in honour of lithub making a list of ‘best 50 novels under 200 pages’ with a pathetic showing for women of colour… here’s a list excluding whites and men:
shahrnush parsipur, women without men
gwendolyn brooks, maud martha
theresa hak kyung cha, dictee
nawal el saadawi, woman at point zero
jamaica kincaid, a small place, lucy, annie john, my brother
mariama ba, so long a letter
maryse conde, i tituba, black witch of salem
kopano matlwa, coconut, evening primrose
suzette mayr, dr edith vane and the hares of crawley hall
michelle cliff, no telephone to heaven, abeng
buchi emechata, second class citizen, the joys of motherhood
hiromi goto, chorus of mushrooms
tsitsi dangarembga, nervous conditions
etel adnan, sitt marie rose
jaqueline woodson, red at the bone
akwaeke emezi, freshwater
laila lalami, hope and other dangerous pursuits
naomi fontaine, kuessipan
vi khi nao, fish in exile
shay youngbloood, soul kiss
bessie head, a question of power
le thi diem thuy, the gangster we are all looking for
oyinkan braithwaite, my sister the serial killer
zinzi clemmons, what we lose
janet campbell hale, the jailing of cecelia capture
sahar khalifeh, wild thorns
suniti namjoshi, the conversations of cow
tamai kobayshi, prairie ostritch
gloria naylor, the women of brewster place
terri de la pena, margins
zen cho, the terracotta bride
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