2024 Goodreads Around the Year in 52 books Challenge - hosted by heatherhalcrow

A book by an author from an African country
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These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere

These Letters End in Tears

Musih Tedji Xaviere

242 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

307 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-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
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

13 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson

When Stars Are Scattered

Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson

3 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade emotional sad slow-paced
Equipoise: 2020 Anthology of the Nairobi Writing Academy by Makena Onjerika

Equipoise: 2020 Anthology of the Nairobi Writing Academy

Makena Onjerika

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks

Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

324 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction emotional medium-paced
Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America by Achut Deng, Keely Hutton

Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America

Achut Deng, Keely Hutton

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Co-wives, Co-widows by Adrienne Yabouza

Co-wives, Co-widows

Adrienne Yabouza

128 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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