Books like Ake

12 books to read next

• Head Above Water Buchi Emecheta 4.5 h
• There Was a Country Chinua Achebe 6.5 h
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 5.2 h
• The Education of a British-Protected Child Chinua Achebe 3.5 h
• Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt 7.9 h
• Black Boy Richard Wright 5.4 h
• We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1.2 h
• Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee 4.7 h
• Child of the Dark Carolina Maria de Jesus 3.3 h
• The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston 3.8 h
• Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah 4.1 h
• Far Away and Long Ago W. H. Hudson 6.1 h

How long each takes

Head Above Water Buchi Emecheta 4.5 h There Was a Country Chinua Achebe 6.5 h I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 5.2 h The Education of a British-Protected Child Chinua Achebe 3.5 h Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt 7.9 h Black Boy Richard Wright 5.4 h We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1.2 h Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee 4.7 h Child of the Dark Carolina Maria de Jesus 3.3 h The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston 3.8 h Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah 4.1 h Far Away and Long Ago W. H. Hudson 6.1 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.