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Nigeria has a rich literary culture. With that heritage in mind, we present our list of 100 must-read Nigerian novels published between 1938 and 2013. From Zaynab Alkali to Amos Tutuola, we included works by writers both male and female and from all across the nation. The novels range from stories of love to child-rearing to war – and sometimes all three. The list is by no means exhaustive – if we haven’t included your favourite, do add it in the comments section.
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Must Read Nigerian Novels
(1938 – 2013) zodml.org | @ZODML
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
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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