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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai

Unbowed

Wangari Maathai

314 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
nonfiction memoir hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Rough Silk by Deborah Auko Tendo

Rough Silk

Grief, The Sequel #1

Deborah Auko Tendo

310 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
nonfiction biography literary politics
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

280 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Field Marshall Muthoni by

Field Marshall Muthoni

53 pages • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
nonfiction biography childrens history literary politics short stories
The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

The Sex Lives of African Women

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

292 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

307 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0akinyiakinyi's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced