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Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda

October 4, 2024 .

africanliterature, speculative fiction

Ghostroots is an exciting addition to the growing list of contemporary and speculative fiction in African literature.

How Audiobooks Can Enhance Your Reading Game

July 20, 2025 .

Opinions

There is a world of difference between the mechanics of copyreading and audiobook listening, so the deciding factor regarding a be...

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

November 8, 2023 .

AfricanAmericanLiterature, historical fiction

I recommend Did You Hear About Kitty Karr to anyone interested in books about deception, family secrets, old Hollywood glamor, and...

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

June 13, 2023 .

africanliterature, shortstorycollections

Finally, this collection gets bonus points for being very Afrocentric in its attempt to explore stories from home vis-à-vis the pe...

Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence

May 22, 2023 .

Fantasy, marklawrence

Write a YA book about a school that mixes magic, martial arts and meditation and just like that; I’m in love.⁣

Ogadinma by Ukamaka Olisakwe

May 22, 2023 .

africanliterature

An invaluable life lesson that one can learn from Ogadinma is that unless women learn to stand up for themselves, patriarchy will ...

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

November 2, 2022 .

African-American Lit, Feminist Lit, Women's Fiction

I also loved that, at every turn, it sought to advocate for intersectional feminism in African-American communities and within the...

A Lady’s Guide To Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

September 21, 2022 .

regencyromance

I found A Lady’s Guide To Fortune Hunting quite the delectable read because it checked all the right boxes of what I would t...

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

March 18, 2022 .

PDjeliClark, TheBlackGodsDrums

Clark is a new-to-me author, and I was impressed by his well-considered, multi-dimensional approach in creating the female charact...

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

March 8, 2022 .

colsonwhitehead, historicalfiction, theundergroundrailway

It is important that we keep history alive, to not forget. So although slavery is not an easy subject to discuss, I’m glad t...