EveryBookItsReader 2025: African Fiction Books

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| 1 || An Act of Terror ||  || An Act of Terror
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| 2 || Age of Iron ||  || Age of Iron
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| 3 || Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful ||  || Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful
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| 4 || Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade ||  || 
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| 5 || [Amandla (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amandla_(novel)) ||  || Amandla (novel)
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| 6 || And a Threefold Cord ||  || And a Threefold Cord
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| 7 || Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life ||  || 
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| 8 || Burger's Daughter ||  || Burger's Daughter
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| 9 || A Chain of Voices ||  || A Chain of Voices
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| 10 || Circles in a Forest ||  || Circles in a Forest
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| 11 || The Conservationist ||  || The Conservationist
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| 12 || Cry, the Beloved Country ||  || Cry, the Beloved Country
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| 13 || Dead at Daybreak ||  || Dead at Daybreak
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| 14 || Dead Before Dying ||  || Dead Before Dying
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| 15 || Die Swart Luiperd ||  || Die Swart Luiperd
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| 16 || A Dry White Season ||  || A Dry White Season (novel)
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| 17 || Dusklands ||  || Dusklands
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| 18 || Fiela's Child ||  || Fiela's Child
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| 19 || The First Life of Adamastor ||  || The First Life of Adamastor
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| 20 || A Guest of Honour ||  || A Guest of Honour (novel)
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| 21 || The House Gun ||  || The House Gun
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| 22 || Imaginings of Sand ||  || Imaginings of Sand
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| 23 || In the Fog of the Seasons' End ||  || In the Fog of the Seasons' End
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| 24 || An Instant in the Wind ||  || An Instant in the Wind
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| 25 || Ityala lamawele ||  || Ityala lamawele
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| 26 || July's People ||  || July's People
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| 27 || Klipgooi ||  || Klipgooi
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| 28 || The Late Bourgeois World ||  || The Late Bourgeois World
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| 29 || [Looking on Darkness (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_on_Darkness_(novel)) ||  || Looking on Darkness (novel)
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| 30 || The Lying Days ||  || The Lying Days
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| 31 || [Maru (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maru_(novel)) ||  || Maru (novel)
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| 32 || The Master of Petersburg ||  || The Master of Petersburg
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| 33 || Mhudi ||  || Mhudi
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| 34 || Mine Boy ||  || Mine Boy
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| 35 || My Son's Story ||  || My Son's Story
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| 36 || None to Accompany Me ||  || None to Accompany Me
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| 37 || Occasion for Loving ||  || Occasion for Loving
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| 38 || Rumours of Rain ||  || Rumours of Rain
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| 39 || [Shades (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_(novel)) ||  || Shades (novel)
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| 40 || A Sinless Season ||  || A Sinless Season
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| 41 || The Smell of Apples ||  || The Smell of Apples
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| 42 || A Sparrow Falls ||  || A Sparrow Falls
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| 43 || A Sport of Nature ||  || A Sport of Nature
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| 44 || The Stone-Country ||  || The Stone-Country
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| 45 || Thirteen Cents ||  || Thirteen Cents
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| 46 || Time of the Butcherbird ||  || Time of the Butcherbird
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| 47 || Too Late the Phalarope ||  || Too Late the Phalarope
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| 48 || Way Up, Way Out ||  || Way Up, Way Out
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| 49 || Ways of Dying ||  || Ways of Dying
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| 50 || When Smuts Goes ||  || When Smuts Goes
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| 51 || [The Good Doctor (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Doctor_(novel)) ||  || The Good Doctor (novel)
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| 52 || In a Strange Room ||  || In a Strange Room
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| 53 || [It Doesn't Have to Be This Way (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Doesn%27t_Have_to_Be_This_Way_(novel)) ||  || It Doesn't Have to Be This Way (novel)
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| 54 || King's Gold ||  || King's Gold
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| 55 || Kings of the Water ||  || Kings of the Water
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| 56 || Knot of Stone ||  || Knot of Stone
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| 57 || Make a Skyf, Man! ||  || Make a Skyf, Man!
