The Shadow King
By: Maaza Mengiste
3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Ethiopia. 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to …
Want to Read $ 9.99"The routine dulls the terror."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"The routine dulls the terror."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"He holds no importance except what memory allows."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"He holds no importance except what memory allows."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
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1. Kintu
By: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
4.11
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
Uganda’s history reimagined through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan in an award-winning debu… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
- novels
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african literature
"For knowing and refusing to know."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu
2. Feeding the Soul (Souls of Chicago, #1)
By: Annabella Michaels
3.87
Format: 54 pages,
Giovanni Romero had been dealt his fair share of heartbreak throughout his thirty years, including … read more
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3. The Book of Not (Nervous Conditions, #2)
By: Tsitsi Dangarembga
3.00
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
A sequel to Nervous Conditions, this is a powerful and engaging story about one young woman's quest… read more
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4. We Need New Names
By: NoViolet Bulawayo
4.50
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
An exciting literary debut: the unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zim… read more
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5. The Fishermen
By: Chigozie Obioma
3.78
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
In a Nigerian town in the mid 1990's, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of vio… read more
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6. Half of a Yellow Sun
By: None
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence o… read more
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7. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
By: K.G.E. Konkel
4.32
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more
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- novels
"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
8. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
9. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
By: Shehan Karunatilaka
3.92
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Even suicide requires perseverance."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
10. Magenta
By: John Payton Foden
4.27
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more
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- historical
- war
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- historical fiction
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan, please, get to work. Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness. A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes. I do. Yo…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed. They silently passed…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
11. Glory
By: NoViolet Bulawayo
3.70
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of the Booker-prize finalist We Need New Names, a blockbuster of a no… read more
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- historical
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The dead are not dead, glory to the ancestors!"-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
"And today they'll call the thing all sort of queer names, I've even heard it called a genocide. But I myself call it service."-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
"Words not only mattered but they were power. Words were muti. Words were weapons. Words were magic. Words were church. Words were wealth. Words were life."-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
"If I don't write, then who will I blame when I wake up one day to find myself in the belly of a crocodile that calls itself History, that devours the stories of everyone else and goes on to speak for…"-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
12. The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more
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- historical
- war
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"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
13. The Promise
By: Damon Galgut
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
The Promise , winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, charts the crash and burn of a white South African f… read more
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"A smile quickly cut his face and then healed up."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
"Give him a taboo and he feels the need to break it."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
"Children still, on the verge of not being children any more."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
"Her own voice sounds echoey, as if somebody else is speaking."-Damon Galgut, The Promise
14. The Shadow King
By: Maaza Mengiste
3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Ethiopia. 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to … read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
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- historical
- war
- ethiopia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african literature
- audiobook
"The routine dulls the terror."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"He holds no importance except what memory allows."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"What is lost is gone, my child, what is lost makes room for something else."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"what is forged into memory tucks itself into bone and muscle. It will always be there and it will follow us to the grave."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
15. The Fortune Men
By: Nadifa Mohamed
3.80
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Based on a true event, this novel is “a blues song cut straight from the heart ... about the unjust… read more
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16. A Girl Is a Body of Water
By: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
4.15
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a piercing question that has haunted h… read more
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- africa
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"Remember, be a good person, not a good girl. Good girls suffer a lot in this life."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Explore it, love it, find out what it is capable of before you hand it over to a man."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Stories are critical, Kirabo. The minute we fall silent, someone will fill the silence for us."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Children do absolutely nothing on their arrival that warrants presents every year. If anything, they should give presents to their mothers, who come close to death."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
17. An Orchestra of Minorities
By: Chigozie Obioma
3.68
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit o… read more
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"Mais il ignorait encore que rien, jamais, n’appartient pleinement à personne."-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities
"For the truth remains that more can also be more, and that less is often inevitably less."-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities
"Esprits protecteurs de l’humanité, avons-nous vraiment réfléchi aux puissances que déploie la passion chez l’humain ? Avons-nous examiné pourquoi un homme peut traverser un champ de flammes pour atte…"-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities
"The daily life of lovers often begins to share resemblances, so that, in time, each day becomes indistinguishable from the one that came before it. The lovers carry each other's words in their hearts…"-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities
18. It Would Be Night in Caracas
By: Karina Sainz Borgo
3.72
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Told with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman’s desperate battle … read more
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- fiction
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"Mientras redactaba la inscripción para su tumba, entendí que la primera muerte ocurre en el lenguaje, en ese acto de arrancar a los sujetos del presente para plantarlos en el pasado. Convertirlos en …"-Karina Sainz Borgo, It Would Be Night in Caracas
19. This Mournable Body
By: Tsitsi Dangarembga
3.34
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
A searing novel about the obstacles facing women in Zimbabwe, by one of the country’s most notable … read more
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"How, with all your education, do you come to be more needy than your mother?"-Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body
"What we heard all the time is that you were not working. That's what was said, that that degree of yours was just a piece of paper sitting, silently rotting."-Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body
"You begin to suspect that Cousin-Brother-in-Law and Nyasha are not being honest, that they found each other because neither possesses the hardiness success requires, so they have dressed discourageme…"-Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body
"Christine has that layer under her skin that cuts off her outside from her inside and allows no communication between the person she once believed she could be and the person she has in fact become. …"-Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body
20. Silence Is My Mother Tongue
By: Sulaiman Addonia
3.82
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 'Gripping and courageous' – Guardian 'Br… read more
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"First we root our sensibility in the camp, and with each seed sown a bit of that fear is stripped off."-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
"I didn't choose for my job to be a secret, Nasnet said. It's ironic, though. Society makes it so and then they try to oust you and ostracize you for the secret they have demanded and imposed in the f…"-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
21. Giù i monumenti? Una questione aperta
By: Lisa Parola
3.17
Format: 144 pages, ebook
Oggi più che mai abbiamo cambiato il modo di guardare ai monumenti. Non più solo ricordo del passat… read more
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