Lagos Noir
By: Chris Abani
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known author…
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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
- fiction
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- african literature
3. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
By: Colin Woodard
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red stat… read more
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4. Swallow
By: Sefi Atta
0.00
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
In the 1980s in Lagos, the government's War Against Indiscipline and austerity measures are in full… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- nigeria
- african literature
5. The Thing Around Your Neck
By: None
3.85
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Yo… read more
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6. Stay with Me
By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expect… read more
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7. Behold the Dreamers
By: Imbolo Mbue
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a b… read more
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8. 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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9. Make a Scene (Lovestruck, #1)
By: Mimi Grace
3.81
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Faking this relationship should be a piece of cake. Retta Majors is having a bad day. But that’… read more
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- adult
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10. 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
- nigeria
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- african literature
"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
11. Butter Honey Pig Bread
By: Francesca Ekwuyasi
4.31
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tel… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- adult
- nigeria
"Death is only a doorway."-Francesca Ekwuyasi, Butter Honey Pig Bread
12. Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
By: Bolu Babalola
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, l… read more
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- adult
"What matters most is that you feel like you are at your fullest."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"I didn't like doing things I wasn't good at, but it turned out I loved learning how to love with him."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Psy was smiling. It was warm and soft, and to Eros it looked like the perfect place to lie in and just be."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Thank you for letting me love you. Thank you for loving me back. Thank you for staying, I know it was hard sometimes. I hope you now live free."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
13. 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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- african literature
- adult
14. 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
- nigeria
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- african literature
15. The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1)
By: Moses Ose Utomi
4.21
Format: 87 pages, Hardcover
Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring wate… read more
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- africa
- short stories
- adult
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16. The Baby is Mine
By: Oyinkan Braithwaite
3.24
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
When his girlfriend throws him out during the pandemic, Bambi has to go to his Uncle's house in loc… read more
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- africa
- nigeria
- short stories
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
17. Lightseekers (Philip Taiwo, #1)
By: Femi Kayode
3.73
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A Nigerian psychologist travels to a remote southern border town to uncover the truth about the mur… read more
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- africa
- nigeria
- adult
- fiction
- mystery
- crime
18. Vanessa Jared's Got a Man
By: LaQuette
3.66
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
LaQuette's debut sexy romantic comedy Vanessa Jared's Got a Man tells the story of a woman getting … read more
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- adult
- fiction
19. Someday, Maybe
By: Onyi Nwabineli
3.90
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
A stunning and witty debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss,… read more
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- africa
- adult
- fiction
"Nobody tells you that irrational hope is a side effect of grief. And they should because it is dangerous."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
"when someone you love dies, there's this period of disbelief-a time of dug-in heels, the refusal to process your new reality."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
"...there is no easy way to articulate what it means for your loved ones to worry that your person's ability to love you is limited by their inability to comprehend many of your lived experiences."-Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe
20. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Five (Ginika)
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
4.11
Format: 274 pages, None
After being dumped by her longtime love, Muyiwa, Ginika rebounds with Dike who, though charming, ch… read more
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21. Ghostroots: Stories
By: 'Pemi Aguda
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom… read more
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- african literature
22. Broken. Not a halal love story
By: Fatima Bala
4.19
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
In this heartwrenching new novel from Award-winning author and poet, Fatima Bala, a connection send… read more
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"Broken into fragments, Heartbeats - counted, limited. Yet, I’d give all the beats I have left to hear my name escape your lips again. Ours is a togetherness that honors the beauty of our solitude."-Fatima Bala, Broken. Not a halal love story
23. Lagos Noir
By: Chris Abani
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known author… read more
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- nigeria
- adult
- anthologies
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- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- african literature
- crime
24. 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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- african literature
- adult
25. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Three (Ife)
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
4.17
Format: None pages, None
Beautiful, alluring and a lover of the good life, Ife has always used men to get what she wants. Sh… read more
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26. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Two (Isioma)
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
3.77
Format: 328 pages, None
Isioma is left heartbroken when an encounter with the debonair Karibi Graham-Hart turns out to be a… read more
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27. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book One (Ara)
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
4.10
Format: 347 pages, None
Ara is left heartbroken when her childhood sweetheart, Oye, leaves her for another woman. But she i… read more
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28. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Four (Ozioma)
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
4.07
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
Loud and gregarious, Ozioma has always been the life of the party. But just as passionately as she … read more
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29. Adanna
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
4.13
Format: 621 pages, Kindle Edition
Adanna, the haunting beauty married off to a man three times her senior. After enduring two decades… read more
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- fiction
30. The Parlour Wife: The most poignant historical fiction book you’ll read this year
By: Foluso Agbaje
4.06
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Kehinde must put everything on the line to find herself during a time of war. Lagos, 1939 Wit… read more
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- fiction
31. The Governor's Wife (Abuja Friends)
By: Amaka Azie
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Newly separated Ogonna Moneke has come to Abuja to open a safe house for abused women. Luck is on h… read more
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