Global Reads: Books Set in Africa

1
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,377 members
460 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
2
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
9,583 members
343 reviews
4.2
Member
sturlington
3
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
8,076 members
412 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
4
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
4,632 members
294 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
5
Swing Time
by Zadie Smith
3,023 members
112 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
steller0707
6
Who Fears Death
by Nnedi Okorafor
2,601 members
116 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
7
Circling the Sun
by Paula McLain
2,234 members
187 reviews
3.9
Member
steller0707
8
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
by P. Djèlí Clark
1,059 members
78 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
9
Remote Control
by Nnedi Okorafor
907 members
61 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Three
by Sarah Lotz
850 members
49 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
11
The Book of Phoenix
by Nnedi Okorafor
698 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
12
A Beautiful Place to Die
by Malla Nunn
587 members
40 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
13
Glory
by NoViolet Bulawayo
474 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
steller0707
14
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
7,221 members
321 reviews
½ 4.3
15
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
4,763 members
89 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington,ManWithAnAgenda
16
A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
3,479 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
17
Everfair
by Nisi Shawl
801 members
32 reviews
½ 3.3
18
Wife of the Gods
by Kwei Quartey
602 members
83 reviews
3.8
19
A Carrion Death
by Michael Stanley
419 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7