[ATY 2024] African Author

1.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating β€” 778,648 ratings
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating β€” 332,307 ratings
3.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,433 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,184 ratings
5.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,443 ratings
6.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,040 ratings
7.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating β€” 31,866 ratings
8.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating β€” 158,625 ratings
9.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,093 ratings
10.
Stay with Me
Stay with Me 4.06 avg rating β€” 63,574 ratings
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Small Country
Small Country 4.25 avg rating β€” 26,652 ratings
12.
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating β€” 66,330 ratings
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Glory
Glory 3.70 avg rating β€” 5,634 ratings
14.
A Girl Is a Body of Water
A Girl Is a Body of Water 4.15 avg rating β€” 8,332 ratings
15.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating β€” 320,692 ratings
16.
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 54,583 ratings
17.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating β€” 84,449 ratings
18.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,198 ratings
19.
The Shadow King
The Shadow King 3.66 avg rating β€” 14,621 ratings
20.
Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating β€” 35,599 ratings
21.
How Beautiful We Were
How Beautiful We Were 3.95 avg rating β€” 18,584 ratings
22.
Afterlives
Afterlives 3.77 avg rating β€” 13,273 ratings
23.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating β€” 14,268 ratings
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The Promise
The Promise 3.85 avg rating β€” 48,149 ratings
25.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,076 ratings
26.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,280 ratings
27.
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,434 ratings
28.
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice 4.42 avg rating β€” 167,296 ratings
29.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 4.08 avg rating β€” 15,430 ratings
30.
Welcome to Lagos
Welcome to Lagos 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,030 ratings
31.
American Spy
American Spy 3.49 avg rating β€” 30,285 ratings
32.
The Woman Next Door
The Woman Next Door 3.61 avg rating β€” 4,703 ratings
33.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating β€” 78,530 ratings
34.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating β€” 34,735 ratings
35.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,066 ratings
36.
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon 3.65 avg rating β€” 1,370 ratings
37.
Bridge
Bridge 3.65 avg rating β€” 2,587 ratings
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After 4.19 avg rating β€” 24,690 ratings
37.
Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,646 ratings
40.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,809 ratings
41.
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child 4.24 avg rating β€” 7,293 ratings
42.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating β€” 13,392 ratings
43.
Maru
Maru 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,514 ratings
44.
Elizabeth Costello
Elizabeth Costello 3.48 avg rating β€” 9,920 ratings
45.
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1)
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1) 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,538 ratings
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Kintu
Kintu 4.11 avg rating β€” 4,364 ratings
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Sankofa
Sankofa 3.84 avg rating β€” 22,471 ratings
48.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,142 ratings
48.
Midaq Alley
Midaq Alley 3.87 avg rating β€” 13,041 ratings
50.
Yes, Chef
Yes, Chef 3.86 avg rating β€” 18,534 ratings
51.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating β€” 114,192 ratings
52.
The Old Drift
The Old Drift 3.73 avg rating β€” 7,422 ratings
53.
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces 4.19 avg rating β€” 2,918 ratings
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 20,484 ratings
55.
The Sweetest Remedy
The Sweetest Remedy 3.77 avg rating β€” 5,767 ratings
56.
Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
by: Hawa Abdi
4.20 avg rating β€” 854 ratings
56.
By the Sea
By the Sea 3.90 avg rating β€” 4,956 ratings
56.
When Stars Are Scattered
When Stars Are Scattered 4.60 avg rating β€” 31,195 ratings
59.
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty 3.53 avg rating β€” 55,335 ratings
59.
A Little Bit of Love's Magic
A Little Bit of Love's Magic 3.86 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
59.
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,150 ratings
62.
Butter Honey Pig Bread
Butter Honey Pig Bread 4.30 avg rating β€” 12,760 ratings
62.
A Spell of Good Things
A Spell of Good Things 3.78 avg rating β€” 6,561 ratings
62.
A General Theory of Oblivion
A General Theory of Oblivion 3.90 avg rating β€” 8,376 ratings
65.
The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1) 3.48 avg rating β€” 20,024 ratings
65.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,747 ratings
65.
Peaces
Peaces 3.24 avg rating β€” 4,781 ratings
65.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating β€” 127,514 ratings
69.
Womb City
Womb City 3.20 avg rating β€” 2,812 ratings
69.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating β€” 8,096 ratings
69.
Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2)
Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2) 3.98 avg rating β€” 59,899 ratings
69.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating β€” 63,593 ratings
73.
The Fishermen
The Fishermen 3.88 avg rating β€” 21,348 ratings
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Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 16,588 ratings
75.
I Am a Girl from Africa
I Am a Girl from Africa 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,978 ratings
76.
It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time
It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time 3.54 avg rating β€” 500 ratings
77.
Zoo City
Zoo City 3.62 avg rating β€” 11,529 ratings
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All Your Children, Scattered
All Your Children, Scattered 4.14 avg rating β€” 804 ratings
79.
Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1)
Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 3,849 ratings
79.
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail 4.06 avg rating β€” 24,444 ratings
79.
The Eternal Audience of One
The Eternal Audience of One 3.79 avg rating β€” 892 ratings
79.
The Hundred Wells of Salaga
The Hundred Wells of Salaga 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,212 ratings
83.
In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black, #1)
In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 10,597 ratings
84.
The Last Brother
The Last Brother 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,859 ratings
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Lyrics Alley
Lyrics Alley 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,534 ratings
85.
Dust
Dust 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,667 ratings
87.
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,047 ratings
87.
Happiness
Happiness 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,968 ratings
89.
At Night All Blood is Black
At Night All Blood is Black 3.81 avg rating β€” 26,953 ratings
90.
Lightseekers (Philip Taiwo, #1)
Lightseekers (Philip Taiwo, #1) 3.73 avg rating β€” 3,270 ratings
90.
His Only Wife
His Only Wife 3.74 avg rating β€” 32,248 ratings
92.
The Hairdresser of Harare
The Hairdresser of Harare 3.62 avg rating β€” 2,943 ratings
92.
The Missing American (Emma Djan Investigation #1)
The Missing American (Emma Djan Investigation #1) 3.71 avg rating β€” 2,701 ratings
94.
Tram 83
Tram 83 3.32 avg rating β€” 1,596 ratings
94.
Chaka
Chaka 3.63 avg rating β€” 662 ratings
96.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating β€” 32,259 ratings
97.
Aftershocks
Aftershocks 3.90 avg rating β€” 6,318 ratings
98.
The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion
The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion 4.20 avg rating β€” 216 ratings
99.
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning about Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning about Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants 4.50 avg rating β€” 31,509 ratings
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Butterfly Burning
Butterfly Burning 3.59 avg rating β€” 617 ratings
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