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"If you’re like me and are trying to diversify your reading, then you know that discoverability is an issue. I want to start reading more books by non-U.S. and UK authors, but where do I start? Well, if you’re interested in African authors, here’s what I’ve got."
"If you’re like me and are trying to diversify your reading, then you know that discoverability is an issue. I want to start reading more books by non-U.S. and UK authors, but where do I start? Well, if you’re interested in African authors, here’s what I’ve got."
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Cutting for Stone
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No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
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Say You're One of Them
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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
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Disgrace
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Broken Monsters
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We Need New Names
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The Map of Love
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Aya: Life in Yop City (Aya #1-3)
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Allah Is Not Obliged
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In the Country of Men
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A Grain of Wheat
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The Famished Road
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Abyssinian Chronicles
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
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Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
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Houseboy
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GraceLand
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Xala
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The Bridges of Constantine (Algeria Trilogy 1)
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Life and a Half
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Johnny Mad Dog
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Broken Glass
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze
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The Yacoubian Building
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In the United States of Africa
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Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1)
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Kwei Quartey (Goodreads Author)
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Our Sister Killjoy
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Gold Dust: A Modern Arabic Novel
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Nairobi Heat
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Horses of God
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The Moor's Account
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Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author)
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Everything Good Will Come
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
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Lola Shoneyin (Goodreads Author)
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So Long a Letter
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Radiance of Tomorrow
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Open City
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Nervous Conditions
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Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)
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The Attack
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The Virgin of Flames
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Becoming Abigail
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Good Morning Comrades
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The Screaming of the Innocent
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The Secret History of Las Vegas
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The Witch Doctor's Wife (Belgian Congo Mystery #1)
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
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All Our Names
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The Seasons of Beento Blackbird
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Faceless
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Ghana Must Go
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The Cockroach Dance (Longman African Classics Series)
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The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
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Chaka
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Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile
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The Last of the Sweet Bananas: New and Selected Poems
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The Fortunes of Wangrin
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The Last Brother
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The Lovers of Algeria
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A Varanda do Frangipani
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The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
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Oil on Water
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Daughters Who Walk This Path
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Yejide Kilanko (Goodreads Author)
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Foreign Gods, Inc.
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I Do Not Come to You by Chance
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The Memory of Love
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Crossbones
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The Orchard of Lost Souls
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The October Killings (Yudel Gordon #4)
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In a Strange Room
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The Conservationist
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The Three (The Three, #1)
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Minaret
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Leila Aboulela (Goodreads Author)
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Paradise
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Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe
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Patchwork
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Baking Cakes in Kigali
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The Hairdresser of Harare
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Tendai Huchu (Goodreads Author)
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Found your link in the Book Riot article. Thanks for putting it here! Makes adding to wish list much easier. :)
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