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Nessa's Chronicles

I've always been a huge fan of reading, especially books from around the African diaspora. I've put together some recommended reading lists of books that I enjoyed reading. I hope you enjoy them too!

The Girl with the Louding Voice: The Bestselling Word of Mouth Hit That Will Win Over Your Heart
Americanah
Things Fall Apart
AWS Classics The Joys of Motherhood
Our Sister Killjoy
Homegoing
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Stay With Me
Ghana Must Go
Aya: Life in Yop City
The God Child
After the Rain
Behold the Dreamers: An Oprah’s Book Club Pick
Happiness, Like Water: Stories
Africa's Tarnished Name
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Black Skin, White Masks
Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media
The Wretched of the Earth
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Bloodchild: And Other Stories
Kindred: The ground-breaking masterpiece
Seven Days in June: the instant New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick
Between the World and Me
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Parable of the Sower: the New York Times bestseller
The Color Purple: Now a major motion picture from Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg
Well-Read Black Girl: Must-Read Stories From Black Female Writers
The Sex Lives of African Women
The Fire People: A Collection of British Black and Asian Poetry
Little Black Book
Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
Black and British: A Forgotten History
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller
Queenie: Now a Channel 4 series
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African descent
Love in Colour: 'So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.' Candice Carty-Williams
Open Water: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2021
Dominicana: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020
How to Love a Jamaican
I Own My Magic: Self-talk For Black Women: Affirmations for Self-Care and Empowerment
Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul
Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman's Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fearz
The First Woman: Winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021
Manchester Happened: From the winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021
Kintu: From the winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021