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The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
990 books — 1,434 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
592 books — 455 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors
223 books — 144 voters
White Teeth by Zadie SmithSmall Island by Andrea LevyThe Lonely Londoners by Sam SelvonOn Beauty by Zadie SmithGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Black British Literature (fiction)
119 books — 81 voters

Links by Nuruddin FarahBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa MohamedInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliTeaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan ShireDesert Dawn by Waris Dirie
Books Set in Somalia or Written by Somalis
75 books — 49 voters
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
Top 50 books by African Authors you should read
70 books — 26 voters

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziA Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka GarricksA Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiHis Only Wife by Peace Adzo MedieIgifu by Scholastique Mukasonga
50 Notable African Books of 2020 - Brittle Paper
50 books — 5 voters
The First Wife by Paulina ChizianeSleepwalking Land by Mia CoutoGungunhana by Ungulani Ba Ka KhosaChoriro by Ungulani Ba Ka KhosaUnder the Frangipani by Mia Couto
Literature of Mozambique
31 books — 5 voters

Segu by Maryse CondéDésert by J.M.G. Le ClézioMathématiques congolaises by In Koli Jean BofaneL'Étranger by Albert CamusSous L'orage (Kany)Roman, Suivi De La Mort De Chaka, Pièce En... by BADIAN SEYDOU (MAL)
Afrique Francophone
25 books — 3 voters
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Hangman by Maya BinyamMaame by Jessica GeorgeNightbloom by Peace Adzo MedieRiver Spirit by Leila Aboulela
100 Notable African Books of 2023
99 books — 3 voters

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