealth, power and the true cost of ‘having it all’. Because sometimes the pric… read more

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  • fiction
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14. The Royal Mistress

By: Takalani M.

4.23

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

A fiction novel about a young Venda prince destined to marry his pre-ordained princess but his hear… read more

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15. The Beloved MaShenge

By: Nelly Page Magwaza

4.18

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

When Yangomuhle bumps into her new boss for the first time she has no idea who he is, her dauntless… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Mess

By: Dudu Busani-Dube

4.29

Format: None pages, None

One of the few guys with no tattoos has been staring at my sneakers for too long and I know he’s tr… read more

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17. The End (The Hlomu #6)

By: Dudu Busani-Dube

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“Do you remember the life we dreamed of? The things we did, hoping we’d achieve that life? The bloo… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The y in yOUR Man is Silent: Book One

By: Yvonne Maphosa

4.37

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

“He may be the love of your life but he’s my soulmate” read more

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19. Unspoken Truth

By: Pumza Shabangu

4.34

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Bongani and Thando Mthimkhulu are a loving couple, wonderful parents and each running their own suc… read more

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20. Heart in Two

By: Yvonne Maphosa

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

LOTUS is focused and ambitious, and is as cunning as she is beautiful. Although she seems to have i… read more

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21. Grasping at straws (Book Two)

By: Yvonne Maphosa

4.46

Format: None pages, None

Lwezi is hell-bent on leaving Matombo and every part of it behind, but the ancestors have other pla… read more

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11 Best fiction books like Bare: The Blesser’s Game by Jackie Phamotse

Transform Your Habits

Period Pain

Kopano Matlwa

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Coconut

Kopano Matlwa

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Naledi His Love

Dudu Busani-Dube

3.50

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13 Best fiction books like Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku

Transform Your Habits

Daughters Who Walk This Path

Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Hairdresser of Harare

Tendai Huchu

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

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