Original and darkly humorous, Cook's debut explores humanity's disdain for nature and the boundlessness of maternal love.

Redolent of the vibrancy and desperation of downtown Harare, Dangarembga’s follow-up to the lauded Nervous Conditions explores the dislocation and disenchantment of its central protagonist in luminous prose.

Devastatingly acute and acerbically funny, Doshi’s forensic account of a toxic mother-daughter relationship skewers themes of betrayal, regret and memory in incisive prose.

Mengiste's harrowing portrait of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia crystallises the conflict through one woman’s experiences.

A campus novel told from the perspective of a Black student, Taylor’s powerful tale embraces themes of grief, desire and alienation in rich, eloquent prose.

An unflinching exploration of love, pride and poverty, Shuggie Bain charts the endeavours of its eponymous protagonist – an ambitious and fastidious boy from a dire mining town with a thirst for a better life.