From Paukwa we are incredibly grateful to the Kenyans who read, and who shared with us their favourite Kenyan reads. Asanteni sana for drawing us in. Check out our list of bookshops here and promote a writer buy purchasing a Kenyan book today!
Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and Magunga Bookstore (online)
Kenya @ 50 by Joyce Nyairo – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and Magunga Bookstore (online)
Matigari by Ngugi wa Thiong’o – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street), Between the Lines (Village Market), Magunga Bookstore (online) and Text Book Center (Junction Mall, Sarit Center and 2 Rivers Mall)
To be a Man by Kwani – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and Text Book Center (Junction Mall and Sarit Center)
Who Will Catch Us If We Fall by Iman Verjee – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and Magunga Bookstore (online)
Jeevanjee: The Rebel of the Empire by Zarina Patel – available at Text Book Center (Kijabe Street) and Amazon (online)
We The People by Timothy Njoya – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street), Bookstop (Yaya Centre) and Text Book Center (Kijabe Street, Junction Mall, Sarit Center, Galleria Mall, Industrial Area and 2 Rivers Mall)
Dust by Yvonne A. Owuor – available at Between the Lines (Village Market), Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street), Bookstop (Yaya Center), Magunga Bookstore (online) and Text Book Center (Kijabe Street, Sarit Center and Junction Mall)
Tracking The Scent of My Mother by Muthoni Garland – available at Savanis Bookshop (Latema Road), Amazon (online), Chaka Bookshop and Njambi’s Bookshop
Red Strangers by Elspeth Huxley – available at Bookstop (Yaya Center) and Amazon (online)
Rainbows in My Clouds by Radhika Lee – available at Between the Lines (Village Market), Bookstop (Yaya Center) and Text Book Center (Junction Mall, 2 Rivers Mall, Galleria Mall, Garden City Mall, Sarit Center and The Hub)
My Life In Crime by John Kiriamiti – available at Between the Lines (Village Market) and Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street)
One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina – available at Text Book Center (Junction Mall) and Amazon (online)
Looking for Home by Christine W. Ng’ang’a – available on Amazon (online)
A Kenyan Journey by Pheroze Nowrojee – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and Bookstop (Yaya Centre)
The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiong’o – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street)
Things I will tell my Daughter by Joan Thatiah – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street), Bookstop (Yaya Center) and Text Book Center (Kijabe Street, Sarit Center, Junction Mall, TRM, Garden City Mall and 2 Rivers Mall)
As The Crow Flies by Joseph J.D Kimura – available through Loresho Digital Center (online)
Moses In Trouble by Barbara Kimenye – available at Savanis Bookshop (Latema Road) and Text Book Center (Kijabe Street, Sarit Center and Galleria Mall)
The Cockroach Dance by Meja Mwangi – available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street), Magunga Bookstore (online) and Text Book Center (Kijabe Street)
The Firemakers of Azali by Karungari Mutu – available at Bookstop (Yaya Center) and Jumia (online)
Digital Bedbugs edited by Makena Onjerika – available at Prestige Bookshop (online)
The Bigger Deal by Sunny Bindra – available at Prestige Bookshop (online), Bookstop (Yaya Centre) and Kindle (online)
Betrayal in the City by Francis Imbuga – available at Savanis Bookshop (Latema Road)
Mukami Kimathi by Wairimu Nderitu – available at Bookstop (Yaya Centre)
The Havoc of Choice by Shiro Koinange – available at Text Book Centre (Kijabe Street, Sarit Center, Junction Mall, TRM, Garden City Mall and 2 Rivers Mall)
The Dragonfly Sea by Yvonne A. Owuor – available at Prestige Bookshop (Lavington) and Text Book Centre (online)
Of Pawns and Players by Kinyanjui Kombani – available at Rafu Books (online) and Text Book Centre (Kijabe Street, Sarit Center, Junction Mall and 2 Rivers Mall)
Gray Latitudes by Michelle K. Angwenyi – available at Down River Road (online)
Kill Me Quick by Meja Mwangi – available at Nuria the Honest Store (online)
The Snow Girls by Prof. Rhoda Wanja – available at Loresho Digital Centre (online)
Travelling While Black by Nanjala Nyabola – Available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and online on Amazon and Nuria Store.
Secret Lives and Other Stories by Ngugi wa Thiong’o – Available at Text Book Center countrywide, Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and online on Nuria Store and Kibanga Books.
Let Me Call You Back by Jackson Biko – Available at Bookstop (Yaya Center), Text Book Center countrywide, Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and online on Amazon, Nuria Store and Kibanga Books.
Confessions of Nairobi Men and Women by Joan Thatiah – Available at Text Book Center countrywide, Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and online on Nuria Store, Kibanga Books and Story Zetu.
For What Are Butterflies Without Their Wings by Troy Onyango – Available at Text Book Center countrywide, Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and online on Amazon, Nuria Store and Kibanga Books.
The Betrayal of the Mau Mau Freedom Fighters by Gitu wa Kahengeri – Available online on Nuria Store.
Lucky Girl by Irene Muchemi Ndiritu – Availabe at Penguin Random House in South Africa and online on Amazon and Nuria Store.
Best Before 09 by Sharon Gwada – Available online on Nuria Store and Kibanga Books.
Through My African Eyes by Jeff Koinange – Available at Text Book Center countrywide, Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and online on Amazon, Nuria Store, Kibanga Books and Book Duka.
Living on The Edge by Jagi Gakunju – Available at Bookstop (Yaya Center) and online on Lulu.
Roots of Freedom by Bildad Kaggia – Availabe at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street) and online on Amazon.
God’s Child On The Run by Omwa Ombara – Available online on Amazon, Wordsworth Bookshop and Keswicks Books.
House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber – Available at Prestige Bookshop (Mama Ngina Street), Nuria Store (online) and Amazon (online).