Must Read Nigerian Novels

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A Man of the

People by

Chinua Achebe

Against The

Odds by

Ben Igwe

Amina by

Mohammed Umar

An African

Night’s

Entertainment by

Cyprian Ekwensi

Anthills of the

Savannah by

Chinua Achebe

Arrow of God by

Chinua Achebe

Arrows of Rain by

Okey Ndibe

Beasts of No

Nation by

Uzodinma Iweala

Becoming

Abigail by

Chris Abani

Behind the

Clouds by

Ifeoma Okoye

Biafra Testament by

Kalu Okpi

Bitter Leaf by

Chioma Okereke

Blackbird by

Jude Dibia

Bottled Leopard by

Chukwuemeka Ike

The Bride Price by

Buchi Emecheta

Burma Boy by

Biyi Bandele

City of Memories by

Richard Ali

Daughters Who

Walk this Path by

Yejide Kilanko

Diaries of a

Dead African by

Chuma Nwokolo,

Jr.

Efuru by

Flora Nwapa

Enstrangement by

Elechi Amadi

Everything Good

Will Come by

Sefi Atta

Eyo by

Abidemi Sanusi

The Famished

Road by

Ben Okri

Fine Boys by

Eghosa Imasuen

Forest of a

Thousand

Demons by

D.O. Fagunwa

Goodbye Lucille by

Segun Afolabi

Graceland by

Chris Abani

Half of a Yellow

Sun by

Chimamanda

Adichie

Heroes by

Festus Iyayi

I Am Directed by

Augustus Adebayo

I Do Not Come

To You By

Chance by

Adaobi Tricia

Nwaubani

I Saw The Sky

Catch Fire by

T. Obinkaram

Echewa

Idu by

Flora Nwapa

The Forest of

God by

Gabriel A. Ajadi

Imagine This by

Sade Adeniran

In Dependence by

Sarah Ladipo

Manyika

Innocent Victims by

Abubakar Gimba

Iska by

Cyprian Ekwensi

Jagua Nana by

Cyprian Ekwensi

The Joys of

Motherhood by

Buchi Emecheta

Just Before Dawn by

Kole Omotoso

Kolera Kolej by

Femi Osofisan

Lemona’s Tale by

Ken Saro-Wiwa

Mr. Fox by

Helen Oyeyemi

My Life in the

Bush of Ghosts by

Amos Tutuola

My Mercedes is

Bigger than

Yours by

Nkem Nwankwo

The New Tribe by

Buchi Emecheta

Nine Lives by

El-Nukoya

No Longer at

Ease by

Chinua Achebe

Not With Silver by

Simi Bedford

Oil On Water by

Helon Habila

On Black Sisters’

Street by

Chika Unigwe

Onaedo:

The Black Smith’s

Daughter by

Ngozi Achebe

One Man, One

Matchet by

T.M. Aluko

Open City by

Teju Cole

People of the

City by

Cyprian Ekwensi

Purple Hibiscus by

Chimamanda

Adichie

Roses and Bullets by

Akachi

Adimora-Ezeigbo

Second-Class

Citizen by

Buchi Emecheta

The Secret Lives

of Baba Segi’s

Wives by

Lola Shoneyin

Sozaboy by

Ken Saro-Wiwa

A Squatter’s Tale by

Ike Oguine

Sterile Sky by

E.E. Sule

The Stillborn by

Zaynab Alkali

Sunset at Dawn by

Chukwuemeka Ike

The Abyssinian

Boy by

Onyeka Nwelue

The Activist by

Tanure Ojaide

The Concubine by

Elechi Amadi

The Fourth World by

Ifeoma Okoye

The Interpreters by

Wole Soyinka

The Last Duty by

Isidore Okpewho

The Last of the

Strong Ones by

Akachi

Adimora-Ezeigbo

The New Man by

Femi Ademiluyi

The Only Son by

John Munonye

The Passport of

Mallam Ilia by

Cyprian Ekwensi

The Potter’s

Wheel by

Chukwuemeka Ike

The Return of

Ikenga by

Chukwuemeka

Ohuka

The Second

Chance by

Nyengi Koin

The Shadow

Speaker by

Nnedi Okorafor

The Spider

King’s Daughter by

Chibundu Onuzo

The Street by

Biyi Bandele

The Triumph of

the Water Lily by

Stella Ify Osammor

The Voice by

Gabriel Okara

The Virtuous

Woman by

Zaynab Alkali

The Icarus Girl by

Helen Oyeyemi

The Palm-wine

Drinkard by

Amos Tutuola

Things Fall Apart by

Chinua Achebe

Tides by

Isidore Okpewho

Trail of Sacrifice by

Abubakar Gimba

Unbridled by

Jude Dibia

Violence by

Festus Iyayi

Waiting for an

Angel by

Helon Habila

Walking with

Shadows by

Jude Dibia

War Games by

Jude Dibia

Who Fears Death by

Nnedi Okorafor

Yellow-Yellow by

Kaine Agary

Zahrah the

Windseeker by

Nnedi Okorafor

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