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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 429,503 ratings — published 1958
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 18,471 ratings — published 2010
The Hairdresser of Harare (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as afrolit)
avg rating 3.63 — 3,194 ratings — published 2010
Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as afrolit)
avg rating 4.03 — 796 ratings — published 1984
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as afrolit)
avg rating 4.31 — 429,126 ratings — published 2013
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as afrolit)
avg rating 4.34 — 194,595 ratings — published 2006
Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as afrolit)
avg rating 4.18 — 152,839 ratings — published 2003
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as afrolit)
avg rating 3.99 — 520,343 ratings — published 1987
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 330,983 ratings — published 1970
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 403,553 ratings — published 1937
The Dark Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,735 ratings — published 1953
Les impatientes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,829 ratings — published 2017
The Mechanics of Yenagoa (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.79 — 937 ratings — published 2020
Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.25 — 20,927 ratings — published 1952
The Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems, 1964–2013 (African Poetry Book)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 2014
A Killing in the Sun (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.86 — 73 ratings — published 2014
Agony in Her Voice (Pacesetters)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.80 — 20 ratings — published 1982
Smouldering Charcoal (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.00 — 203 ratings — published 1992
Dream Count (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.76 — 56,933 ratings — published 2025
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,323 ratings — published 2022
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,126 ratings — published 1377
A Broken People's Playlist (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,461 ratings — published 2020
A Kind of Madness: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.96 — 727 ratings — published 2024
Ghostroots: Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,244 ratings — published 2024
The Death of Vivek Oji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.11 — 71,058 ratings — published 2020
How Beautiful We Were (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.94 — 19,920 ratings — published 2021
Another Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,022 ratings — published 1962
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,982 ratings — published 2012
How to Write About Africa: Collected Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.32 — 685 ratings — published 2006
A Spell of Good Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,682 ratings — published 2023
AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.93 — 311 ratings — published 2012
The Girl with the Louding Voice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.41 — 182,269 ratings — published 2020
Happiness, Like Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,877 ratings — published 2012
So Long a Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,885 ratings — published 1980
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,759 ratings — published 2024
Born on a Tuesday (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,729 ratings — published 2015
Henderson the Rain King (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.76 — 16,444 ratings — published 1959
Bad Planet #4 (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.57 — 7 ratings — published 2007
Bad Planet #3 (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.82 — 11 ratings — published 2007
Bad Planet #2 (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.56 — 9 ratings — published 2006
Sankofa (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 23,814 ratings — published 2021
Notes on Grief (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 43,292 ratings — published 2021
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.81 — 280,774 ratings — published 1998
The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,075 ratings — published 2008
Naira Power (Pacesetters)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.85 — 46 ratings — published 1982
Pacesetter: Desert Storm (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as afrolit)
avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 1992