Big Books of Spring
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
226th out of 1,810 books — 1,695 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
87th out of 601 books — 430 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonRoots by Alex Haley
Best Black Historical Fiction
71st out of 339 books — 340 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
74th out of 820 books — 286 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
African Writers Series
25th out of 239 books — 63 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best by African Authors
84th out of 409 books — 223 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Man of the People by Chinua AchebeRoots by Alex HaleyAncestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
History through Novels: West Africa
15th out of 68 books — 42 voters
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei ArmahChanges by Ama Ata AidooTail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei ParkesAn angry letter in January and other poems by Ama Ata AidooGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Novels from Ghana
9th out of 77 books — 25 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
157th out of 555 books — 274 voters
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei ArmahWife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyGhana Must Go by Taiye SelasiOur Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo
Books Set in Ghana
33rd out of 136 books — 52 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWatership Down by Richard AdamsEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books that SHOULD be on the 1001-list but aren't
199th out of 444 books — 123 voters
Where Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed
African Lit
94th out of 179 books — 31 voters

Lady Midnight by Cassandra ClareA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Your Top 5 Reads in 2016
495th out of 657 books — 234 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
879th out of 1,956 books — 1,886 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
5117th out of 7,889 books — 49,810 voters
Tempest Rising by Diane McKinney-WhetstoneDaughter by Asha BandeleThe Sacred Place by Daniel BlackLike Trees, Walking by Ravi HowardThe Children Bob Moses Led by William Heath
Hidden Gems: Virtually Unknown African-American Historical Fiction & Classics
72nd out of 73 books — 27 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithOut of Africa by Isak DinesenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best books for an African Safari
446th out of 476 books — 524 voters
The Mermaid and the Minotaur by Dorothy DinnersteinExterminate All the Brutes; and Desert Divers by Sven LindqvistTwo Thousand Seasons by Ayi Kwei ArmahThe Sacred Hoop by Paula Gunn AllenTrauma and Recovery by Judith Lewis Herman
My Shelf, Myself: Gloria Steinem
3rd out of 10 books — 1 voter

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Nobel Prize Contenders
74th out of 79 books — 68 voters
This Changes Everything by Naomi KleinTiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerSacred Economics by Charles EisensteinThe Transition Handbook by Rob HopkinsOverdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot by Tom Butler
The Healthy Food Hub Strategic Reading Series
61st out of 93 books — 15 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Recommended Historical Fiction
2156th out of 3,792 books — 3,768 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBuck by M.K. AsanteBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
100 Essential AA Books (QBR)
25th out of 33 books — 15 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
470th out of 685 books — 241 voters


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