20 must-read fiction books like An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso

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An Unusual Grief

By: Yewande Omotoso

3.76

Format: 240 pages, None

How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead? This is the question which takes a mother…

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1. Tomorrow Died Yesterday

By: Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
  • fiction
  • novels
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2. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

By: Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi's Wives,… read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • family
  • african literature

3. I Do Not Come to You by Chance

By: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

4.12

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to Y… read more

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4. A Spell of Good Things

By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more

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  • african literature
"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

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5. Tomorrow I Become a Woman

By: Aiwanose Odafen

4.24

Format: None pages, Audiobook

What can I do?’ she asked. You can fight, I thought, you can fight for your daughters. But then aga… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
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  • african literature
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6. Rootless

By: Krystle Zara Appiah

3.83

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
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7. A Broken People's Playlist

By: Chimeka Garricks

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A Broken People’s Playlist is a collection of short stories with underlying themes so beautifully w… read more

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  • africa
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"They will ask me when I first knew I was in love with you. I will sign and say I don't know. It happened in fragments, piece by piece, separate moments over the years. Moments - that's how I remember…"

-Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

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8. The God of Good Looks

By: Breanne Mc Ivor

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This entertaining, transportive, and luminous debut novel follows a young Trinidadian woman finding… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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9. The Mechanics of Yenagoa

By: Michael Afenfia

3.84

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Ebinimi, star mechanic of Kalakala Street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of … read more

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10. The Middle Daughter

By: Chika Unigwe

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning author Chika Unigwe, perfect for … read more

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  • africa
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  • novels
  • fiction
  • family
  • african literature
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11. Nightbloom

By: Peace Adzo Medie

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife , returns with a moving novel abou… read more

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  • africa
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12. Blessings

By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • african literature
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13. The Teller of Secrets

By: Bisi Adjapon

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut novel—a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening—a feisty Nigerian-Ghan… read more

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  • africa
  • fiction
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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14. Dele Weds Destiny

By: Tomi Obaro

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first t… read more

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15. God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

By: Arinze Ifeakandu

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broke… read more

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  • africa
  • fiction
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16. Allow Me to Introduce Myself

By: Onyi Nwabineli

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ever since she was a child, Anuri’s life was chronicled and monetized by her influencer stepmother.… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • family
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17. The Three of Us

By: Ore Agbaje-Williams

2.96

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Long-standing tensions between a husband, his wife, and her best friend finally come to a breaking … read more

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  • fiction
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18. We Were Girls Once

By: Aiwanose Odafen

3.82

Format: None pages, Audiobook

'We were three: complete, as we were meant to be…’ Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to … read more

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  • african literature
  • fiction
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19. Daughter in Exile

By: Bisi Adjapon

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of  The Teller of Secrets  returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, sto… read more

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20. An Unusual Grief

By: Yewande Omotoso

3.76

Format: 240 pages, None

How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead? This is the question which takes a mother… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • novels
  • literature
  • fiction
  • family
  • african literature
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21. Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

By: Damilare Kuku

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Humor and poignance mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties,… read more

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7 best-selling novels books like An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso

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Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

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A Spell of Good Things

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

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The Mechanics of Yenagoa

Michael Afenfia

3.84

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The Middle Daughter

Chika Unigwe

3.83

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Born on a Tuesday

Elnathan John

3.00

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Allen Bratton

3.65

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Oisín McKenna

3.96

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Blessings

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4.20

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