Top 50 books by African Authors you should read

1.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,459 ratings
2.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,091 ratings
3.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,502 ratings
4.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,119 ratings
5.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating β€” 11,639 ratings
6.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,415 ratings
7.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 4.08 avg rating β€” 15,434 ratings
8.
Girls at War and Other Stories
Girls at War and Other Stories 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,565 ratings
9.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,748 ratings
10.
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating β€” 12,585 ratings
11.
His Only Wife
His Only Wife 3.74 avg rating β€” 32,253 ratings
12.
Stay with Me
Stay with Me 4.06 avg rating β€” 63,585 ratings
13.
The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories
The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories 3.68 avg rating β€” 3,953 ratings
14.
Black Mamba Boy
Black Mamba Boy 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,310 ratings
14.
Stay with Me
Stay with Me 4.06 avg rating β€” 63,585 ratings
16.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,143 ratings
17.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating β€” 84,454 ratings
18.
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 12,203 ratings
19.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating β€” 32,265 ratings
19.
Unbowed
Unbowed 4.07 avg rating β€” 6,928 ratings
21.
On Black Sisters Street
On Black Sisters Street 3.88 avg rating β€” 2,699 ratings
22.
Oil on Water
Oil on Water 3.55 avg rating β€” 2,046 ratings
23.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,400 ratings
24.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,270 ratings
24.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating β€” 14,270 ratings
26.
Everything Good Will Come
Everything Good Will Come
by: Sefi Atta
3.88 avg rating β€” 2,097 ratings
27.
Daughters Who Walk This Path
Daughters Who Walk This Path 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,593 ratings
27.
Refugee Boy
Refugee Boy 3.75 avg rating β€” 4,109 ratings
29.
The Hairdresser of Harare
The Hairdresser of Harare 3.62 avg rating β€” 2,943 ratings
30.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,067 ratings
31.
Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,646 ratings
32.
The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating β€” 8,107 ratings
33.
A Man of the People
A Man of the People 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,430 ratings
34.
The Concubine
The Concubine 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,419 ratings
35.
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
You Must Set Forth at Dawn 4.02 avg rating β€” 506 ratings
36.
The last duty (African creative writing series)
The last duty (African creative writing series) 3.74 avg rating β€” 85 ratings
37.
The Victims
The Victims 3.69 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
38.
Angel's Game Of Destiny
Angel's Game Of Destiny 4.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
38.
Aquarian Dawn
Aquarian Dawn 4.32 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
38.
Sipping Dom PΓ©rignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever
Sipping Dom PΓ©rignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever 4.31 avg rating β€” 960 ratings
41.
The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales
The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales 4.12 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
41.
The Sigil
The Sigil 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
43.
Blood Prince
Blood Prince it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
44.
Son Of A King
Son Of A King 4.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
44.
Kill Me Quick
Kill Me Quick 3.90 avg rating β€” 232 ratings
46.
Chipo and the Mermaid & other Stories
Chipo and the Mermaid & other Stories 3.80 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
46.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating β€” 332,401 ratings
48.
Measuring Time
Measuring Time 3.85 avg rating β€” 641 ratings
49.
Waiting for an Angel
Waiting for an Angel 3.95 avg rating β€” 485 ratings
50.
Fine Boys
Fine Boys 3.88 avg rating β€” 297 ratings
51.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating β€” 11,452 ratings
52.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating β€” 30,809 ratings
53.
The Icarus Girl
The Icarus Girl 3.64 avg rating β€” 5,433 ratings
54.
Bitter Chocolate
Bitter Chocolate 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,568 ratings
55.
Every Day Is for the Thief
Every Day Is for the Thief
by: Teju Cole
3.69 avg rating β€” 7,750 ratings
56.
Scarlet Song
Scarlet Song 3.95 avg rating β€” 960 ratings
57.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,379 ratings
58.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,810 ratings
59.
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,069 ratings
60.
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
I Do Not Come to You by Chance 3.94 avg rating β€” 3,701 ratings
61.
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,413 ratings
62.
Allah Is Not Obliged
Allah Is Not Obliged 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,316 ratings
63.
Burma Boy
Burma Boy 3.30 avg rating β€” 288 ratings
64.
The Great Ponds
The Great Ponds 4.21 avg rating β€” 161 ratings
65.
Foreign Gods, Inc.
Foreign Gods, Inc. 3.45 avg rating β€” 1,446 ratings
66.
A Bit of Difference
A Bit of Difference
by: Sefi Atta
3.43 avg rating β€” 474 ratings
67.
Happiness, Like Water
Happiness, Like Water 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,783 ratings
68.
Love Is Power, or Something Like That: Stories
Love Is Power, or Something Like That: Stories 3.70 avg rating β€” 558 ratings
69.
AkΓ©: The Years of Childhood
AkΓ©: The Years of Childhood 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,978 ratings
70.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating β€” 13,392 ratings
71.
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating β€” 5,157 ratings