Recs if you like The Memory of Love...
What do you know about Africa?
“Take the map of Africa, place Europe and America together and there's still room left. Why be a sunflower and turn toward the sun? I myself am the sun!” - Ousmane Sembène
1-3 books (mostly fiction, some nonfiction) from or about each of the 54 countries in the African continent. Listed by country from Algeria to Zimbabwe. (Unfortunately, no books for Niger included). The first book listed is a book by a Kenyan writer that encompasses why this list exists.
The entire Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist
Complete! Every book longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction since it was founded in 1996, under its current title and previous sponsored titles of 'Orange' and 'Baileys' Prize for Fiction. I want to hear your percentage overlap in the comments!
Around the World in Fiction
Around the world
Books from every country for reading around the world challenge (no particular order, I might have missed some, will be updating) Feel free to suggest!
Read Around The World - Africa
Trying to read one author from every country in Africa (choice of authors based on personal preference and chosen from https://readaroundtheworldchallenge.com/ and https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/). Countries listed in descending order from A to Z.
Big Jubilee Read
A list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, 10 from each decade of Elizabeth II's reign, was selected by a panel of experts and announced by the BBC and The Reading Agency on 18 April 2022.
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