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by Afabwaje Kurian
Published Oct 2025
Read ReviewsSet against the backdrop of 1970s Nigeria teetering between post-colonial dependency and self-rule, Before the Mango Ripens examines the enduring themes of faith, disillusionment, and the search for belonging. Both epic and intimate, Afabwaje Kurian's debut announces a brilliant new talent for readers of Imbolo Mbue and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
by Chinelo Okparanta
Published Sep 2016
Read ReviewsInspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly.
by Kenneth Bonert
Published Sep 2014
Read ReviewsA thrilling ride through the life of one fumbling young hero, The Lion Seeker is a glorious reinvention of the classic family and coming-of-age sagas.
by Jonathan Odell
Published Nov 2012
Read ReviewsThe pre-Civil War South comes brilliantly to life in this masterfully written novel about a mysterious and charismatic healer readers won't soon forget.
by Audrey Schulman
Published Jan 2012
Read ReviewsEvoking both Barbara Kingsolver and Andrea Barrett, this enthralling fiction, wise and generous, explores some of the crucial social and cultural challenges that, over the years, have come to shape our world.
by Jason Wallace
Published Dec 2011
Read ReviewsA compelling, thought-provoking novel about race, bullying and the need to belong, set in Africa.
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Published Sep 2007
Read ReviewsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafras impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria in the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed.
by Sue Monk Kidd
Published Jan 2003
Read ReviewsA mesmerizing novel about women with extraordinary gifts coping with loss, finding forgiveness and especially, learning to forgive themselves. Kidd's strong, irresistible voice catches us up and doesn't let go.
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