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An enthralling debut perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone set in a North African-inspired fantasy world where two sisters must fight to the death to win the...

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death's adopted daughter in this tale of community and female empowerment by Binti's Nnedi Okorafor"She’s the adopted daughter of the Angel of...

A big-hearted, utterly charming carousel of a novel about three generations of the same family, riven by feuds and falling-outs, united by fates and fortunes.'A beautiful, brilliant modern classic.' —...

Named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Center For Fiction First Novel Prize Named a Booklist Best Book of the YearA mesmerizing, indelible coming-of-age...

A Congolese refugee getting by in the Australian suburbs, Isa has a background that seems unimaginable in his new country - a childhood as a boy soldier. Now, Isa's a...

The exhilarating debut political thriller from the award-winning BBC broadcaster George Alagiah. 'It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more -...

A Different Way of Looking at Race'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya....

From the Orange Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun comes twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and...

The second volume in a vibrant and compellingly told trilogy by one of science fiction's most engaging new voices - perfect for fans of N. K. Jemisin's THE FIFTH SEASON,...

First she taught us how to glory in our solitude with the bestselling What a Time to be Alone. Now the Slumflower is back, with the ultimate guide to getting...

The Slumflower’s Guide to Why You Are Already EnoughIn What A Time To Be Alone, The Slumflower will be your life guru, confidante and best friend. She’ll show you that...

From AFL stardom to attempting to take his own life, Majak Daw's is a football story like no other.Born in Sudan, Majak Daw fled to Egypt with his family when...

In this powerful finale to the award-winning WORMWOOD trilogy, life in the newly independent city state of Rosewater isn't everything its citizens were expecting...Mayor Jacques finds that debts incurred during...

A West African Fantasy EpicInspired by West African folklore and stories handed over centuries, this unique graphic novel follows the adventures of Mansou, last prince of a dying kingdom, and...

Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire? Amani must make a devastating choice between revolution and family in this sequel to the...

A powerful feminist folktale rooted in Ugandan historySmart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by...

A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on...

A seminal work by one of today’s most vital figurative artists explores the complexity of race, wealth, and class through storytelling and multimedia drawings.This extraordinary illustrated story – Toyin Ojih...

The oldest son of a world-renowned scientist, Wale Williams — aka tech-savvy superhero EXO — tries to save Lagoon City from a deadly group of emerging extremists.But before this "pending"...

An instant New York Times bestseller!The first in a gripping fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on...

An impassioned plea for freedom and justice, by the Man Booker-winner Ben Okri.In a world uncomfortably like our own, a young woman called Amalantis is arrested for asking a question....

In this collection of short stories, offbeat characters are caught up in extraordinary situations that test the boundaries of reality . . .A love-hungry goddess of the sea arrives on...

Following the exploits of queen and military commander Malika, who struggles to keep the peace in her ever-expanding empire, Azzaz, this historical fantasy is set in fifteenth-century West Africa and...

Malika, queen and commander of the fifteenth-century West-African empire Azzaz, has been flung into the year 2025.After years of moving in the shadows, Malika is forced out of hiding by...

A heartbreaking, exquisitely written masterpiece.One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of...

Tales of a Different HistoryMemoria: stories from another History is the idea of a collective memory made up of a myriad of stories, stories, questions and experiences scattered in our...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a powerful new novel-a story of love and...

Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker PrizeIn this tense and psychologically charged novel, Tsitsi Dangarembga channels the hope and potential of one young girl and a fledgling nation to lead us...

'[An] evocative tale of identity, friendship and unexpected love' — Mail on Sunday 'Marks Okoh as an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.' — AnOther magazine After a bad break...

In Igboland, the lives of two Nigerian women change forever...In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming a typist as she endures the endless chores...

A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they’ve been trained to avoid. Seizing upon...

In 21 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living...

A debut novel by one of the most exciting African literary voices to emerge in recent yearsMaya grows up in Germany in the shadow of her beautiful, volatile mother- a...

Winner of the 2019 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize'On the third of September, not so long ago, something truly wondrous happened on the Beauford Farm and Estate. At the moment of...

Translated by Howard CurtisBoxing offers one boy hope in cruel between-the-wars Algeria — but will it help him win the woman he loves?As a child living in a ghetto, Turambo...

Haunted Library Horror ClassicsWhen Reuel Briggs, a medical student at Harvard, witnesses the performance of the beautiful singer Dianthe Lusk at a concert, he's infatuated by her talent and beauty....

Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson makes a triumphant return to science fiction with this unforgettable vision of humanity's future in the chilling emptiness of space. The colony ship...

Translated by Gila WalkerOne might say that the womb of death — the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonisation — gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her point...

The second novel from the Booker Prize shortlisted author of This Mournable Body and Nervous Conditions continues Tambu's story.As Zimbabwe emerges into independence, Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her second year...

A poignant tale of family and revolution in postcolonial Africa, from one of the continent's greatest living novelists.In Pointe-Noire, in the small neighbourhood of Voungou, on the family plot where...

Translated by Melanie MauthnerIntroducing Scholastique Mukasonga: a major international author and her brilliant and award-winning first novel.Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be molded into...

Translated by Alexia TrigoMohamed Mbougar Sarr's searing and thought-provoking debut novel, Brotherhood takes place in the imaginary town of Kalep, where a fundamentalist Islamist government has spread its brutal authority.Under...

Edited by Larry SiemsThe international bestseller that set the world on fire, told in full: Mohamedou Ould Slahi's unflinching account of his fourteen years of detention without charge in Guantanamo...

A trailblazing new novel about two teenagers from opposite worlds; The Crossing is a heartbreaking and life-affirming story of hope, grief, and the very real tragedies of the refugee crisis.Natalie's...

A modern classic — Lola Shoneyin's debut novel is a portrait of a clamorous household in the midst of upheaval. Coming soon to Netflix!When Baba Segi awoke with a bellyache...

A game-changing thriller about two teenagers a generation apart, connected by one bullet with the power to devastate both of their lives. Get ready to reconsider everything you thought you...

This CBCA short-listed book also won the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature and is a stunning and heartrending mystery set in a Swaziland boarding school about two...

A fierce and lyrical collection of poetry celebrating the moments of triumph and beauty in our lives, as well as the moments of despair – recasting them as opportunities for...

The hotly anticipated epic and phenomenal West-African inspired finale to the New York Times bestselling YA fantasy Raybearer.For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease...

Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris's criminal underground in the wake of...