The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Nigeria

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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
60 Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1958 Nigerian English
443 Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 Nigerian English
733 Arrow of God Chinua Achebe 1964 Nigerian English
859 The Palm-Wine Drinkard Amos Tutola 1952 Nigerian English
1158 Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 Nigerian English
1505 The Famished Road Ben Okri 1991 Nigerian English
1925 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano 1789 African English
2409 The Joys Of Motherhood Buchi Emecheta 1979 Nigerian English
2641 The Power Naomi Alderman 2016 British English
3007 Labyrinths Christopher Okigbo 1971 Nigerian English
3097 Second-class Citizen Buchi Emecheta 1974 Nigerian English
3134 Ake Wole Soyinka 1981 Nigerian English
3236 The Man Died Wole Soyinka 1972 Nigerian English
3469 The Story Of English Robert McCrum 1986 British English
3489 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
3861 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3861 The History Of The Yorubas Reverend Samuel Johnson 1921 Nigerian English
4082 Death And The King's Horsemen Wole Soyinka 1975 Nigerian English
4309 Mister Johnson Joyce Cary 1939 British English
4720 The Bride Price Buchi Emecheta 1976 Nigerian English
5529 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
5951 A Good Man In Africa William Boyd 1981 British English
6082 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6226 Idu Flora Nwapa 1970 Nigerian English
6263 Sozaboy Ken Saro-Wiwa 1985 Nigerian English
6470 Anthills Of The Savannah Chinua Achebe 1987 Nigerian English
6580 Freshwater Akwaeke Emezi 2018 Nigerian English
6606 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
6620 Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 Nigerian English
6855 Male Daughters, Female Husbands Ifi Amadiume 1987 Nigerian English
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
8435 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
8468 No Longer At Ease Chinua Achebe 1960 Nigerian English
8468 A Dance Of The Forest Wole Soyinka 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
9258 Malcolm X Manning Marable 2011 American English
9289 Casualties John Pepper Clark 1970 Nigerian English
9597 Girl Edna O'Brien 2019 Irish English
9619 Efuru Flora Nwapa 1966 Nigerian English
9623 This Hostel Life Melatu Uche Okorie 2018 Irish English
10135 The Fisherman's Invocation Gabriel Okara 1978 Nigerian English
10696 Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda 2024 Nigerian English
10700 Dream Count Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2025 Unknown English
10756 A Moonless, Starless Sky Alexis Okeowo 2017 American English
11339 The Stillborn Zaynab Alkali 1984 Nigerian English
11339 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11479 Ali Jonathan Eig 2017 American English
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11611 The Cross Cultural Process In Christian History Andrew Walls 2002 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
12193 Necessary Fiction Eloghosa Osunde 2025 Nigerian English
12513 Yoruba Girl Dancing Simi Bedford 1991 British English
12962 The Edge Of Water Olufunke Grace Bankole 2025 Nigerian English
13347 The Shadow Of The Sun Ryszard Kapuscinski 1998 Polish Polish
13359 The Seersucker Whipsaw Ross Thomas 1967 American English
13923 An Image Of Africa Chinua Achebe 1975 Nigerian English
14087 The Girl With The Louding Voice Abi Daré 2020 Nigerian English
14232 We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2014 Nigerian English
14410 A Man Of The People Chinua Achebe 1966 Nigerian 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
14983 Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan 2008 Nigerian English
15581 Ghana Must Go Taiye Selasi 2013 American 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 Interpreters Wole Soyinka 1965 Nigerian English
17117 The Terrible Yrsa Daley-Ward 2018 British English
17117 Cross Country James Patterson 2008 American English
17117 The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma 2015 Nigerian English
17117 A Month And A Day Ken Saro-Wiwa 1995 Nigerian English
17117 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17117 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17117 A House For Alice Diana Evans 2023 British English
17117 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
17117 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17117 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17117 Gather Me Glory Edim 2024 Unknown 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 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British 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 A Kind Of Madness Uche Okonkwo 2024 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 All The Names They Used For God Anjali Sachdeva 2018 American English
17117 King Of The World David Remnick 1998 American English
17117 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa Stephen Buoro 2023 Unknown English
17117 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17117 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17117 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17117 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German