Around the Year in 52 Books (2024) - hosted by amber47

A book by an author from an African country
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River Spirit by Leila Aboulela

River Spirit

Leila Aboulela

11 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

Bianca Marais

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Disgrace

J.M. Coetzee

224 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams

The Three of Us

Ore Agbaje-Williams

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary tense fast-paced
Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun

Forged by Blood

The Tainted Blood Duology #1

Ehigbor Okosun

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous reflective fast-paced
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

The Fishermen

Chigozie Obioma

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Hölmö rakkaus by Akwaeke Emezi

Hölmö rakkaus

Akwaeke Emezi

10 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced