15 Best fiction books like A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks

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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…

"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 it. They will be surprised when I say you are the only man I have ever loved."

-Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

"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 it. They will be surprised when I say you are the only man I have ever loved."

-Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

If you liked the fiction plot in A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Everything Good Will Come

By: Sefi Atta

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Everything Good Will Come introduces an important new voice in contemporary fiction. It is 1971, a … read more

Similar categories in Sefi Atta's Everything Good Will Come book and Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • african literature
Cover of Daughters Who Walk This Path by Yejide Kilanko

2. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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3. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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4. Born on a Tuesday

By: Elnathan John

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

From two-time Caine Prize finalist Elnathan John, a dynamic young voice from Nigeria, Born on a Tue… read more

Similar categories in Elnathan John's Born on a Tuesday book and Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • african literature

5. Stay with Me

By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expect… read more

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6. 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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7. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

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

Cover of Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen

8. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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9. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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10. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • romance
  • music
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • 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

Cover of Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right by Ukamaka Olisakwe

11. Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right

By: Ukamaka Olisakwe

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadin… read more

Similar categories in Ukamaka Olisakwe's Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right book and Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
Cover of The Mechanics of Yenagoa by Michael Afenfia

12. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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13. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
Cover of The Marriage Class by Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

14. The Marriage Class

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.02

Format: None pages, None

One Class. Ten Couples. Ten Decisions. Abi and Raymond are engaged to be married and have starte… read more

Similar categories in Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi's The Marriage Class book and Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • romance
  • african literature
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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • africa
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • african literature
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16. 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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • african literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Confessions of Nairobi Men by Joan Thatiah

17. Confessions of Nairobi Men

By: Joan Thatiah

4.34

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Confessions of Nairobi Men is a culmination of three years Joan Thatiah has spent listening to stor… read more

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18. 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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19. Who Drove Nearly All Lagos Men Mad?

By: Ugochukwu Ugonna

2.64

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the heart of Lagos -- the center of excellence, from Festac to Ikeja, Surulere to Sangotedo… read more

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  • fiction
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20. Broken. Not a halal love story

By: Fatima Bala

4.19

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In this heartwrenching new novel from Award-winning author and poet, Fatima Bala, a connection send… read more

Similar categories in Fatima Bala's Broken. Not a halal love story book and Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • romance
"Broken into fragments, Heartbeats - counted, limited. Yet, I’d give all the beats I have left to hear my name escape your lips again. Ours is a togetherness that honors the beauty of our solitude."

-Fatima Bala, Broken. Not a halal love story

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 Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist

  • africa
  • fiction
  • nigeria
  • african literature

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Yejide Kilanko

4.00

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Lola Shoneyin

4.25

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Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

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4.24

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Yejide Kilanko

4.00

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Chimeka Garricks

3.87

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Lola Shoneyin

4.25

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