The Prestige Bookshop has released the list of the 30 best-selling books in Kenya for 2017. The books themselves, of course, make interesting reading but so does the list itself.

1. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin
2. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
3. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
4. I’m Too Pretty to be Broke by Joan Thatiah
5. Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai
6. Raila Odinga: Flame of Freedom by Raila Odinga and Sarah Elderkin
7. Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
8. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
9. Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
10. What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
11. Why Nations Fall by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
12. Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security by Sarah Chayes
13. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
14. Questions for Ada by Ijeoma Umebinyuo
15. UnBounded by Boniface Mwangi
16. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
18. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
19. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
20. Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
21. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
22. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
23. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
24. Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** by Mark Manson
25. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
26. Stay With Me by Adebayo
27. We Are Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated by Gabrielle Union
28. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
29. Thomas Sankara Speaks by Thomas Sankara
30. What Happened by Hillary Clinton