Editors' Top Picks
My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Vegetarian by Han Kang
Women in Translation
89th out of 931 books — 305 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century
43rd out of 100 books — 65 voters

North and South by Elizabeth GaskellLysistrata by AristophanesIn Dubious Battle by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckMary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
Books about Strikes
39th out of 96 books — 43 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow FallThe House of Hunger by Dambudzo MarecheraThe Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos TutuolaThe Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah
Novels from Each African Country
2nd out of 39 books — 6 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
94th out of 239 books — 63 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
404th out of 820 books — 286 voters

God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane SembèneImmersed in West Africa by Terry ListerLéon and Louise by Alex CapusDe purs hommes by Mohamed Mbougar SarrSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
Books Set in Senegal
7th out of 15 books — 6 voters
500 Great Books by Women by Erica BauermeisterAnd They Didn't Die by Lauretta NgcoboAwaiting Trespass [A Pasión] by Linda Ty-CasperBacklash by Susan FaludiThe Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall
500 Great Books by Women, Chapter 16: Power
5th out of 31 books — 1 voter


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