13 Best fiction books like Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku

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Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

By: Damilare Kuku

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity …

If you liked the fiction plot in Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Daughters Who Walk This Path by Yejide Kilanko

1. Daughters Who Walk This Path

By: Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Spirited and intelligent, Morayo grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-d… read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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2. The Hairdresser of Harare

By: Tendai Huchu

4.34

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

Like very good dark chocolate this is a delicious novel, with a bitter-sweet flavour. Vimbai is a h… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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3. Tomorrow Died Yesterday

By: Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

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  • africa
  • fiction
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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4. 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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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature

5. 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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6. 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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7. 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
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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8. 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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  • romance
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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9. His Only Wife

By: Peace Adzo Medie

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstres… read more

Similar categories in Peace Adzo Medie's His Only Wife book and Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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10. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

By: Damilare Kuku

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity … read more

Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad book and Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • humor
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
  • adult
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11. 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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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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12. Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right

By: Ukamaka Olisakwe

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadin… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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13. 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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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african literature
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14. The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

By: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

3.98

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A conversation starter like Three Women but centering the experiences of women of color: a melliflu… read more

Similar categories in Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah's The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing book and Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

  • africa
  • short stories
  • african literature
"I spent years avoiding sex with guys because I didn’t want anyone to gossip about me. I wish I had realized sooner that no matter what I did guys would claim to have fucked me every which way under t…"

-Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

Cover of Confessions of Nairobi Women by Joan Thatiah

15. Confessions of Nairobi Women

By: Joan Thatiah

4.21

Format: 164 pages, Hardcover

There is a story of a woman who confesses to nursing thoughts of wanting to kill her husband, anoth… read more

Similar categories in Joan Thatiah's Confessions of Nairobi Women book and Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

  • african literature
  • short stories
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16. Confessions of Nairobi Women Book Two

By: Joan Thatiah

4.11

Format: 156 pages, None

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17. Drunk

By: Jackson Biko

3.94

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

It starts with a girl. Girls actually. Its only fair that it starts with a girl, no? Only problem i… read more

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  • african literature
"Opportunities come with tides. And very few men have tides come their way twice in a lifetime. This is your tide. You should get on it, and see where it takes you, possibly to the next level ."

-Jackson Biko, Drunk

Cover of Confessions of Nairobi Men by Joan Thatiah

18. Confessions of Nairobi Men

By: Joan Thatiah

4.34

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Confessions of Nairobi Men is a culmination of three years Joan Thatiah has spent listening to stor… read more

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19. Who Drove Nearly All Lagos Men Mad?

By: Ugochukwu Ugonna

2.64

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the heart of Lagos -- the center of excellence, from Festac to Ikeja, Surulere to Sangotedo… read more

Similar categories in Ugochukwu Ugonna's Who Drove Nearly All Lagos Men Mad? book and Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

  • fiction
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20. THURSDAYS

By: Jackson Biko

3.99

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

Vina Wira band. On the drums is a guy who also writes code. The lead singer is a gifted songstress … read more

Similar categories in Jackson Biko's THURSDAYS book and Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

  • african literature
  • fiction
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21. Let Me Call You Back

By: Jackson Biko

4.47

Format: 133 pages, Kindle Edition

Samora isn't unlike any man who suddenly finds himself in a pickle.A man with a young family. A man… read more

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10 Best contemporary books like Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku

Transform Your Habits

Daughters Who Walk This Path

Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Hairdresser of Harare

Tendai Huchu

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow I Become a Woman

Aiwanose Odafen

4.24

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

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Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

Damilare Kuku

4.03

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A Broken People's Playlist

Chimeka Garricks

4.33

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The Havoc of Choice

Wanjiru Koinange

4.31

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