Exceptional books set in Eastern African, fiction and nonfiction
Eastern Africa
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The History of a Difficult Child: A Novel
by Mihret Sibhat
Hardcover: Jun 2023
Paperback: Feb 2024
A breathtaking, tragicomic debut novel about the indomitable child of a scorned, formerly land-owning family who must grow up in the wake of Ethiopia's socialist revolution
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Afterlives: A Novel
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Hardcover: Aug 2022
Paperback: Sep 2023
From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of East Africa.
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The Lioness: A Novel
by Chris Bohjalian
Hardcover: May 2022
Paperback: May 2023
A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant.
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The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
by Shugri Said Salh
Hardcover: Aug 2021
Paperback: Jul 2022
"I am the last nomad. My ancestors traveled the East African desert in search of grazing land for their livestock, and the most precious resource of all - water. When they exhausted the land and the clouds disappeared from the horizon, their ...
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A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories
by Meron Hadero
Hardcover: Jun 2022
Winner of the 2020 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing and the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, Ethiopian American author Meron Hadero's gorgeously wrought stories in A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times offer poignant, ...
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A Girl is A Body of Water
by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Hardcover: Sep 2020
Paperback: Jun 2021
International-award-winning author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's novel is a sweeping and powerful portrait of a young girl and her family: who they are, what history has taken from them, and--most importantly--how they find their way back to each ...
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The Shadow King: A Novel
by Maaza Mengiste
Hardcover: Sep 2019
Paperback: Oct 2020
Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, and named a best book of the year by the New York Times, NPR, Elle, Time, and more, The Shadow King is an "unforgettable epic from an immensely talented author who's unafraid to take risks" (Michael Schaub, NPR)...
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The Old Drift
by Namwali Serpell
Hardcover: Mar 2019
Paperback: Mar 2020
An electrifying debut from the winner of the 2015 Caine Prize for African writing, The Old Drift is the Great Zambian Novel you didn't know you were waiting for.
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The Parking Lot Attendant: A Novel
by Nafkote Tamirat
Hardcover: Mar 2018
Paperback: Aug 2019
A mesmerizing, indelible coming-of-age story about a girl in Boston's tightly-knit Ethiopian community who falls under the spell of a charismatic hustler out to change the world
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Call Me American: A Memoir
by Abdi Nor Iftin
Hardcover: Jun 2018
Paperback: May 2019
The incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America--first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card.
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Woman of the Ashes: A Sands of the Emperor Novel
by David Brookshaw, Mia Couto
Hardcover: Apr 2018
Paperback: Apr 2019
The first in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa's most important writers.
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
by Elizabeth Weil, Clemantine Wamariya
Hardcover: Apr 2018
Paperback: Apr 2019
A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us.
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