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This Is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books

This is the main list of 50 books from "This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books" by Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay George, which aims to introduce a more diverse literature. Every entry also features a section of recommendations similar to that particular book, but I did not include them here.
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Love in a Fallen City and Other Stories by Eileen Zhang
Love in a Fallen City and Other Stories by Eileen Zhang
1
All About H. Hatterr (G.V. Desani)
All About H. Hatterr
2
G.V. Desani
Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata)
Thousand Cranes
3
Yasunari Kawabata
The Lost Steps (Alejo Carpentier)
The Lost Steps
4
Alejo Carpentier
The Lonely Londoners (Sam Selvon)
The Lonely Londoners
5
Sam Selvon
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
6
Chinua Achebe
Children of the New World (Assia Djebar)
Children of the New World
7
Assia Djebar
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
8
Jean Rhys
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
9
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Ayi Kwei Armah)
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
10
Ayi Kwei Armah
The Bridge of Beyond (Simone Schwarz-Bart)
The Bridge of Beyond
11
Simone Schwarz-Bart
A Question of Power (Bessie Head)
A Question of Power
12
Bessie Head
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
13
James Baldwin
Between Two Worlds (Miriam Tlali)
Between Two Worlds
14
Miriam Tlali
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
15
Nawal El Saadawi
Our Sister Killjoy (Ama Ada Aidoo)
Our Sister Killjoy
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Ama Ada Aidoo
Territory of Light (Yūko Tsushima)
Territory of Light
17
Yūko Tsushima
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
18
Octavia E. Butler
The Joys of Motherhood (Buchi Emecheta)
The Joys of Motherhood
19
Buchi Emecheta
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
20
Mariama Bâ
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
Segu (Maryse Condé)
Segu
22
Maryse Condé
Annie John (Jamaica Kincaid)
Annie John
23
Jamaica Kincaid
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
24
Toni Morrison
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
25
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Woman Hollering Creek (Sandra Cisneros)
Woman Hollering Creek
26
Sandra Cisneros
Texaco (Patrick Chamoiseau)
Texaco
27
Patrick Chamoiseau
Breath Eyes Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath Eyes Memory
28
Edwidge Danticat
Discerner of Hearts (Olive Senior)
Discerner of Hearts
29
Olive Senior
Salt (Earl Lovelace)
Salt
30
Earl Lovelace
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
31
Arundhati Roy
Trumpet (Jackie Kay)
Trumpet
32
Jackie Kay
The Years With Laura Diaz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Years With Laura Diaz
33
Carlos Fuentes
The Best of Albert Wendt's Short Stories (Albert Wendt)
The Best of Albert Wendt's Short Stories
34
Albert Wendt
Monkey Beach (Eden Robinson)
Monkey Beach
35
Eden Robinson
The Emperor's Babe (Bernardine Evaristo)
The Emperor's Babe
36
Bernardine Evaristo
Dogside Story (Patricia Grace)
Dogside Story
37
Patricia Grace
Shell Shaker (Leanne Howe)
Shell Shaker
38
Leanne Howe
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
39
Khalid Hosseini
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
40
Andrea Levy
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