Parcel 1
Clues
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- African fiction
- First published in the 1970s
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12 books for “family stories”
Looking for: family · stories
A Spell of Good Things
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Thread: Family · Section: Fiction
Stay With Me
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Thread: Family · Section: Fiction
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Thread: Family · Section: Fiction
The Fishermen
Chigozie Obioma
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Thread: Family · Section: Fiction
The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Thread: Family · Section: Fiction
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Lola Shoneyin
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Thread: Family · Section: Fiction
The Thing Around Your Neck
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Thread: Short stories · Section: Fiction
Dune
Frank Herbert
Why it came upThread: Science fiction · Section: Fantasy & Science Fiction · On the list “Other worlds, from Orïsha to Arrakis”
Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Section: Fiction · Mentions “family”
No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe
Why it came upThread: African fiction · Section: Fiction · Mentions “family”
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Parcel 2
Clues
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- African fiction
- First published in the 1960s
Parcel 3
Clues
- Nigeria
- African fiction
- Coming of age
- First published in the 2010s
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