13 best-selling fiction books like The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

Cover of The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

The Desert and the Drum

By: Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

3.88

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

The Desert and the Drum is the first novel ever to be translated into English from Mauritania. It w…

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Cover of The Tale of Aypi by Ak Welsapar

1. The Tale of Aypi

By: Ak Welsapar

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ingenting ar som vanligt i den lilla fiskebyn vid Kaspiska havets kust. Myndigheterna har forbjudit… read more

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  • the world
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Chaka by Thomas Mofolo, Daniel P. Kunene

2. Chaka

By: Thomas Mofolo , Daniel P. Kunene

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Tells the classic story of the Zulu hero Chaka. read more

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  • africa
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Radiance of the King by James Kirkup, Camara Laye

3. The Radiance of the King

By: James Kirkup , Camara Laye

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

At the beginning of this masterpiece of African literature, Clarence, a white man, has been shipwre… read more

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  • africa
  • novels
  • fiction
  • african literature

4. A Small Place

By: Jamaica Kincaid

4.02

Format: None pages,

Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Placemagnifies our vision of one small place with Swifti… read more

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5. So Long a Letter

By: Mariama Bâ , Modupé Bodé-Thomas

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her strugg… read more

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  • africa
  • fiction
  • african literature

6. Tales of the Tikongs

By: Epeli Hauʻofa , None

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Tiko, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, faces a tidal wave of D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T, which threat… read more

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7. Jamilia

By: Chingiz Aitmatov , James Riordan

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Jamilia is the first major novel by Chingiz Aytmatov, published originally in Russian in 1958. The … read more

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8. The Magic Gourd

By: Baba Wagué Diakité

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Coretta Scott King Honor author/artist Baba Wague Diakite tells a tale from Mali about a magic gour… read more

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9. Petit pays

By: Gaël Faye

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l… read more

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10. The Meursault Investigation

By: John Cullen , Kamel Daoud

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic … read more

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11. The Ultimate Tragedy

By: Jethro Soutar , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau, The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of… read more

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12. Om udregning af rumfang I

By: Solvej Balle

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

''Om udregning af rumfang I'' er første del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele, der hører til i genr… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

13. The Desert and the Drum

By: Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

3.88

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

The Desert and the Drum is the first novel ever to be translated into English from Mauritania. It w… read more

Similar categories in Mbarek Ould Beyrouk's The Desert and the Drum book and Mbarek Ould Beyrouk's The Desert and the Drum

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • novels
  • the world
  • mauritania
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • adult
Cover of Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry

14. Night Boat to Tangier

By: Kevin Barry

3.62

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Would you say there's any end in sight, Charlie?"

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

"The Past is uncertain, mobile. It shifts and rearranges back there yet."

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

"When we move by water, our hearts are moved. We are complicated fucking machines."

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

"A troubled silence descends—the old times are shifting again; they are rearranging like fault lines. The past will not relent."

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

Cover of Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter (Volume 80) (Sun Tracks) by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner

15. Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter (Volume 80) (Sun Tracks)

By: Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner

4.50

Format: 81 pages, Paperback

As the seas rise, the fight intensifies to save the Pacific Ocean’s Marshall Islands from being dev… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner's Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter (Volume 80) (Sun Tracks) book and Mbarek Ould Beyrouk's The Desert and the Drum

  • the world
  • adult
  • contemporary
Cover of She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

16. She Would Be King

By: Wayétu Moore

4.00

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history—a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s forma… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african literature
  • adult
"Loneliness while in the presence of others is a most cruel kind"

-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King

"This was his mother. This was his poetic lo e, whose fallen shadow broke his spirit as he sprinted with the wind. She was gone."

-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King

"How can you leave me?' Maisy had said one night. 'You are my sister now. My flesh. Flesh cannot leave you.' At which Gbessa almost lost her breath. The kindness, the newness, stunned her."

-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King

"We did not have books on Emerson. That place where we lost our language, lost ourselves. They told us we had no history but darkness, so they kept the books away for fear we might understand the trut…"

-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King

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17. In the Company of Men

By: Véronique Tadjo

3.84

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely f… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african literature
Cover of Co-wives, Co-widows by Adrienne Yabouza

18. Co-wives, Co-widows

By: Adrienne Yabouza

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Bangui, Central African Republic. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • adult
Cover of Dhon Hiyala aai Alifulhu by Abdoulla Sadiq

19. Dhon Hiyala aai Alifulhu

By: Abdoulla Sadiq

3.16

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • the world
  • fiction
Cover of Silence Is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia

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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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • the world
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
"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

Cover of Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

21. Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more

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  • africa
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

7 must-read contemporary books like The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

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Ak Welsapar

4.17

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Om udregning af rumfang I

Solvej Balle

3.71

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The Desert and the Drum

Mbarek Ould Beyrouk

3.88

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Night Boat to Tangier

Kevin Barry

3.62

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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

4.11

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Angela Makholwa

3.81

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Clade

James Bradley

3.62

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Daughters Who Walk This Path

Yejide Kilanko

4.00

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