# Books from Kenya

Mount Kenya: Kirinyaga, the sacred mountain of the Kikuyu. Writers include Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Binyavanga Wainaina and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. Set in or written from Kenya. First published 1964 to 2014.

## Books

- [Weep Not, Child](https://africantales.net/books/weep-not-child), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1964
- [A Grain of Wheat](https://africantales.net/books/a-grain-of-wheat), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1967
- [Petals of Blood](https://africantales.net/books/petals-of-blood), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1977
- [One Day I Will Write About This Place](https://africantales.net/books/one-day-i-will-write-about-this-place), Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenya, 2011
- [Dust](https://africantales.net/books/dust), Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenya, 2014

## See also

- [East African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa)

Source: https://africantales.net/countries/KEN