The Sky and the Forest
by C. S. Forester | 
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
by M. G. Vassanji | 
The Camel Bookmobile
by Masha Hamilton | 
Wizard of the Crow
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o | 
A Grain of Wheat
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
Weep Not, Child
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o | 
Green City In the Sun
by Barbara Wood | 
A Story Like The Wind
by Laurens Van Der Post | 
The Burning Shore
by Wilbur Smith | 
Dust
by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor |
Petals of Blood
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o | 
Assegai
by Wilbur Smith | 
Whiteman
by Tony D'Souza | 
The Last King of Scotland
by Giles Foden | 
Horn of Africa
by Philip Caputo | 
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett | 
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini | 
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark Sullivan | 
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah | 
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd |
Something of Value is a novel based on events that took place in Kenya Colony during the violent Mau Mau insurrection of the 1950s, an uprising that was confined almost exclusively to members of the Kikuyu tribe. It is a powerful, gripping, and sometimes shocking novel that presents an enlightening glimpse into the lives of all sections of the population in Colonial Kenya fifty years ago.