13 must-read fiction books like No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha Bush

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No Heaven for Good Boys

By: Keisha Bush

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In this evocative debut novel, two boys in the bustling city of Dakar, Senegal, band together again…

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1. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

By: Mark Mathabane

4.17

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

The classic story of life in Apartheid South Africa. Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating pove… read more

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  • africa
"Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth."

-Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

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2. So Long a Letter

By: Mariama Bâ , Modupé Bodé-Thomas

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her strugg… read more

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  • africa
  • fiction
  • senegal
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3. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

By: Shubnum Khan

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more

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  • africa
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

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4. In de mist van Golden Gate Park

By: Murat Isik

3.87

Format: 667 pages, Hardcover

Zomer 2001. Metin Mutlu gaat studeren in San Francisco. Met het betreden van deze nieuwe wereld i… read more

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  • fiction
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5. This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

By: Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God by Jamie Winship

6. Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God

By: Jamie Winship

4.49

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Jamie Winship spent nearly 30 years living and working in conflict zones, and during that time he h… read more

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"Fear shuts down creativity and the reception of new ideas."

-Jamie Winship, Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God

"But the Bible narrative is all about creativity bursting forth from the true self, the true you."

-Jamie Winship, Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God

"We want to be mentally, physically, and spiritually fit. We don't want to be well, we want to be fit."

-Jamie Winship, Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God

"That's how long the idea had been inside her. She couldn't access it apart from God. It was there, waiting to be discovered."

-Jamie Winship, Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God

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7. Root Magic

By: Eden Royce

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the hist… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)

By: Walter Mosley

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. De mens is een plofkip

By: Teun van de Keuken

3.75

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

Echt voedsel met herkenbare ingrediënten heeft de afgelopen decennia grotendeels plaatsgemaakt voor… read more

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10. Anywhere You Run

By: Wanda M. Morris

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful nov… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Awkward Black Man

By: Walter Mosley

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Walter Mosley, a brilliant collection of stories featuring unlikely heroe… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I always keep thinkin' that maybe I could find a place where you nevah have to get mad, and then I'd be cool. My daddy told me before he died that that place was called Dead ."

-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man

"I found out a lot about my father as he regaled my wife. He'd learned how to be a potter in a small village in Bolivia. There, working on a kick-wheel in a shack the size of an outhouse, he started t…"

-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man

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12. Beyond the Door of No Return

By: David Diop

3.66

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling and deeply moving new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize. … read more

Similar categories in David Diop's Beyond the Door of No Return book and Keisha Bush's No Heaven for Good Boys

  • literary fiction
  • senegal
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"Despite all my efforts to block it out, the ordeal on the pier in Gorée, after our brief escape beyond the door to the voyage of no return, came back to me intact. I realized then that painting and m…"

-David Diop, Beyond the Door of No Return

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13. The Map of Salt and Stars

By: Zeyn Joukhadar

3.92

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Nour es una niña de once años cuyo padre acaba de morir. Su madre, cartógrafa que dibuja los mapas … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"Stories are powerful,"

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"I don’t understand why we were shelled."

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"The sea has a way of showing us ourselves,"

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"Every place you go becomes a part of you. But none more so than home."

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

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14. Sweetness in the Skin

By: Ishi Robinson

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmai… read more

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  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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15. Alles wordt lichter

By: Janke Reitsma

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Ylva is eenentwintig als ze op de eerste dag van de zomervakantie in een willekeurige bus stapt in … read more

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16. House of Bone and Rain

By: Gabino Iglesias

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
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17. Little Rot

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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18. Ken jezelf: een openhartige filosofie

By: Tinneke Beeckman

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Wat kan je troosten? Is je verlangen gevaarlijk? Waarvoor kun je dankbaar zijn? In een moedige z… read more

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19. No Heaven for Good Boys

By: Keisha Bush

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In this evocative debut novel, two boys in the bustling city of Dakar, Senegal, band together again… read more

Similar categories in Keisha Bush's No Heaven for Good Boys book and Keisha Bush's No Heaven for Good Boys

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • coming of age
  • senegal
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
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20. De buurtbarbecue

By: Gerjanne van Lagen

3.57

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

De bewoners van de Kruizingastraat treffen elkaar soms in het voorbijgaan. Verder hebben ze hun eig… read more

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5 must-read contemporary books like No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha Bush

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The Awkward Black Man

Walter Mosley

4.05

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The Map of Salt and Stars

Zeyn Joukhadar

3.92

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Sweetness in the Skin

Ishi Robinson

4.29

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Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

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21 Top fiction books like The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

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The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden

4.02

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The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

3.84

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

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Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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