Books like We Need New Names
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo reads as poignant, observant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013
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83% genome match
Swing Time
Zadie Smith · 2017
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69% genome match
Small island
Andrea Levy · 2004
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69% genome match
Foreign Soil
Maxine Beneba Clarke · 2014
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69% genome match
The girl who can
Ama Ata Aidoo · 1997
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69% genome match
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo · 2019
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69% genome match
The Buddha of Suburbia
Hanif Kureishi · 1990
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69% genome match
Naledi his love
Dudu Busani-Dube · 2015
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69% genome match
Selected Poems (P.S.)
Gwendolyn Brooks · 1963
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69% genome match
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens · 1838
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69% genome match
Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Rotimi Babatunde · 2010
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69% genome match
Have you seen Zandile?
Gcina Mhlophe · 1988
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69% genome match
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