African books of the 2010s

Writers include Aminatta Forna, Maaza Mengiste, Binyavanga Wainaina, Scholastique Mukasonga, José Eduardo Agualusa and others. Set in or written from Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and others. First published 2010 to 2019.

• The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone, 2010
• Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2010
• One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenya, 2011
• Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, Rwanda, 2012
• A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa, Angola, 2012
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2013
• The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud, Algeria, 2013
• We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2013
• Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenya, 2014
• Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Uganda, 2014
• Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
• The Return by Hisham Matar, Libya, 2016
• Lullaby by Leïla Slimani, Morocco, 2016
• Small Country by Gaël Faye, Burundi, 2016
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, South Africa, 2016
• Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue, Cameroon, 2016
• Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nigeria, 2017
• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nigeria, 2018
• At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop, Senegal, 2018
• She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018
• The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2019
• The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell, Zambia, 2019