Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
By: Bolu Babalola
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, l…
Want to Read $ 14.99"What matters most is that you feel like you are at your fullest."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"What matters most is that you feel like you are at your fullest."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"I didn't like doing things I wasn't good at, but it turned out I loved learning how to love with him."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"I didn't like doing things I wasn't good at, but it turned out I loved learning how to love with him."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
If you liked the fiction plot in Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola , here is a list of 16 books like this:
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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Yejide Kilanko's Daughters Who Walk This Path book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- africa
- fiction
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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lola Shoneyin's The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- africa
- fiction
Similar categories in Toni Kan's Nights of the Creaking Bed book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
4. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s Stay with Me book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
5. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani's I Do Not Come to You by Chance book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
6. Queenie
By: Candice Carty-Williams
3.86
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures a… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Candice Carty-Williams's Queenie book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Never trust a gemini man"-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie
"Being brave isn’t the same as being okay."-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie
"Actually, no man is as funny as me or any woman I’ve ever met."-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie
"It's a family thing. It is an annoying and time-wasting thing."-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie
7. The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)
By: Kristina Forest
3.82
Format: 403 pages, Paperback
In this heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest, a shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor t… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters) book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"For a moment, Nick was speechless. She thought she needed his help flirting? From what had just happened up- stairs in her kitchen, she was the master and he was the novice. He'd practically fallen a…"-Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)
8. 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
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s A Spell of Good Things book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- africa
- adult
- fiction
- 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
9. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Aiwanose Odafen's Tomorrow I Become a Woman book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- africa
- fiction
- audiobook
10. In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black #1)
By: Lola Akinmade Åkerström
3.82
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An AMAZON Best of the Month Pick Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club Buzz Pick Finalist - 20… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Lola Akinmade Åkerström's In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black #1) book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Privilege comes in levels, Brit,"-Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black #1)
11. Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
By: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good … read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Lizzie Damilola Blackburn's Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- africa
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. His Only Wife
By: Peace Adzo Medie
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstres… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Peace Adzo Medie's His Only Wife book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- africa
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
13. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- africa
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
14. 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
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Chimeka Garricks's A Broken People's Playlist book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- africa
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
"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
15. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"if it's real, the distance won't change it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
16. Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
By: Bolu Babalola
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, l… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- africa
- retellings
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"What matters most is that you feel like you are at your fullest."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"I didn't like doing things I wasn't good at, but it turned out I loved learning how to love with him."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Psy was smiling. It was warm and soft, and to Eros it looked like the perfect place to lie in and just be."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Thank you for letting me love you. Thank you for loving me back. Thank you for staying, I know it was hard sometimes. I hope you now live free."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
17. Dele Weds Destiny
By: Tomi Obaro
3.62
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first t… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Tomi Obaro's Dele Weds Destiny book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- africa
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
18. Open Water
By: Caleb Azumah Nelson
4.04
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships … read more
Want to Read $ 9.62Similar categories in Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- romance
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Trauma makes you considerate."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water
"You are more than the sum of your traumas"-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water
"You do not want to die before you can live"-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water
"...love was not always synonymous with care."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water
19. The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing
By: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
3.98
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
A conversation starter like Three Women but centering the experiences of women of color: a melliflu… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah's The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- africa
- short stories
"I spent years avoiding sex with guys because I didn’t want anyone to gossip about me. I wish I had realized sooner that no matter what I did guys would claim to have fucked me every which way under t…"-Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing
20. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Aiwanose Odafen's We Were Girls Once book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- fiction
21. Confessions of Nairobi Women Book Two
By: Joan Thatiah
4.11
Format: 156 pages, None
None read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Joan Thatiah's Confessions of Nairobi Women Book Two book and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
