Postcolonial Books

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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.74 — 410,464 ratings — published 1958
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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.59 — 106,251 ratings — published 1966
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Midnight’s Children Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.97 — 132,462 ratings — published 1981
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.13 — 29,420 ratings — published 1978
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The God of Small Things The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.96 — 323,451 ratings — published 1997
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.34 — 31,978 ratings — published 1961
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Half of a Yellow Sun Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.34 — 181,986 ratings — published 2006
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.26 — 18,929 ratings — published 1952
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.43 — 555,689 ratings — published 1899
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Disgrace Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.86 — 116,549 ratings — published 1999
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Discourse on Colonialism Discourse on Colonialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.44 — 7,822 ratings — published 1950
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Nervous Conditions Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.04 — 22,818 ratings — published 1988
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.31 — 410,187 ratings — published 2013
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White Teeth White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.79 — 174,120 ratings — published 2000
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Culture and Imperialism Culture and Imperialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,774 ratings — published 1993
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A Small Place A Small Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,265 ratings — published 1988
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Season of Migration to the North Season of Migration to the North (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.72 — 33,348 ratings — published 1966
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Lucy Lucy (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.83 — 14,616 ratings — published 1990
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The Location of Culture The Location of Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,363 ratings — published 1994
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Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.93 — 35,628 ratings — published 1980
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,096,080 ratings — published 1967
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.11 — 790,586 ratings — published 1998
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The Lonely Londoners The Lonely Londoners (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.70 — 13,669 ratings — published 1956
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The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.71 — 71,504 ratings — published 1988
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.47 — 399,461 ratings — published 2016
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The Namesake The Namesake (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.02 — 283,017 ratings — published 2003
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Small Island Small Island (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.01 — 37,749 ratings — published 2004
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Interpreter of Maladies Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.18 — 205,663 ratings — published 1999
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.89 — 277,919 ratings — published 2007
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The Inheritance of Loss The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.46 — 55,497 ratings — published 2005
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Purple Hibiscus Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.18 — 141,776 ratings — published 2003
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,876 ratings — published 1981
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The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures (New Accents) The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures (New Accents)
by (shelved 16 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.75 — 590 ratings — published 1989
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A Passage to India A Passage to India (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.67 — 85,583 ratings — published 1924
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Omeros Omeros (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,296 ratings — published 1990
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,467,856 ratings — published 2003
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A Fine Balance A Fine Balance (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.38 — 159,300 ratings — published 1995
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Foe Foe (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.41 — 12,469 ratings — published 1986
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.15 — 456,499 ratings — published 2022
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We Need New Names We Need New Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.75 — 23,329 ratings — published 2013
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The White Tiger The White Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.77 — 202,208 ratings — published 2008
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The English Patient The English Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.86 — 138,924 ratings — published 1992
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A Brief History of Seven Killings A Brief History of Seven Killings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.89 — 37,933 ratings — published 2014
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A Bend in the River A Bend in the River (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.77 — 18,709 ratings — published 1979
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Brick Lane Brick Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.46 — 35,645 ratings — published 2003
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.98 — 487,553 ratings — published 1987
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Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.47 — 1,232 ratings — published 2001
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The Autobiography of My Mother The Autobiography of My Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.78 — 6,325 ratings — published 1996
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A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 3.99 — 535 ratings — published 1999
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Postcolonial Love Poem Postcolonial Love Poem (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as postcolonial)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,148 ratings — published 2020
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Sneha Subramanian Kanta
“Greening in the epoch of biodiversity dwindle is a vestigial ritual.”
Sneha Subramanian Kanta

Sam Mbah
“Economic development has been central to the ideologies of post-colonial African states.”
Sam Mbah, African Anarchism: The History of a Movement

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