Between Two Worlds
By: Miriam Tlali
3.72
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
Set in Soweto outside Johannesburg, Between Two Worlds is one of the most important novels of South…
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1. Song of Solomon
By: Toni Morrison
4.14
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain… read more
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- classics
- fiction
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"Her passions were narrow but deep."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"He can't value you more than you value yourself."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"You got a life? Live it! Live the motherfuckin' life!"-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
2. Waiting for the Barbarians
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny fr… read more
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- africa
- classics
- south africa
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african literature
"Nothing is worse than what we can imagine"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"Schmerz ist Wahrheit; alles andere wird angezweifelt."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"A fool in love is laughed at but in the end always forgiven"-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
"I am now no more than a pile of blood, bone and meat that is unhappy."-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians
3. Americanah
By: None , Jashar Awan
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, … read more
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- africa
- fiction
4. Caramelo
By: Sandra Cisneros
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Every year, Ceyala "Lala" Reyes' family--aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brot… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
5. Love in a Fallen City
By: Eileen Chang , Karen S. Kingsbury
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth-century China, where she enjoys a passionate … read more
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- classics
- fiction
6. The Slave Girl
By: Buchi Emecheta
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The Slave Girlfollows the fortunes of Ogbanje Ojebeta, a Nigerian woman who is sold into slavery in… read more
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- africa
- african literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. On Black Sisters Street
By: Chika Unigwe
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
On Black Sisters Streettells the haunting story of four very different women who have left their Af… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
8. Three Strong Women
By: Marie NDiaye , John Fletcher
2.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this new novel, the first by a black woman ever to win the coveted Prix Goncourt, Marie NDiaye c… read more
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9. Tinkers
By: Paul Harding
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
An old man lies dying. Propped up in his living room and surrounded by his children and grandchildr… read more
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10. The Lost Steps
By: Alejo Carpentier , Harriet de Onís
4.67
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one o… read more
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11. Fences (The Century Cycle #6)
By: August Wilson
4.23
Format: 690 pages,
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture directed by Denzel Washington, and starring Denzel Washington and… read more
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12. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
By: Audre Lorde
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming… read more
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13. July's People
By: Nadine Gordimer
4.67
Format: 107 pages,
For years, it had been what is called a "deteriorating situation." Now all over South Africa the ci… read more
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14. Another Country
By: James Baldwin
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more
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15. Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories
By: غسان كنفاني , None
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
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16. 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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17. The Lonely Londoners
By: Sam Selvon
3.82
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, his classic award-winning novel of immigrant li… read more
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18. The Blind Owl
By: Sadegh Hedayat , D.P. Costello
3.97
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale o… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"افكار پوچ! از هر حقيقتی بيشتر مرا شكنجه ميكند"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهایی است که روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد ومیتراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهايی هست که مثل خوره روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد و می تراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"از دور ریختن عقایدی که به من تلقین شده بود، آرامش مخصوصی در خودم حس میکردم."-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
19. White Teeth
By: Zadie Smith
4.53
Format: 288 pages,
On New Year's morning, 1975, Archie Jones sits in his car on a London road and waits for the exhaus… read more
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20. Great Expectations
By: Charles Dickens
3.79
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to a… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"We need never be ashamed of our tears."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"You are in every line I have ever read."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"It is the most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her."-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
21. The White Tiger
By: Aravind Adiga
3.88
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Balram tells us t… read more
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22. 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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- classics
- fiction
- historical 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)
23. Our Sister Killjoy
By: Ama Ata Aidoo
4.36
Format: 94 pages,
Out of Africa with her degree and her all-seeing eyes comes Sissie. She comes to Europe, to a land … read more
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24. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
By: Ayi Kwei Armah
3.71
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A railway freight clerk in Ghana attempts to hold out against the pressures that impel him toward c… read more
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25. Howards End
By: E.M. Forster
3.96
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
A már életében klasszikusnak számító angol írónak ez volt a negyedik, a kritikusok szerint a legjob… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"So never give in,"-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Tulips were a tray of jewels."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Love and Truth, their warfare seems eternal."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
26. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
By: Shea Ernshaw
3.85
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Jack and Sally are "truly meant to be" ... or are they? Sally Skellington is the official, newl… read more
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- fiction
"Even if my seams can be broken, that doesn't mean I will be."-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
"I was born in Dream Town, but I am also the Pumpkin Queen. I will fight for Jack. I will fight to set things right."-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
"It's a ghastly thing to lose an arm--or any part of yourself, really--to feel disconnected from your body. Not quite whole."-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
" Your curiosity will kill you , Dr. Finkelstein once told me. Maybe he was right. But instead of killing me, it's taken the man, the skeleton, I love."-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
27. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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28. People Person
By: Candice Carty-Williams
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't… read more
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- fiction
29. The Old Drift
By: Namwali Serpell
3.74
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A Zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families, telling the story of a nati… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Every family is a war but some are more civil than others."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Only a sister, an alternative self, could inspire such a sordid mix of disgust and envy."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"She stepped from the trashy bedlam of the road into the cool cave of the shop, relieved to escape the experience of walking outside while female."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Old like her father was old, a shaggy shambling old, an old where you'd lost the order of things and felt so sad that you simply had to embrace the loss, reassuring yourself with the lie that you had…"-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
30. Land of Big Numbers: Stories
By: Te-Ping Chen
3.94
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
A debut collection from an extraordinary new talent that vividly gives voice to the men and women o… read more
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- fiction
"They were fond of each other, and that was more than you could say about most marriages."-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
"He did not look like a man who could stomach life's indignities, whether it was a closed door or an uncomfortable, vertigo-inducing passage through a birth canal."-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
"She laughed a lot, and easily. It wasn't until we actually became friends that I realized she was often very sad. America is like that, I must say, free and easy until you know better."-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
"A great wasteland of sorrow was opening up in him, unfolding dozens of tiny shacks, terrible squatters setting up residence, banging their miniature liquor bottles against his chest, a hundred feet t…"-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
31. Between Two Worlds
By: Miriam Tlali
3.72
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
Set in Soweto outside Johannesburg, Between Two Worlds is one of the most important novels of South… read more
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- historical fiction
- african literature
