According to the Washington Posts Ron Charles, as the book's release coincided with the 2016 presidential election, paired with the "anti-immigrant" rhetoric that was brought to light by candidates and their supporters, the novel brought to light the "vast bureaucracy designed to wall off the American Dream from outsiders". In 2017, the novel was selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club. Mbue is a contributor to the anthology New Daughters of Africa (edited by Margaret Busby, 2019). Bibliography Novels Behold the Dreamers, 2016, Voici venir les rêveurs (French translation), 2016, Das geträumte Land (German translation), 2017, How Beautiful We Were, 2021, Puissions-nous vivre longtemps, (French translation Catherine Gilbert), Éditions Belfond, 2021 Short fiction Stories See also Nsah Mala John Nkemngong Nkengasong References External links Official website "Oprah Talks to Behold the Dreamers Author Imbolo Mbue", Oprah.com, 26 June 2017. "Imbolo Mbue Interview: Everybody Has a Story". Video interview by Marc-Christoph Wagner, New York, October 2016. Jane Ciabattari, "Imbolo Mbue on the Post-Colonial Greed of the Oil Industry", Literary Hub, 16 March 2021. 1981 births Living people 21st-century American essayists 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American women essayists American women novelists Cameroonian emigrants to the United States Cameroonian women novelists The New Yorker people PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners People from Southwest Region (Cameroon)