The Bead Collector: A novel
By: Sefi Atta
3.30
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Wole Soyinka Prize-winning author of Everything Good Will Come recasts the international espionage …
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1. Second Class Citizen
By: Buchi Emecheta
4.09
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
A poignant story of a resourceful Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination of women an… read more
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"She had gambled with marriage, just like most people, but she had gambled unluckily and had lost."-Buchi Emecheta, Second Class Citizen
"Adah could not stop thinking about her discovery that the whites were just as fallible as everyone else. There were bad whites and good whites, just as there were bad blacks and good blacks! Why then…"-Buchi Emecheta, Second Class Citizen
"She, who only a few months previously would have accepted nothing but the best, had by now been conditioned to expect inferior things. She was now learning to suspect anything beautiful and pure. Tho…"-Buchi Emecheta, Second Class Citizen
2. Americanah
By: None , Jashar Awan
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, … read more
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- africa
- fiction
3. Purple Hibiscus
By: None
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They … read more
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- africa
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4. Changes: A Love Story
By: Ama Ata Aidoo , None , Tuzyaline Jita Allan
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and fa… read more
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- africa
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5. 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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6. The Joys of Motherhood
By: Buchi Emecheta
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
Nnu Ego is a woman who gives all her energy, money and everything she has to raising her children -… read more
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- africa
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7. Welcome to Lagos
By: Chibundu Onuzo
3.95
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Deep in the Niger Delta, officer Chike Ameobi deserts the army and sets out on the road to Lagos. H… read more
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8. Bridge to Haven
By: Francine Rivers
5.00
Format: 87 pages, Hardcover
To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver scr… read more
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9. 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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10. 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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11. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
By: Ayi Kwei Armah
3.71
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A railway freight clerk in Ghana attempts to hold out against the pressures that impel him toward c… read more
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12. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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- fiction
13. Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
By: Kennedy Ryan
4.46
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-Winning Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kennedy Ryan launches a brand-new series with … read more
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"This body is a shell,"-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
"Live with what you’ll leave behind in mind."-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
"Life is indiscriminately seasoned, usually not sweet without some bitter. Usually not sun without some rain."-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
"That is the risk of love, what makes it a radical act. You pour everything into another person who is bound by fragile humanity. You could lose them at any time, but you can’t reason with your heart."-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
14. 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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- africa
- fiction
- 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
15. Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
By: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good … read more
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- fiction
16. Honey & Spice
By: Bolu Babalola
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Introducing internationally bestselling author Bolu Babalola's dazzling debut novel, full of passio… read more
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"There's a whole universe in her and I would be so lucky to live in it, explore it. Over and over."-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
"My heart had never been compelled into competitive sports by boys and yet here it was, acting like an Olympian, beating like its name was Serena."-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
"I got scared and I backed her into a corner. She was going through something, and I didn’t give her space to feel that. I was thinking about myself."-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
"Romance was a waste of time, a form of manipulation utilised by boys who didn't wash their bed sheets regularly. It existed sure, but I wasn't surrounded by anyone I believed engaged in it properly, …"-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
17. Wahala
By: Nikki May
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An incisive and exhilarating debut novel of female friendship following three Anglo-Nigerian best f… read more
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- africa
- fiction
18. 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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- fiction
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19. The Marriage Class
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
4.02
Format: None pages, None
One Class. Ten Couples. Ten Decisions. Abi and Raymond are engaged to be married and have starte… read more
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20. 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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21. 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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22. How Beautiful We Were
By: Imbolo Mbue
3.95
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, comes a sweeping, … read more
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"But my father used to say we can’t do only what we’re at ease with, we must do what we ought to do."-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
"much of the suffering in the world was because of those who had forgotten that they too were once children."-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
"Only with him did I come to realize how much noise there is in the world, and how marvelous it is not to be a part of it."-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
"... if everyone only did what they ought to do, who would do the things no one thought they had to do? What did enjoyment have to do with duty?"-Imbolo Mbue, How Beautiful We Were
23. My Sister, the Serial Killer
By: Oyinkan Braithwaite
3.66
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows… read more
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"Ayoola summons me with these words—Korede, I killed him."-Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer
"He looked like a man who could survive a couple of flesh wounds, but then so had Achilles and Caesar."-Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer
"But the truth is, there is no way to make cleaning sound sexy - unless you are cleaning a sports car, in a bikini."-Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer
"I wonder what the chances are that the death of a person in the company of a serial killer would come about by chance."-Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer
24. The Sweetest Remedy
By: Jane Igharo
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her e… read more
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25. Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
By: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
3.99
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
6 hrs. 10 min. Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling… read more
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26. Where We End & Begin
By: Jane Igharo
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they're reunited at a wedding in Nigeria, i… read more
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27. Akwaugo
By: Rosemary Okafor
4.51
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
"Vows signed with blood. Witnessed by the deities. Death the only way out."For Tobe, spending the C… read more
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28. Before the Storm (Lagos Plastic Surgeons Book 1)
By: Amaka Azie
4.32
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
Just back from a delightful date, Nkem Edun gets a phone call. Her ex-husband is in hospital in cri… read more
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29. The One! - Ginika's Bridesmaids Prequel
By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
4.30
Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition
Erinkan has met her soulmate, the man who ticks every single box she has. Handsome, smart and wealt… read more
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30. 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
31. The Bead Collector: A novel
By: Sefi Atta
3.30
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Wole Soyinka Prize-winning author of Everything Good Will Come recasts the international espionage … read more
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