50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read

1.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,442 ratings
2.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,457 ratings
3.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,066 ratings
4.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating — 22,076 ratings
5.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,635 ratings
6.
Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating — 27,030 ratings
7.
The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating — 8,104 ratings
8.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 4.08 avg rating — 15,430 ratings
9.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating — 5,143 ratings
10.
Dust
Dust 3.75 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
11.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating — 8,096 ratings
12.
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth 4.24 avg rating — 21,146 ratings
13.
Aya (Aya, #1)
Aya (Aya, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 7,047 ratings
14.
The Map of Love
The Map of Love 3.81 avg rating — 7,165 ratings
15.
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria 3.78 avg rating — 1,069 ratings
16.
Efuru
Efuru 3.94 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
17.
Zahrah the Windseeker
Zahrah the Windseeker 4.16 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
18.
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
I Do Not Come to You by Chance 3.94 avg rating — 3,701 ratings
19.
Black Mamba Boy
Black Mamba Boy 3.74 avg rating — 2,310 ratings
20.
On Black Sisters Street
On Black Sisters Street 3.88 avg rating — 2,699 ratings
21.
The Translator
The Translator 3.57 avg rating — 2,300 ratings
21.
African Love Stories: An Anthology
African Love Stories: An Anthology 3.86 avg rating — 252 ratings
23.
Changes: A Love Story
Changes: A Love Story 3.79 avg rating — 2,052 ratings
24.
Everything Good Will Come
Everything Good Will Come
by: Sefi Atta
3.88 avg rating — 2,096 ratings
25.
The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales
The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales 3.90 avg rating — 502 ratings
26.
Our Sister Killjoy
Our Sister Killjoy 3.88 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
27.
In Dependence
In Dependence 3.87 avg rating — 593 ratings
28.
As the Crow Flies
As the Crow Flies 3.56 avg rating — 108 ratings
29.
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories
Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories 3.95 avg rating — 713 ratings
30.
Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon (Volume 70) (Ohio RIS Africa Series)
Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon (Volume 70) (Ohio RIS Africa Series) 3.74 avg rating — 70 ratings
31.
Neighbours: The Story of a Murder
Neighbours: The Story of a Murder 3.90 avg rating — 288 ratings
31.
The Promised Land
The Promised Land 3.91 avg rating — 114 ratings
33.
Bitter Leaf
Bitter Leaf 3.39 avg rating — 44 ratings
34.
The Blind Kingdom
The Blind Kingdom 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings
35.
Butterfly Burning
Butterfly Burning 3.59 avg rating — 617 ratings
36.
Daughters of Africa
Daughters of Africa 4.29 avg rating — 109 ratings
37.
The Spider King's Daughter
The Spider King's Daughter 3.49 avg rating — 1,584 ratings
38.
Men of the South
Men of the South 3.80 avg rating — 163 ratings
39.
Nehanda
Nehanda 3.61 avg rating — 122 ratings
40.
Our Wife & Other Stories
Our Wife & Other Stories 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
41.
The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls 3.54 avg rating — 53,492 ratings
42.
Patchwork
Patchwork 3.77 avg rating — 391 ratings
43.
Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe
Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe 3.71 avg rating — 606 ratings
44.
Send Her Back and Other Stories
Send Her Back and Other Stories 4.09 avg rating — 395 ratings
45.
This September Sun
This September Sun 3.48 avg rating — 154 ratings
46.
Secret Son
Secret Son 3.51 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
47.
Ripples in the Pool
Ripples in the Pool 3.64 avg rating — 45 ratings
48.
Le revenant
Le revenant 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
49.
David's Story
David's Story 3.37 avg rating — 275 ratings
50.
Thembe's Cloth
Thembe's Cloth 4.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
50.
Maxine
Maxine 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
52.
MAXINE
MAXINE 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
53.
Sundowners
Sundowners 4.15 avg rating — 1,408 ratings