The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Ghana

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1502 The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born Ayi K. Armah 1968 Ghanaian English
2504 Homegoing Yaa Gyasi 2016 Ghanaian English
4206 Ghana Kwame Nkrumah 1957 Ghanaian English
5266 Anowa Ama Ata Aidoo 1970 Ghanaian English
5405 Our Sister Killjoy Ama Ata Aidoo 1977 Ghanaian English
5531 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
7796 In My Father's House Anthony Appiah 1992 Ghanaian English
8057 Cutting The Rose Efua Doorkenoo 1994 Ghanaian English
8566 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
9179 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9264 Malcolm X Manning Marable 2011 American English
9859 Wife Of The Gods Kwei Quartey 2009 Ghanaian English
10111 Lose Your Mother Saidiya Hartman 2007 American English
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11614 The Cross Cultural Process In Christian History Andrew Walls 2002 Unknown English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12515 Changes Ama Ata Aidoo 1991 Ghanaian English
13246 When God Talks Back Tanya Luhrmann 2012 American English
13351 The Shadow Of The Sun Ryszard Kapuscinski 1998 Polish Polish
14599 Interventions Kofi Annan 2012 Ghanaian English
14698 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14732 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
15589 Ghana Must Go Taiye Selasi 2013 American English
15667 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15686 The Whitewashed Tombs Kwei Quartey 2023 Ghanaian English
15916 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17165 The Heart Of A Woman Maya Angelou 1981 American English
17165 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17165 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17165 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17165 Open Water Caleb Azumah Nelson 2021 British English
17165 The Soccer War Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
17165 Frantz Fanon David Macey 2001 Unknown English
17165 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17165 Women's Liberation And The African Freedom Struggle Thomas Sankara 1990 Burkinabé French
17165 Stokely Speaks Stokely Carmichael 1971 American English
17165 Coast Of Slaves, Ships Of Slaves And Islands Of Slaves Thorkild Hansen 1967 Danish Danish
17086 Epic Of Sundiata Unknown 1235 Multiple Mandinka
17165 Anansi’s Gold Yepoka Yeebo 2023 Unknown English
17165 Daughter In Exile Bisi Adjapon 2023 Unknown English
17165 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17165 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17165 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English