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Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani

Dance of the Jakaranda

Peter Kimani

344 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir

Memoirs #4

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

272 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany

The Yacoubian Building

Alaa Al Aswany

255 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

Palace Walk

The Cairo Trilogy #1

Naguib Mahfouz

501 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta

Everything Good Will Come

Sefi Atta

336 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical challenging reflective medium-paced
Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett

Blackass

A. Igoni Barrett

262 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali by Gil Courtemanche

A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali

Gil Courtemanche

248 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
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