25 African Women Writers You Should Read

1.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,493 ratings
2.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,575 ratings
3.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,362 ratings
4.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,784 ratings
5.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating — 11,451 ratings
6.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating — 48,408 ratings
7.
In the Eye of the Sun
In the Eye of the Sun 3.92 avg rating — 1,136 ratings
8.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,158 ratings
10.
The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating — 12,549 ratings
11.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,699 ratings
12.
Lyrics Alley
Lyrics Alley 3.79 avg rating — 1,534 ratings
13.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating — 5,144 ratings
14.
The Hired Man
The Hired Man 3.92 avg rating — 4,321 ratings
15.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,460 ratings
16.
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours 3.64 avg rating — 14,300 ratings
17.
Ladivine
Ladivine 3.34 avg rating — 885 ratings
18.
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
19.
The Translator
The Translator 3.57 avg rating — 2,301 ratings
20.
Minaret
Minaret 3.59 avg rating — 3,067 ratings
21.
Hazel House
Hazel House 3.75 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
22.
The Map of Love
The Map of Love 3.81 avg rating — 7,164 ratings
24.
Kintu
Kintu 4.11 avg rating — 4,365 ratings
25.
Ancestor Stones
Ancestor Stones 3.79 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
26.
The Opposite House
The Opposite House 3.32 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
27.
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits 3.73 avg rating — 3,003 ratings
28.
White Is for Witching
White Is for Witching 3.54 avg rating — 12,890 ratings
29.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating — 3,749 ratings
30.
Aya: Life in Yop City (Aya #1-3)
Aya: Life in Yop City (Aya #1-3) 3.97 avg rating — 1,710 ratings
31.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,808 ratings
32.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 4.08 avg rating — 15,437 ratings
33.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,837 ratings
34.
Coloured Lights
Coloured Lights 3.80 avg rating — 163 ratings
35.
The Kindness of Enemies
The Kindness of Enemies 3.79 avg rating — 1,154 ratings
36.
Everything Good Will Come
Everything Good Will Come
by: Sefi Atta
3.88 avg rating — 2,097 ratings
37.
The Woman Next Door
The Woman Next Door 3.61 avg rating — 4,704 ratings
38.
Dust
Dust 3.75 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
39.
Swallow
Swallow
by: Sefi Atta
3.67 avg rating — 407 ratings
40.
All My Friends
All My Friends 3.63 avg rating — 129 ratings
41.
Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed
Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed 3.84 avg rating — 383 ratings
41.
Nfudu: Skirts, Ties & Taboos
Nfudu: Skirts, Ties & Taboos 4.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
43.
Reflections on Islamic Art
Reflections on Islamic Art really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings
43.
NFUDU: Skirts, Ties & Taboos
NFUDU: Skirts, Ties & Taboos 4.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
45.
I Think of You: Stories
I Think of You: Stories 3.42 avg rating — 371 ratings
46.
Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground
Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground 3.79 avg rating — 112 ratings
47.
I Saw Ramallah
I Saw Ramallah 4.20 avg rating — 18,624 ratings
48.
Aisha
Aisha 3.47 avg rating — 218 ratings
50.
The Spider King's Daughter
The Spider King's Daughter 3.49 avg rating — 1,584 ratings
51.
Spilt Milk
Spilt Milk 3.45 avg rating — 477 ratings
52.
Period Pain
Period Pain 3.83 avg rating — 2,756 ratings
53.
Coconut
Coconut 3.65 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
54.
Secret Son
Secret Son 3.51 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
55.
Akissi: Cat Invasion
Akissi: Cat Invasion 3.58 avg rating — 413 ratings
56.
Aya (Aya, #1)
Aya (Aya, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 7,049 ratings
57.
The Secrets Come Out (Aya, #3)
The Secrets Come Out (Aya, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
58.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,812 ratings
59.
Long Juju Man
Long Juju Man 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings
60.
Kabu Kabu
Kabu Kabu 3.99 avg rating — 1,806 ratings
61.
Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating — 8,985 ratings
63.
Zahrah the Windseeker
Zahrah the Windseeker 4.16 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
64.
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria 3.78 avg rating — 1,069 ratings
65.
Sweet Medicine
Sweet Medicine 3.33 avg rating — 227 ratings
66.
The Book of Memory
The Book of Memory 3.74 avg rating — 3,919 ratings
67.
Zvakwana
Zvakwana 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
68.
In Dependence
In Dependence 3.87 avg rating — 593 ratings
69.
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun 3.83 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
70.
A Bit of Difference
A Bit of Difference
by: Sefi Atta
3.43 avg rating — 474 ratings
71.
News from Home: Short Stories
News from Home: Short Stories
by: Sefi Atta
3.83 avg rating — 151 ratings
72.
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go 3.85 avg rating — 12,203 ratings
73.
Bom Boy
Bom Boy 3.49 avg rating — 289 ratings
74.
Refilwe
Refilwe 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
75.
Maid in SA: 30 Ways to Leave Your Madam
Maid in SA: 30 Ways to Leave Your Madam 3.67 avg rating — 66 ratings
76.
Behind every successful man
Behind every successful man 3.55 avg rating — 96 ratings