🏛️ Politics & Society · Kenya
Best Politics & Society Books from Kenya
Political and social non-fiction maps the world as it is — its power structures, its inequalities, its contradictions — and sometimes imagines what it could be. Kenya has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in politics & society, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best politics & society from Kenya by editorial consensus.
#1
biography-memoir
Unbowed: A Memoir
Wangari Maathai· 2006
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score78/100
#2
literary-fiction
Dust
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor· 2013
★Booker Prize
Editorial Score30/100
#3
historical-fiction
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
M.G. Vassanji· 2003
Editorial Score30/100
#4
mystery-thriller
Nairobi Heat
Mukoma wa Ngugi· 2009
Editorial Score30/100
#5
literary-fiction
Petals of Blood
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o· 1977
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score10/100






