Bestsellers

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A profoundly moving story on the bonds of family and history — this is Beloved for the 21st century. Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One...

The debut novel from one of the National Book Foundation's 2018 5 Under 35 Ada has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone...

Short-listed Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 A blackly comic novel about lies, love, Lagos, and how blood is thicker — and more difficult to get out of the carpet —...

When the ground beneath your feet is always shifting, how can you ever know where you belong? Jamilah has always believed she knows where her home is: in a house...

The astonishing new novel from the author of Freshwater — Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize. They burned down the market on the day...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife, comes an enchanting new trilogy. DIVIDED BY BLOOD. IMPRISONED BY FATE. BOUND BY DESIRE. WELCOME TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.NOW WE RISE. Zélie Adebola remembers when the...

From the bestselling author of Homegoingcomes an epic novel from the heart of contemporary America. As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey...

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

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

Cairo, 1912. Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of...

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobrakheit meet at a café in Cairo. He was a photographer of...

When ghosts talk, she will listen . . . Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker — and she now speaks to Edinburgh’s dead, carrying messages to the...

A delightful, decadent romance, and a joyful celebration of Black excellence, from an award-winning author. It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to...

Winner of the inaugural Nommo Award for Best Novel, Africa's first award for speculative fictionJohn W. Campbell Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel 'A magnificent tour de force' —...

A Black spirit memoir A raw exploration of identity that shatters boundaries and explodes the way we think about the idea of the self. In letters addressed to their friends,...

The Sex Lives of African Women uniquely amplifies individual women from across the African continent and its global diaspora, as they speak of their diverse experiences of sex, sexualities and...

An epic West-African inspired YA fantasy from an incredible new talent. 'Only one thing is more powerful than a wish, and that is a purpose.' Tarisai has always longed for...

The start of a bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther. We all have a choice. Are we...

From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Ekkad, a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic and profoundly moving novel that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Bolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing...

From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African...

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...

Translated by Melanie Mauthner Introducing 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...

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...

Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa Definitive proof that Africa is *not* a country. A lively, entertaining and informative portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell...

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...

Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan. But he...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins A haunting, lyrical French bestseller set in Paris and Algiers about desire, shame and violence In All Men Want to Know the author traces her...

Sisters, beware the 'Wasteman of Whitewell' . . . As host of radio show Brown Sugar, Kiki Banjo's mission is to protect her listeners from heartbreak. Which puts Whitewell College's...

All you have are your words. AS RECOMMENDED BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP TEN SUNDAY POST BESTSELLER A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF 2020 'A...

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...

A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn...

Real Lives, Real Lessons An inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most extraordinary women leaders, in their own...

VAGABONDS! is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos. Lagos is a city for all . . . you share...

The one and only Akwaeke Emezi is back with a breathtaking, sexy and out-of-this world page-turner that will blow away their fans. Son of the Morning weaves together Southern folklore and magic...

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...

Stories from a South African Childhood #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER — The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and...

Black Panther meets Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch in Beasts Made of Night, the first book in an epic fantasy duology. BuzzFeed's 22 YA Novels You'll Want To Read From Cover...

In the sequel to the acclaimed Beasts Made of Night, Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary — including using the most deadly magic...

The empire is ruled by blood: red-blooded Embers, blue-blooded Dusters and clear-blooded Ghostings. All will be shed in the coming battle for power. The Aktibar – a set of trials...

The Nommo Award Winner.The Nebula Award Finalist.The World Fantasy Award Finalist.The British Science Fiction Award Nominee. A contemporary fantasy filled with the mythos of Nigeria. Shigidi is the god of...

A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country, or anyone in it....

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES Three friends. Three 'perfect' lives. Here comes Trouble Ronke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him...

No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace...So goes the family curse, long handed down from generation to generation, ruining families...

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...

Moving between two continents over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is a multi-layered, moving and immensely resonant novel of generational love, loss and what it means...

A Short History of Conquest and Rule Most accounts of Nigeria’s colonisation were written by British officials, presenting it as a noble civilising mission to rid Africans of barbaric superstition...

How do you find yourself without losing your family? A memoir about growing up, breaking the rules and negotiating culture, from a new Australian voice. A hilarious, heartwarming memoir of...