Best Postcolonial Literature (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,090 ratings
2.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,161 ratings
3.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating β€” 130,712 ratings
4.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating β€” 545,742 ratings
5.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,459 ratings
6.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating β€” 103,278 ratings
7.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,776 ratings
8.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,382 ratings
9.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating β€” 84,383 ratings
10.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating β€” 54,329 ratings
11.
This Earth of Mankind (Buru #1)
This Earth of Mankind (Buru #1) 4.43 avg rating β€” 21,803 ratings
12.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating β€” 114,208 ratings
13.
Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross 3.93 avg rating β€” 2,032 ratings
14.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,078 ratings
15.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating β€” 452,159 ratings
16.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating β€” 68,868 ratings
17.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating β€” 34,741 ratings
18.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,069,998 ratings
19.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating β€” 32,265 ratings
20.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,522 ratings
21.
Untouchable
Untouchable 3.74 avg rating β€” 6,414 ratings
22.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating β€” 222,555 ratings
23.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,499 ratings
24.
Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,646 ratings
25.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating β€” 170,145 ratings
26.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 21,767 ratings
27.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating β€” 35,231 ratings
28.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating β€” 11,639 ratings
29.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,850 ratings
30.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating β€” 200,092 ratings
31.
Lotusland
Lotusland 4.31 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
32.
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda 3.73 avg rating β€” 21,641 ratings
33.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating β€” 37,170 ratings
34.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating β€” 203,037 ratings
35.
A Small Place
A Small Place 4.05 avg rating β€” 17,327 ratings
36.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,654 ratings
37.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating β€” 37,302 ratings
38.
The Bridge of Beyond
The Bridge of Beyond 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,087 ratings
39.
Remembering Babylon
Remembering Babylon 3.48 avg rating β€” 3,689 ratings
40.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating β€” 204,461 ratings
41.
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating β€” 4,198 ratings
42.
Omeros
Omeros 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,240 ratings
43.
Shalimar the Clown
Shalimar the Clown 3.91 avg rating β€” 14,680 ratings
44.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating β€” 82,635 ratings
45.
Foe
Foe 3.42 avg rating β€” 12,207 ratings
46.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating β€” 46,698 ratings
47.
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem 4.06 avg rating β€” 14,197 ratings
48.
English, August: An Indian Story
English, August: An Indian Story 3.78 avg rating β€” 6,120 ratings
49.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating β€” 78,544 ratings
50.
The Map of Love
The Map of Love 3.81 avg rating β€” 7,165 ratings
51.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating β€” 13,392 ratings
52.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating β€” 23,582 ratings
53.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,067 ratings
54.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,330 ratings
55.
Admiring Silence
Admiring Silence 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,514 ratings
55.
Stoning the Devil
Stoning the Devil 3.87 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
55.
The Lesson
The Lesson 3.57 avg rating β€” 3,812 ratings
55.
Rogue Flag
Rogue Flag 4.11 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
59.
Diary of a Victorian Colonial and other Tales
Diary of a Victorian Colonial and other Tales 4.50 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
59.
The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives 4.17 avg rating β€” 50,130 ratings
61.
Cracking India
Cracking India 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,867 ratings
62.
Paradise
Paradise 3.60 avg rating β€” 12,591 ratings
63.
Master Harold...and the Boys
Master Harold...and the Boys 3.78 avg rating β€” 6,695 ratings
64.
The Dew Breaker
The Dew Breaker 3.81 avg rating β€” 8,256 ratings
65.
Kanthapura
Kanthapura
by: Raja Rao
3.38 avg rating β€” 1,540 ratings
66.
The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe
The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe 4.18 avg rating β€” 3,579 ratings
67.
July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating β€” 8,096 ratings
68.
Out of Place
Out of Place really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3,443 ratings
69.
The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating β€” 8,107 ratings
70.
Desert
Desert 3.69 avg rating β€” 2,227 ratings
71.
The Conservationist
The Conservationist 3.31 avg rating β€” 3,269 ratings
72.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead 3.95 avg rating β€” 3,131 ratings
73.
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard 3.73 avg rating β€” 3,577 ratings
74.
The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building 3.71 avg rating β€” 22,608 ratings
74.
Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating β€” 16,253 ratings
76.
The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating β€” 127,545 ratings
77.
A Man of the People
A Man of the People 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,430 ratings
78.
Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey 3.96 avg rating β€” 11,413 ratings
79.
Friendly Fire: Stories
Friendly Fire: Stories 3.28 avg rating β€” 7,067 ratings
80.
Adrift on the Nile
Adrift on the Nile 3.75 avg rating β€” 10,233 ratings
81.
Love in a Fallen City
Love in a Fallen City 3.94 avg rating β€” 4,334 ratings
82.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs 3.65 avg rating β€” 11,997 ratings
83.
Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating β€” 12,516 ratings
83.
Dear Junia
Dear Junia 3.86 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
83.
Abeng
Abeng 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,002 ratings
83.
Margarita's husband: A Fable of the Levant
Margarita's husband: A Fable of the Levant really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
83.
United States of Banana
United States of Banana 3.24 avg rating β€” 187 ratings
83.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas
The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas 3.99 avg rating β€” 8,118 ratings
89.
A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River 3.77 avg rating β€” 18,435 ratings
89.
United States of Banana: A Graphic Novel (Latinographix)
United States of Banana: A Graphic Novel (Latinographix) 3.43 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
91.
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 51,857 ratings
91.
Distant Star
Distant Star 3.92 avg rating β€” 13,897 ratings
91.
Juletane (Caribbean Writers Series)
Juletane (Caribbean Writers Series) 3.88 avg rating β€” 194 ratings
91.
Tram 83
Tram 83 3.32 avg rating β€” 1,596 ratings
91.
PUTINOIKA
PUTINOIKA it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
96.
Cities of Salt (Ω…Ψ―Ω† Ψ§Ω„Ω…Ω„Ψ­ #1)
Cities of Salt (Ω…Ψ―Ω† Ψ§Ω„Ω…Ω„Ψ­ #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,758 ratings
96.
Half a Life
Half a Life 3.24 avg rating β€” 4,566 ratings
96.
In the Heart of the Country
In the Heart of the Country 3.68 avg rating β€” 3,684 ratings
96.
The Lost Dog
The Lost Dog 3.06 avg rating β€” 938 ratings
96.
Yo-Yo Boing!
Yo-Yo Boing! 3.57 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
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