6 best-selling fiction books like My Life in Prison by John Kiriamiti

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My Life in Prison

By: John Kiriamiti

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

When John Kiriamiti was convicted on a charge of robbery with violence and sentenced to 20 years im…

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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. Betrayal in the City

By: Francis Imbuga

4.16

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

First published in 1976, this play from one of Africa's foremost dramatists is in the classic canno… read more

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3. The Concubine

By: Elechi Amadi

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A novel by Elechi Amadi. read more

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  • fiction
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4. Poems from East Africa

By: David Cook , David Rubadiri

4.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

The spirit of the poetic flowering of the 1960s is encapsulated in this comprehensive anthology. Th… read more

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5. Siku Njema

By: Ken Walibora

4.08

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

A novel. read more

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6. The River and the Source

By: Margaret A. Ogola

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1995, this novel won both the Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize… read more

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  • fiction

7. An Enemy of the People

By: Henrik Ibsen

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

An Enemy of the people (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play by Norwegian play… read more

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8. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

By: Chinua Achebe

3.73

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more

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  • fiction
"Let us not reason like cowards,"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"There is no story that is not true."

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

9. Across The Bridge

By: None

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

Before I met Caroline, I had never dreamt of achieving anything beyond a bicycle and probably a tin… read more

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10. His Only Wife

By: Peace Adzo Medie

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstres… read more

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  • fiction
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11. 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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  • fiction
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12. The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

By: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

3.98

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A conversation starter like Three Women but centering the experiences of women of color: a melliflu… read more

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"I spent years avoiding sex with guys because I didn’t want anyone to gossip about me. I wish I had realized sooner that no matter what I did guys would claim to have fucked me every which way under t…"

-Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

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13. Confessions of Nairobi Women

By: Joan Thatiah

4.21

Format: 164 pages, Hardcover

There is a story of a woman who confesses to nursing thoughts of wanting to kill her husband, anoth… read more

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14. Confessions of Nairobi Women Book Two

By: Joan Thatiah

4.11

Format: 156 pages, None

None read more

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15. Confessions of Nairobi Men

By: Joan Thatiah

4.34

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Confessions of Nairobi Men is a culmination of three years Joan Thatiah has spent listening to stor… read more

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16. Aminata: A play (Plays for school series)

By: Francis Imbuga

3.76

Format: 81 pages, Paperback

Aminata is a play written by Francis Imbuga. It stars Aminata as the main character with Jumba as h… read more

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17. My Life in Prison

By: John Kiriamiti

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

When John Kiriamiti was convicted on a charge of robbery with violence and sentenced to 20 years im… read more

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