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Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo Books in Order

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo is a series of 28 books written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo.

Here, you can see them all in order! (publication year included)

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28 Books in Series

1

Weep Not, Child

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1964

2

The River Between

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1965

3

A Grain of Wheat

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1967

4

Homecoming

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1972

5

Petals of Blood

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1977

6

Devil on the Cross

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1980

7

Detained

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1981

8

Decolonising the Mind

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1981

9

Writers in Politics

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1981

10

Barrel of a Pen

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1983

11

Njamba Nene and the flying bus

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1986

12

Njama Nene's Pistol

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1986

13

Matigari

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1986

14

Writing Against Neocolonialism

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1986

15

Moving the Centre

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1993

16

Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

1998

17

Wizard of the Crow

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2004

18

Dreams in a Time of War

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2005

19

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Speaks

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2005

20

Something Torn and New

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2009

21

In the House of the Interpreter

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2012

22

Globalectics

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2012

23

In the Name of the Mother

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2013

24

Secure the Base

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2015

25

Birth of a Dream Weaver

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2016

26

The Perfect Nine

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2018

27

Wrestling with the Devil

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2018

28

The Language of Languages

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo

2022

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