Number of Pages: 296 Publisher: 4th Estate, an imprint of Harper Collins Publisher, 2020 Genre: Nonfiction Personal Rating: 10/10 This is probably one of those books I have read for the longest time. Mostly because I was making notes, highlighting […]
Number of Pages: 147 Published by Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, 2019 Genre: YA Historical Fiction Personal Rating: 8/10 Karafu, A Freed Slave by Nahida Esmail is a YA Historical Fiction book that was a finalist in the CODE Burt […]
Number of Pages: 246 1st published in Arabic in 2002 under the title, Imarat Ya’qubyan This Edition published by Harper Perennial in 2007 and translated to English by Humphrey Davies Genre: Fiction Personal Rating: 6/10 The Yacoubian Building by Alaa […]
The African Trilogy is a book published in 2010 in the USA by Alfred A. Knopf and contains three books by renowned Nigerian Author, Chinua Achebe (1930-2013). Award winning Nigerian Author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie provides the introduction. Book 1: Things […]
Number of Pages: 284 1st Published in the USA by Graywolf Press 2018 Genre: Fiction Personal Rating: 7/10 Before I start on my review, it’s important for me to mention that this book was shortlisted in The 2020 Booker Prize […]
Number of Pages: 357 1st Published in the USA by Viking Penguin, 2007 Genre: Fiction Personal Rating: 8/10 Elif Shafak’s words glide effortlessly on the pages of the books she has authored. It’s no different with the Bastard of Istanbul. […]
Number of Pages: 136 1st Published in French in 2008 as Syngué Sabour by P.O.L. éditeur 2nd Publication in English as The Patience Stone in 2010 by Vintage Books UK Genre: Fiction Personal Rating: 6.5/10 I first came across the […]