Best by African Authors

1.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,092 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,462 ratings
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So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,639 ratings
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Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating — 22,079 ratings
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The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,562 ratings
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No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 12,585 ratings
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating — 3,379 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,511 ratings
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,544 ratings
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A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat 3.88 avg rating — 6,514 ratings
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Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating — 3,646 ratings
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Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,323 ratings
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The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating — 13,392 ratings
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Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating — 32,266 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,123 ratings
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The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,339 ratings
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Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,211 ratings
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Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating — 34,743 ratings
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God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood 3.98 avg rating — 3,057 ratings
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A Man of the People
A Man of the People 3.89 avg rating — 5,430 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,281 ratings
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3) 4.46 avg rating — 4,947 ratings
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Petals of Blood
Petals of Blood 3.89 avg rating — 2,566 ratings
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Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child 3.90 avg rating — 4,098 ratings
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard 3.73 avg rating — 3,577 ratings
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We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,067 ratings
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The River Between
The River Between 3.79 avg rating — 5,150 ratings
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The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating — 5,143 ratings
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Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah 3.85 avg rating — 4,491 ratings
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Equiano's Travels (African Writers Series)
Equiano's Travels (African Writers Series) 3.74 avg rating — 14,418 ratings
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 273,171 ratings
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Fools and Other Stories
Fools and Other Stories 3.92 avg rating — 251 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,415 ratings
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Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating — 5,157 ratings
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Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating — 20,651 ratings
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Houseboy
Houseboy 3.73 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
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The Dark Child
The Dark Child 3.70 avg rating — 2,493 ratings
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The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating — 14,769 ratings
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 4.08 avg rating — 15,436 ratings
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Girls at War and Other Stories
Girls at War and Other Stories 3.74 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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On Trial for My Country
On Trial for My Country 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,455 ratings
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Precolonial Black Africa
Precolonial Black Africa 4.28 avg rating — 457 ratings
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Midaq Alley
Midaq Alley 3.87 avg rating — 13,044 ratings
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Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #3)
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 8,932 ratings
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Efuru
Efuru 3.94 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
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July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating — 8,096 ratings
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Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating — 16,253 ratings
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Xala
Xala 3.64 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
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A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating — 4,359 ratings
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The Old Man and the Medal
The Old Man and the Medal 3.62 avg rating — 458 ratings
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Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,945 ratings
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Ambiguous Adventure
Ambiguous Adventure 3.62 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
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Master Harold...and the Boys
Master Harold...and the Boys 3.78 avg rating — 6,696 ratings
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The Heart of Redness
The Heart of Redness
by: Zakes Mda
3.72 avg rating — 1,627 ratings
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Le Mandat, précédé de Véhi Ciosane
Le Mandat, précédé de Véhi Ciosane 3.87 avg rating — 206 ratings
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The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating — 48,401 ratings
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You Must Set Forth at Dawn
You Must Set Forth at Dawn 4.02 avg rating — 506 ratings
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The Stone Virgins
The Stone Virgins 3.76 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood 3.88 avg rating — 868 ratings
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Dreams in a Time of War
Dreams in a Time of War 3.92 avg rating — 1,716 ratings
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Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)
Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)
by: Zakes Mda
3.89 avg rating — 1,940 ratings
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Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating — 27,035 ratings
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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 — 31,876 ratings
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West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,232 ratings
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Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross 3.93 avg rating — 2,032 ratings
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood 3.97 avg rating — 56,657 ratings
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Aké: The Years of Childhood
Aké: The Years of Childhood 3.86 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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A Question of Power
A Question of Power 3.69 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
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Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
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NFUDU: Skirts, Ties & Taboos
NFUDU: Skirts, Ties & Taboos 4.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon 3.65 avg rating — 1,370 ratings
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Facing Mount Kenya
Facing Mount Kenya 3.85 avg rating — 404 ratings
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The Interpreters
The Interpreters 3.45 avg rating — 632 ratings
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My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts 3.72 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
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Mine Boy
Mine Boy 3.93 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
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Congolese wiskunde
Congolese wiskunde 3.71 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter 4.11 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating — 3,748 ratings
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African Perspectives on Colonialism
African Perspectives on Colonialism 3.88 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Tomboy
Tomboy 3.52 avg rating — 813 ratings
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Links
Links 3.37 avg rating — 582 ratings
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Two Thousand Seasons
Two Thousand Seasons 4.43 avg rating — 381 ratings
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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience 4.25 avg rating — 3,893 ratings
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Burger's Daughter
Burger's Daughter 3.50 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
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Fragments
Fragments 3.86 avg rating — 160 ratings
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When Rain Clouds Gather
When Rain Clouds Gather 3.84 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
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Men of the South
Men of the South 3.80 avg rating — 163 ratings
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أولاد حارتنا
أولاد حارتنا 4.08 avg rating — 30,740 ratings
90.
Allah Is Not Obliged
Allah Is Not Obliged 3.68 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
91.
Jump and Other Stories
Jump and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
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Johnny Mad Dog
Johnny Mad Dog 3.92 avg rating — 427 ratings
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One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir 3.76 avg rating — 2,413 ratings
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Tail of the Blue Bird
Tail of the Blue Bird 3.78 avg rating — 640 ratings
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Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English
Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English 3.98 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
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The House of Hunger
The House of Hunger 3.96 avg rating — 1,232 ratings
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Chaka
Chaka 3.62 avg rating — 664 ratings
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Every Day Is for the Thief
Every Day Is for the Thief
by: Teju Cole
3.69 avg rating — 7,750 ratings
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Tram 83
Tram 83 3.32 avg rating — 1,596 ratings
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Infinite Riches
Infinite Riches
by: Ben Okri
3.84 avg rating — 352 ratings
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