Books like I will marry when I want

I will marry when I want by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo reads as critical, defiant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Caitaani mũtharaba-inĩ

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo · 1980

Shares the vvoice thread

84% genome match

The Lion and the Jewel

Wole Soyinka · 1962

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Mission to Kala

Mongo Beti · 1957

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

The wives' revolt

J. P. Clark-Bekederemo · 1991

Shares the vvoice thread

70% genome match

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe · 1958

Both explore colonialism

83% genome match

Kalasanda

Barbara Kimenye · 1965

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Sweat

Lynn Nottage · 2017

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Look Back in Anger

John Osborne · 1957

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Midnight cowboy ; a novel

James Leo Herlihy · 1965

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

A woman alone & other plays

Franca Rame · 1991

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Golden boy

Clifford Odets · 1937

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Tell it to women

Osonye Tess Onwueme · 1995

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match