The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Lagos

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
443 Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 Nigerian English
2409 The Joys Of Motherhood Buchi Emecheta 1979 Nigerian English
4720 The Bride Price Buchi Emecheta 1976 Nigerian English
5529 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
6082 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6606 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
8468 No Longer At Ease Chinua Achebe 1960 Nigerian English
9173 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9188 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9188 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11810 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
12076 Rosewater Tade Thompson 2016 Nigerian English
13359 The Seersucker Whipsaw Ross Thomas 1967 American English
14457 The White Man’s Burden William Russell Easterly 2006 Unknown English
14697 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14730 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
15659 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15897 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17117 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17117 A House For Alice Diana Evans 2023 British English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 The Road To The Country Chigozie Obioma 2024 Unknown English
17117 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English
17117 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
17117 The Soccer War Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
17117 Stay With Me Ayobami Adebayo 2017 Nigerian English
17117 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17117 Women's Liberation And The African Freedom Struggle Thomas Sankara 1990 Burkinabé French
17117 Re Creating Ourselves Molara Ogundipe-Leslie 1994 Nigerian English
17117 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17117 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17117 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English