| Títols | Ordre |
| Abyssinian Chronicles de Moses Isegawa | creative writing |
| Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment. (2 Volumes) de Samir Amin | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality de Cheikh Anta Diop | scholarship/non-fiction, top twelve |
| African Philosophy: Myth and Reality de Paulin J. Hountondji | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Aké: The Years of Childhood de Wole Soyinka | top twelve |
| al-Mawt ʻalá al-asfalt de ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Abnūdī | creative writing |
| Amal'eZulu de Benedict Wallet Vilakazi | creative writing |
| Ambiguous Adventure de Cheikh Hamidou Kane | creative writing |
| Anowa de Ama Ata Aidoo | creative writing |
| Arrow of God de Chinua Achebe | creative writing |
| Un attiéké pour Elgass: Roman (French Edition) de Tierno Monénembo | creative writing |
| The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born de Ayi Kwei Armah | creative writing |
| The Beggars' Strike de Aminata Sow Fall | creative writing |
| Beyond the Masks: Race, Gender and Subjectivity (Critical Psychology Series) de Amina Mama | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The Blood Knot: A Play in Three Acts de Athol Fugard | creative writing |
| Bones de Chenjerai Hove | creative writing |
| Butterfly Burning de Yvonne Vera | creative writing |
| The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street de Naguib Mahfouz | creative writing, top twelve |
| Una Carta molt llarga de Mariama Bâ | creative writing, top twelve |
| Chaka de Thomas Mofolo | creative writing, top twelve |
| Citizen and Subject de Mahmood Mamdani | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Climbie (Heinemann African Writers Series) de Bernard Binkin Dadie | creative writing |
| The Collected Poetry de Leopold Sedar Senghor | creative writing, top twelve |
| The Colonizer and the Colonized de Albert Memmi | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa de Antjie Krog | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation, The Practice And Its Prevention de Efua Dorkenoo | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The Dark Child de Camara Laye | creative writing |
| Death and the King's Horseman de Wole Soyinka | creative writing |
| Devil on the Cross de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | creative writing |
| Down Second Avenue de Es'kia Mphahlele | scholarship/non-fiction |
| A Dry White Season de André Brink | creative writing |
| El bevedor de vi de palma. I el seu difunt sagnador de vi de palma a la ciutat dels morts de Amos Tutuola | creative writing |
| Ethiopia unbound: studies in race emancipation de J. E. Casely Hayford | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Facing Mount Kenya de Jomo Kenyatta | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The Famished Road de Ben Okri | creative writing |
| Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade de Assia Djebar | creative writing, top twelve |
| La Filla de Burger de Nadine Gordimer | creative writing |
| Forest of a Thousand Daemons: A Hunter’s Saga de D. O. Fagunwa | creative writing |
| The Fortunes of Wangrin de Amadou Hampâté Bâ | creative writing |
| A Geração da Utopia de Pepetela | creative writing |
| Ghana; the autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah de Kwame Nkrumah | scholarship/non-fiction |
| God's Bits of Wood de Ousmane Sembene | creative writing |
| A Grain of Wheat de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | creative writing, top twelve |
| La grande maison de Mohammed Dib | creative writing |
| Histoire de l'Afrique noire, d'hier à demain de Joseph Ki-Zerbo | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The History of the Yorubas de Samuel Johnson | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The House of Hunger de Dambudzo Marechera | creative writing |
| In My Father's House de Kwame Anthony Appiah | scholarship/non-fiction |
| L'Incendie de Mohammed Dib | creative writing |
| Indaba, My Children de Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa | creative writing |
| The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge de V. Y. Mudimbe | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Le jeune homme de sable: Roman de Williams Sassine | creative writing |
| The Joys of Motherhood de Buchi Emecheta | creative writing |
| Karingana ua Karingana de José Craveirinha | creative writing |
| Kiswahili : past, present, and future horizons de Rocha Chimera | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Labyrinths de Christopher Okigbo | creative writing |
| The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar de Syl Cheney-Coker | creative writing |
| The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo de Germano Almeida | creative writing |
| Life and a Half de Sony Lab'ou Tansi | creative writing |
| Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night de Sindiwe Magona | creative writing |
| The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena de Elsa Joubert | creative writing |
| Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela de Nelson Mandela | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society de Ifi Amadiume | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Mamy Wata and the Monster de Veronique Tadjo | literature for children |
| Maps de Nuruddin Farah | creative writing |
| Le mauvais sang ; suivi de Feu de brousse ; et, A triche-cœur de Tchicaya U. Tam'Si | creative writing |
| Le Metier A Tisser de Mohamed Dib | creative writing |
| Murambi, the Book of Bones de Boubacar Boris Diop | creative writing |
| Native Life in South Africa de Sol T. Plaatje | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Nedjma de Kateb Yacine | creative writing |
| Nervous Conditions de Tsitsi Dangarembga | creative writing, top twelve |
| La Nit sagrada de Tahar Ben Jelloun | creative writing |
| Nós, os do Makulusu de José Luandino Vieira | creative writing |
| The old Man and the Medal de Ferdinand Oyono | creative writing |
| Origens do nacionalismo africano: Continuidade e raptura nos movimentos unitarios emergentes da luta contra a dominacao colonial portuguesa, 1911-1961 (Caminhos da memoria) (Portuguese Edition) de Mario de Andrade | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The Poor Christ of Bomba de Mongo Beti | creative writing |
| A Question of Power de Bessie Head | creative writing |
| The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg de Sibusiso Nyembezi | creative writing |
| Riwan, ou, Le chemin de sable de Ken Bugul | creative writing |
| Season of Migration to the North de Tayeb Salih | creative writing |
| The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985 de Charles van Onselen | scholarship/non-fiction |
| The Simple Past de Driss Chraïbi | creative writing |
| Sleepwalking Land de Mia Couto | creative writing, top twelve |
| Song of Lawino de Okot P'Bitek | creative writing |
| Sosu's Call de Meshack Asare | literature for children, top twelve |
| The Soul of the White Ant de Eugène N. Marais | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Stories from a Shona childhood de Charles Mungoshi | literature for children |
| The Struggle for Mozambique de Eduardo Mondlane | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali de D. T. Niane | creative writing |
| The Suns of Independence de Ahmadou Kourouma | creative writing |
| Tales of Amadou Koumba de Birago Diop | creative writing |
| Third World Express de Mongane Serote | creative writing |
| Tot se'n va en orris de Chinua Achebe | creative writing, top twelve |
| Ualalapi de Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa | creative writing |
| Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral de Basil Davidson | scholarship/non-fiction |
| Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru, 1939 hata 1945 de Shaaban Robert | creative writing |
| Vida i època de Michael K de J. M. Coetzee | creative writing |
| We Killed Mangy Dog & Other Stories de Luís Bernardo Honwana | creative writing |
| Woman at Point Zero de Nawal El Saadawi | creative writing |
| Wrath of the Ancestors de A. C. Jordan | creative writing |
| Zayni Barakat de Gamal el-Ghitani | creative writing |
