The 2024 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book By A Southern African Author
Southern African countries include  Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. 
Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
All books added
Period Pain by Kopano Matlwa

Period Pain

Kopano Matlwa

188 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

308 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
A Dry White Season by André Brink

A Dry White Season

André Brink

316 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical dark medium-paced
Avenues By Train by Farai Mudzingwa

Avenues By Train

Farai Mudzingwa

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell

The Furrows

Namwali Serpell

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso

The Woman Next Door

Yewande Omotoso

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso

An Unusual Grief

Yewande Omotoso

236 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
El libro de Memory by Petina Gappah

El libro de Memory

Petina Gappah

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Gold Diggers by Sue Nyathi

The Gold Diggers

Sue Nyathi

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

House of Stone

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

385 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced