Alain Mabanckou

22 books

African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou

African Psycho

Alain Mabanckou with Christine Schwartz Hartley (Translator)

fiction crime dark fast-paced

176 pages | first published 2003

Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou

Black Moses

Alain Mabanckou with Helen Stevenson (Translator)

fiction historical challenging fast-paced

208 pages | first published 2015

The Death of Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou

The Death of Comrade President

Alain Mabanckou

fiction historical reflective slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2020

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing by Yvonne Vera, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Mia Couto, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Nawal El Saadawi, Ondjaki, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Aziz Chouaki, J.M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohamed Magani, Marlene van Niekerk, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, Boubacar Boris Diop, Nuruddin Farah, Alain Mabanckou, Nadine Gordimer, Niq Mhlongo, Zakes Mda, Chinua Achebe, José Eduardo Agualusa, Rob Spillman, E.C. Osondu, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

Yvonne Vera, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Mia Couto, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Nawal El Saadawi, Ondjaki, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Aziz Chouaki, J.M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohamed Magani, Marlene van Niekerk, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, Boubacar Boris Diop, Nuruddin Farah, Alain Mabanckou, Nadine Gordimer, Niq Mhlongo, Zakes Mda, Chinua Achebe, José Eduardo Agualusa, Rob Spillman, E.C. Osondu, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani

fiction short stories reflective sad medium-paced

344 pages | first published 2009

The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

Helon Habila with Mansoura Ez-Eldin, E.C. Osondu, Camara Laye, George Makana Clark, Doreen Baingana, Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Alaa Al Aswany, Patrice Nganang, Uwem Akpan, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Rachida el-Charni, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alex La Guma, Alain Mabanckou, Yvonne Vera, Dambudzo Marechera, Brian Chikwava, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Manuel Rui, Binyavanga Wainaina, Olufemi Terry, Leila Aboulela, Milly Jafta, Aminatta Forna, Laila Lalami, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Zoë Wicomb, Maaza Mengiste

fiction short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced

344 pages | first published 2011

Letter to Jimmy by Alain Mabanckou

Letter to Jimmy

Alain Mabanckou with Sara Meli Ansari

nonfiction biography essays challenging reflective slow-paced

224 pages | first published 2007

Memoirs of a Porcupine by Alain Mabanckou

Memoirs of a Porcupine

Alain Mabanckou with Helen Stevenson

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

154 pages | first published 2006

The Tears of the Black Man by Alain Mabanckou

The Tears of the Black Man

Alain Mabanckou with Dominic Thomas

nonfiction essays challenging reflective medium-paced

86 pages | first published 2012

Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

Tram 83

Fiston Mwanza Mujila with Roland Glasser (Translator), Alain Mabanckou (Contributor)

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark medium-paced

210 pages | first published 2014

As Long As Trees Take Root in the Earth: and Other Poems by Alain Mabanckou

As Long As Trees Take Root in the Earth: and Other Poems

Alain Mabanckou with Nancy Naomi Carlson (Translator)

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

124 pages | first published 2021