26 Best fiction books like Born in a House of Glass by Chinenye Emezie

Cover of Born in a House of Glass by Chinenye Emezie

Born in a House of Glass

By: Chinenye Emezie

3.71

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

As Udonwa grows, her hidden family history changes her forever. Let me tell you a story. It's ab…

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Cover of Daughters Who Walk This Path by Yejide Kilanko

1. Daughters Who Walk This Path

By: Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Spirited and intelligent, Morayo grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-d… read more

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2. The Hairdresser of Harare

By: Tendai Huchu

4.34

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

Like very good dark chocolate this is a delicious novel, with a bitter-sweet flavour. Vimbai is a h… read more

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3. The Yearning

By: Mohale Mashigo

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Yearning (noun): A feeling of intense longing for something. How long does it take for scars to hea… read more

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4. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

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Cover of Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen

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

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6. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

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"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

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7. 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

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"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

Cover of Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

8. Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

By: Kennedy Ryan

4.36

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasme… read more

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"Fuck them ribs."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

"We said till death do us part."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

"No one in my whole life has ever hurt me like you did."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

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9. 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

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"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."

-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife

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10. The Mythmakers

By: Keziah Weir

3.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A must-read twisty literary mystery. A journalist searches for answers after discovering herself i… read more

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11. What the Wife Knew

By: Darby Kane

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twis… read more

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12. Gaslight (Philip Taiwo #2)

By: Femi Kayode

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to Kayode's "action-packed and spirited debut" Philip Taiwo returns to solve a mi… read more

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Cover of Nigerian Men Will Stain Your White by Alexandria Humphrey

13. Nigerian Men Will Stain Your White

By: Alexandria Humphrey

3.39

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

The novella revolves around the life of Efua Johnson, a woman of Ghanaian descent living in Lagos w… read more

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14. Only One Survives

By: Hannah Mary McKinnon

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Becoming the star is easier when the rest of your band is dead… All drummer Vienna Taylor ever w… read more

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15. How It Works Out

By: Myriam Lacroix

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and de… read more

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16. 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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17. The Bookshop Sisterhood

By: Michelle Lindo-Rice

3.42

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“ This drama-packed page turner will warm your heart!” —Eliza Knight, USA Today bestselling author … read more

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Cover of Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

18. 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

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Cover of And So I Roar by Abi Daré

19. And So I Roar

By: Abi Daré

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl w… read more

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Cover of The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

20. The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

By: Shelley Wood

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

An inspired, sweeping, historical epic tracing the remarkable life story of a baby girl born on lea… read more

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Cover of In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother’s Secret Life by Sadiya Ansari

21. In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother’s Secret Life

By: Sadiya Ansari

4.30

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In a deeply personal investigation, award-winning journalist Sadiya Ansari takes us across three co… read more

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22. Celestina's House

By: Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez

3.14

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart.It begins with an act of betrayal.What follow… read more

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Cover of Born in a House of Glass by Chinenye Emezie

23. Born in a House of Glass

By: Chinenye Emezie

3.71

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

As Udonwa grows, her hidden family history changes her forever. Let me tell you a story. It's ab… read more

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24. The Parlour Wife: The most poignant historical fiction book you’ll read this year

By: Foluso Agbaje

4.06

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Kehinde must put everything on the line to find herself during a time of war. Lagos, 1939 Wit… read more

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Cover of A Mom Like That: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis by Aaisha Alvi

25. A Mom Like That: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis

By: Aaisha Alvi

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

“A brave and lyrical exploration of motherhood and mental health … as terrifying as it is riveting.… read more

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26. Hair for Men

By: Michelle Winters

3.68

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The second novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michelle Winters teems with hot towel shaves a… read more

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Cover of The Wedding: A Novel by Gurjinder Basran

27. The Wedding: A Novel

By: Gurjinder Basran

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

You’re invited to The Wedding, an electrifying novel about the joining of two South Asian families,… read more

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28. No Credit River

By: Zoe Whittall

4.21

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“It is a confusing thing to be born between generations where the one above thinks nothing is traum… read more

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29. More or Less Maddy

By: Lisa Genova

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A breathless, riveting novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the st… read more

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Cover of I Never Said That I Was Brave by Tasneem Jamal

30. I Never Said That I Was Brave

By: Tasneem Jamal

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A taut tale of unequal friendship. Set between the 1970s and 2010, I Never Said That I Was Brave e… read more

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31. However Far Away

By: Rajinderpal S. Pal

3.65

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A sweeping family saga about love, loss, and acceptance―set against the backdrop of a Sikh wedding.… read more

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19 Best fiction books like Gaslight (Philip Taiwo #2) by Femi Kayode

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Smoke Kings

Jahmal Mayfield

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)

Danielle Arceneaux

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

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