I read 25 out of 30 books planned. Not bad considering that I’ve been busier this year than last. Also I read some books I’d been meaning to read for some time so that’s another positive thing. Here’s the list from 2013 and the 2014 list.
In summary I read 9 non-fiction books, 16 fiction, 8 by women, 17 by men, 10 African, 4 African-American and 11 others. Now, to this year’s list in the order in which they were read. For those I fully reviewed I add the link to my review.
* indicates non-fiction
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
An Ethnographic Study of Northern Ghanaian Conflicts: Towards a Sustainable Peace* by A.K. Awedoba
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
As the Crow Flies by Véronique Tadjo
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir* by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
Dark Days in Ghana* by Kwame Nkrumah
The Political History of Ghana (1950-2013): The Experience of a Non-Conformist* by Dr Obed Yao Asamoah
Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo
Neighbours by Lília Momplé
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir* by Binyavanga Wainaina
The Conscience of a Liberal* by Paul Krugman
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story* by Ben Carson
Between the World and Me* by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Cardinals by Bessie Head
We Killed Mangy-Dog and Other Stories by Luís Bernardo Honwana
The Fire Next Time* by James Baldwin
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A good year of reading for you. Quite a diverse list. Any thoughts on what you plan on reading in 2016? I would recommend some translated fiction. Here’s to another good year!
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Thanks for passing by, Kinna. I’m trying to read more African-American women this year so there will be Toni Morrison, Hurston, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker. I also want to read Ghanaian leaders so some Nkrumah, Busia, Danquah and Mahama. And then I have at least 3 economics books waiting. I think I could make space for 2 recommendations of translated fiction.
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