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| 58 || No Time Like the Present ||  || No Time Like the Present
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| 59 || [The Persistence of Memory (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory_(novel)) ||  || The Persistence of Memory (novel)
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| 60 || The Pickup ||  || The Pickup
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| 61 || [The Promise (Galgut novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_(Galgut_novel)) ||  || The Promise (Galgut novel)
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| 62 || The Age of Magic ||  || The Age of Magic
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| 63 || Akata Warrior ||  || Akata Warrior
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| 64 || Akata Witch ||  || Akata Witch
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| 65 || Akata Woman ||  || Akata Woman
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| 66 || Beasts Made of Night ||  || Beasts Made of Night
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| 67 || [Bitter (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_(novel)) ||  || Bitter (novel)
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| 68 || Blackass ||  || Blackass
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| 69 || Blood Scion ||  || Blood Scion
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| 70 || [Butterfly Fish (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_Fish_(novel)) ||  || Butterfly Fish (novel)
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| 71 || Children of Anguish and Anarchy ||  || Children of Anguish and Anarchy
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| 72 || Children of Blood and Bone ||  || Children of Blood and Bone
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| 73 || Children of Virtue and Vengeance ||  || Children of Virtue and Vengeance
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| 74 || [Dangerous Love (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Love_(novel)) ||  || Dangerous Love (novel)
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| 75 || David Mogo, Godhunter ||  || David Mogo, Godhunter
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| 76 || [Dazzling (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzling_(novel)) ||  || Dazzling (novel)
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| 77 || The Death of Vivek Oji ||  || The Death of Vivek Oji
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| 78 || The Famished Road ||  || The Famished Road
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| 79 || Forged by Blood ||  || Forged by Blood
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| 80 || [Freshwater (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_(novel)) ||  || Freshwater (novel)
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| 81 || The Icarus Girl ||  || The Icarus Girl
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| 82 || Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon ||  || Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon
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| 83 || Igbó Olódùmarè ||  || Igbó Olódùmarè
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| 84 || [Ikenga (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikenga_(novel)) ||  || Ikenga (novel)
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| 85 || Ìrèké Oníbùdó ||  || Ìrèké Oníbùdó
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| 86 || Magana Jari Ce ||  || Magana Jari Ce
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| 87 || [My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(novel)) ||  || My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (novel)
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| 88 || Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmọlẹ̀ ||  || Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmọlẹ̀
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| 89 || An Orchestra of Minorities ||  || An Orchestra of Minorities
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| 90 || The Palm-Wine Drinkard ||  || The Palm-Wine Drinkard
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| 91 || [Pet (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_(novel)) ||  || Pet (novel)
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| 92 || Raybearer ||  || Raybearer
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| 93 || Redemptor ||  || Redemptor
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| 94 || Ruwan Bagaja ||  || Ruwan Bagaja
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| 95 || The Shadow Speaker ||  || The Shadow Speaker
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| 96 || Skin of the Sea ||  || Skin of the Sea
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| 97 || Son of the Storm ||  || Son of the Storm
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| 98 || Songs of Enchantment ||  || Songs of Enchantment
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| 99 || Starbook ||  || Starbook
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| 100 || Who Fears Death ||  || Who Fears Death
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| 101 || Warrior of the Wind ||  || Warrior of the Wind
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| 102 || Zahrah the Windseeker ||  || Zahrah the Windseeker
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| 103 || [Ace of Spades (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_(novel)) ||  || Ace of Spades (novel)
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| 104 || Americanah ||  || Americanah
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| 105 || Anthills of the Savannah ||  || Anthills of the Savannah
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| 106 || Arrow of God ||  || Arrow of God
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| 107 || Beasts of No Nation ||  || Beasts of No Nation
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| 108 || The Bride Price ||  || The Bride Price
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| 109 || Chike and the River ||  || Chike and the River
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| 110 || Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth ||  || Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
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| 111 || Destination Biafra ||  || Destination Biafra
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| 112 || Double Yoke ||  || Double Yoke
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| 113 || Efuru ||  || Efuru
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| 114 || Eze Goes to School ||  || Eze Goes to School
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| 115 || The Gods Are Not to Blame ||  || The Gods Are Not to Blame
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| 116 || Grip Am ||  || Grip Am
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| 117 || [Gwendolen (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolen_(novel)) ||  || Gwendolen (novel)
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| 118 || Half of a Yellow Sun ||  || Half of a Yellow Sun
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| 119 || Harmattan Haze on an African Spring ||  || Harmattan Haze on an African Spring
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| 120 || In Dependence ||  || In Dependence
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| 121 || [The Interpreters (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interpreters_(novel)) ||  || The Interpreters (novel)
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| 122 || The Joys of Motherhood ||  || The Joys of Motherhood
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| 123 || Leave My Bones in Saskatoon ||  || Leave My Bones in Saskatoon
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| 124 || Little Rot ||  || Little Rot
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| 125 || The Looming Fog ||  || The Looming Fog
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| 126 || A Man of the People ||  || A Man of the People
