16 Top africa books like Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham

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Black Sunday

By: Tola Rotimi Abraham

3.65

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Simultaneously unique and universal (NPR), this fiercely original debut novel follows the fate of f…

"Gone but not Forgotten."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

"Gone but not Forgotten."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

"Children can have stubborn pain too."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

"Children can have stubborn pain too."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

If you liked the africa plot in Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Yejide Kilanko's Daughters Who Walk This Path book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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2. 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

Similar categories in Lola Shoneyin's The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • african literature

3. I Do Not Come to You by Chance

By: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

4.12

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to Y… read more

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4. Black Sunday

By: Tola Rotimi Abraham

3.65

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Simultaneously unique and universal (NPR), this fiercely original debut novel follows the fate of f… read more

Similar categories in Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • african literature
  • audiobook
"Gone but not Forgotten."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

"Children can have stubborn pain too."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

"Lagos is filled with broke men with big dreams."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

"Just give me five years, I'll ruin his entire life."

-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday

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5. A Spell of Good Things

By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more

Similar categories in Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s A Spell of Good Things book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

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6. 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

Similar categories in Aiwanose Odafen's Tomorrow I Become a Woman book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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7. 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

Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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8. 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

Similar categories in Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
"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

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9. The God of Good Looks

By: Breanne Mc Ivor

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This entertaining, transportive, and luminous debut novel follows a young Trinidadian woman finding… read more

Similar categories in Breanne Mc Ivor's The God of Good Looks book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Mechanics of Yenagoa

By: Michael Afenfia

3.84

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Ebinimi, star mechanic of Kalakala Street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of … read more

Similar categories in Michael Afenfia's The Mechanics of Yenagoa book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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11. The Middle Daughter

By: Chika Unigwe

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning author Chika Unigwe, perfect for … read more

Similar categories in Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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12. Nightbloom

By: Peace Adzo Medie

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife , returns with a moving novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Peace Adzo Medie's Nightbloom book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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13. The Teller of Secrets

By: Bisi Adjapon

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut novel—a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening—a feisty Nigerian-Ghan… read more

Similar categories in Bisi Adjapon's The Teller of Secrets book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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14. The Island of Forgetting

By: Jasmine Sealy

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How does memory become myth? How do lies become family lore? How do we escape the trauma of the pas… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Sealy's The Island of Forgetting book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories (Contemporary Poetry And Prose) by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

15. Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories (Contemporary Poetry And Prose)

By: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

4.40

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

"Even in death, who has ownership over Black women's bodies?" Questions like this sit between th… read more

Similar categories in Yvette Lisa Ndlovu's Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories (Contemporary Poetry And Prose) book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • africa
  • fiction
  • african literature
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16. 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

Similar categories in Vanessa Walters's The Nigerwife book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."

-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife

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17. We Were Girls Once

By: Aiwanose Odafen

3.82

Format: None pages, Audiobook

'We were three: complete, as we were meant to be…’ Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to … read more

Similar categories in Aiwanose Odafen's We Were Girls Once book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Daughter in Exile

By: Bisi Adjapon

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of  The Teller of Secrets  returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, sto… read more

Similar categories in Bisi Adjapon's Daughter in Exile book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • audiobook
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19. Patience Is a Subtle Thief

By: Abi Ishola-Ayodeji

3.46

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Hope and circumstance define a young woman's life in this heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, set… read more

Similar categories in Abi Ishola-Ayodeji's Patience Is a Subtle Thief book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • african literature
  • audiobook
"I thought you don't believe in ease. Ease is the cousin of patience." "Patience is a subtle thief. It's a thief of time and a thief of money...."

-Abi Ishola-Ayodeji, Patience Is a Subtle Thief

"Patience....please choose wisely whenever you decide to give any man your time. Our people value marriage, but if you don't choose a person who will add to your life in a healthy way, you will find y…"

-Abi Ishola-Ayodeji, Patience Is a Subtle Thief

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20. The Unfortunates

By: J.K. Chukwu

3.84

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhau… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Chukwu's The Unfortunates book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

21. 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

Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow book and Tola Rotimi Abraham's Black Sunday

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • family
  • african literature

5 Best family books like Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Black Sunday

Tola Rotimi Abraham

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Middle Daughter

Chika Unigwe

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Nightbloom

Peace Adzo Medie

3.96

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17 best-selling fiction books like The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe

Transform Your Habits

Daughters Who Walk This Path

Yejide Kilanko

4.00

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

Transform Your Habits

A Spell of Good Things

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

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