Best Books by Nigerian Authors You Need to Read This Year
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- 22 Mar 2022
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Last year, I realized that there was a dearth of Nigerian literature in my personal collection and I decided to rectify this. I started reading more works by Nigerian authors and fell more in love. I read some new works like My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite and some classics like Jagua Nana by Cyprian Ekwensi. These books whetted my appetite and now I can’t stop.
Best Nigerian Books To Read This Year
Many people might need to know some of the more entertaining titles to look forward to this year. The good news is that there are so many Nigerian books being released this year. If you are a book addict like me who is looking to expand your collection, here are the best 2022 books by Nigerian authors to read. This list is not in order of importance.
Wahala by Nikki May
A funny story about three women and their wahala, or “trouble”—their boyfriends, their professional aspirations, and their weaves. A sharp, modern take on friendship, ambition, culture, and betrayal, Wahala (trouble) is an unforgettable novel from a brilliant new voice.
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good friends, and a mother whose constant refrain is “Yinka, where is your huzband?”. Yinka’s Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she’s too traditional (she’s saving herself for marriage!), her girlfriends think she needs to get over her ex already, and the men in her life…well, that’s a whole other story. But Yinka herself has always believed that true love will find her when the time is right.
Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? is a fresh, uplifting story of an unconventional heroine who bravely asks the questions we all have about love. Wry, moving, irresistible, this is a love story that makes you smile but also makes you think–and explores what it means to find your way between two cultures, both of which are yours.
Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold by Umar Turaki
A mysterious plague known as the Grey grips the small village of Pilam, which the world has quarantined without pity. Laying waste to Pilam’s residents, the sickness saps its victims of strength, drains the colour from their eyes, and kills all promise.
Only the young are immune. But beyond the barricades and walls of soldiers―the manifestation of a nation’s terror―there are rumours of a cure. Dunka, the eldest son of a family reeling from the Grey, takes on the daunting task of leaving Pilam to find that cure for his siblings and save them before it’s too late.
Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro
Funmi, Enitan, and Zainab first meet at university in Nigeria and become friends for life despite their differences. Three formerly tight-knit college friends reunite in Lagos for an important wedding. In the intervening years, there have been ruptures, distances, and other significant changes, and the days before the wedding build to a crisis. Read More…