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| 127 || The Middle Daughter ||  || The Middle Daughter
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| 128 || My Sister, the Serial Killer ||  || My Sister, the Serial Killer
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| 129 || Naira Power ||  || Naira Power
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| 130 || No Longer at Ease ||  || No Longer at Ease
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| 131 || One Man, One Matchet ||  || One Man, One Matchet
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| 132 || One Week One Trouble ||  || One Week One Trouble
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| 133 || Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again ||  || Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again
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| 134 || Purple Hibiscus ||  || Purple Hibiscus
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| 135 || The Rape of Shavi ||  || The Rape of Shavi
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| 136 || [Second Class Citizen (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Class_Citizen_(novel)) ||  || Second Class Citizen (novel)
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| 137 || [The Slave Girl (1977 novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slave_Girl_(1977_novel)) ||  || The Slave Girl (1977 novel)
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| 138 || The Sweetest Remedy ||  || The Sweetest Remedy
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| 139 || Things Fall Apart ||  || Things Fall Apart
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| 140 || Ties That Tether ||  || Ties That Tether
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| 141 || [The Virgin (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_(novel)) ||  || The Virgin (novel)
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| 142 || [The Voice (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_(novel)) ||  || The Voice (novel)
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| 143 || [Wahala (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahala_(novel)) ||  || Wahala (novel)
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| 144 || Zikora ||  || Zikora
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| 145 || A Sparrow from the East ||  || A Sparrow from the East
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| 146 || Al Maktab Raqam 19 ||  || Al Maktab Raqam 19
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| 147 || Al Moghameron Al Khamsa ||  || Al Moghameron Al Khamsa
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| 148 || Beer in the Snooker Club ||  || Beer in the Snooker Club
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| 149 || [The Blue Elephant (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Elephant_(novel)) ||  || The Blue Elephant (novel)
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| 150 || Cairo Trilogy ||  || Cairo Trilogy
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| 151 || [Chicago (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(novel)) ||  || Chicago (novel)
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| 152 || Days in the Diaspora ||  || Days in the Diaspora
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| 153 || [The Days (book)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Days_(book)) ||  || The Days (book)
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| 154 || Diary of a Jewish Muslim ||  || Diary of a Jewish Muslim
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| 155 || [Doaa al-Karawan (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doaa_al-Karawan_(novel)) ||  || Doaa al-Karawan (novel)
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| 156 || East of the Palm ||  || East of the Palm
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| 157 || The Fall of the Imam ||  || The Fall of the Imam
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| 158 || [Fantazia (novel series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantazia_(novel_series)) ||  || Fantazia (novel series)
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| 159 || The Gospel According to Adam ||  || The Gospel According to Adam
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| 160 || [Hunger (el-Bisatie novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(el-Bisatie_novel)) ||  || Hunger (el-Bisatie novel)
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| 161 || In Search for Khnum ||  || In Search for Khnum
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| 162 || [La Anam (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Anam_(novel)) ||  || La Anam (novel)
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| 163 || List of titles of Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa series ||  || List of titles of Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa series
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| 164 || Malaf Al Mostakbal ||  || Malaf Al Mostakbal
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| 165 || List of titles of Malaf Al Mostakbal series ||  || List of titles of Malaf Al Mostakbal series
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| 166 || [Mawlana (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlana_(novel)) ||  || Mawlana (novel)
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| 167 || Menorahs and Minarets ||  || Menorahs and Minarets
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| 168 || No Knives in the Kitchens of This City ||  || No Knives in the Kitchens of This City
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| 169 || [The Open Door (al-Zayyat novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Door_(al-Zayyat_novel)) ||  || The Open Door (al-Zayyat novel)
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| 170 || [The Queue (Abdel Aziz novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queue_(Abdel_Aziz_novel)) ||  || The Queue (Abdel Aziz novel)
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| 171 || Ragol Al Mostaheel ||  || Ragol Al Mostaheel
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| 172 || Rama and the Dragon ||  || Rama and the Dragon
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| 173 || [The Return of the Spirit (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Spirit_(novel)) ||  || The Return of the Spirit (novel)
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| 174 || Rites of Assent ||  || Rites of Assent
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| 175 || The Seven Days of Man ||  || The Seven Days of Man
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| 176 || [Sharaf (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharaf_(novel)) ||  || Sharaf (novel)
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| 177 || [The Stealth (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stealth_(novel)) ||  || The Stealth (novel)
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| 178 || [Sugar Street (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Street_(novel)) ||  || Sugar Street (novel)
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| 179 || Thieves in Retirement ||  || Thieves in Retirement
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| 180 || The Turban and the Hat ||  || The Turban and the Hat
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| 181 || The Twenty-Second Day ||  || The Twenty-Second Day
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| 182 || A Well-Trained Stray ||  || A Well-Trained Stray
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| 183 || Woman at Point Zero ||  || Woman at Point Zero
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| 184 || The Yacoubian Building ||  || The Yacoubian Building
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| 185 || [Zaat (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaat_(novel)) ||  || Zaat (novel)
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| 186 || [Zaynab (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaynab_(novel)) ||  || Zaynab (novel)