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
2411 The Joys Of Motherhood Buchi Emecheta 1979 Nigerian English
2642 The Power Naomi Alderman 2016 British English
3009 Labyrinths Christopher Okigbo 1971 Nigerian English
3098 Second-class Citizen Buchi Emecheta 1974 Nigerian English
3135 Ake Wole Soyinka 1981 Nigerian English
3237 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
3860 Forest of A Thousand Daemons Daniel O. Fagunwa 1938 Nigerian Yoruba
3860 The History Of The Yorubas Reverend Samuel Johnson 1921 Nigerian English
4083 Death And The King's Horsemen Wole Soyinka 1975 Nigerian English
4310 Mister Johnson Joyce Cary 1939 British English
4722 The Bride Price Buchi Emecheta 1976 Nigerian English
5531 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
5955 A Good Man In Africa William Boyd 1981 British English
6085 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6230 Idu Flora Nwapa 1970 Nigerian English
6266 Sozaboy Ken Saro-Wiwa 1985 Nigerian English
6472 Anthills Of The Savannah Chinua Achebe 1987 Nigerian English
6582 Freshwater Akwaeke Emezi 2018 Nigerian English
6608 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
6622 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
8439 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi 2020 Nigerian English
8473 No Longer At Ease Chinua Achebe 1960 Nigerian English
8473 A Dance Of The Forest Wole Soyinka 1960 Nigerian English
9177 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9192 The Water Will Come Jeff Goodell 2017 American English
9192 The Geography Of Madness Frank Bures 2016 Unknown English
9262 Malcolm X Manning Marable 2011 American English
9294 Casualties John Pepper Clark 1970 Nigerian English
9602 Girl Edna O'Brien 2019 Irish English
9623 Efuru Flora Nwapa 1966 Nigerian English
9627 This Hostel Life Melatu Uche Okorie 2018 Irish English
10140 The Fisherman's Invocation Gabriel Okara 1978 Nigerian English
10703 Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda 2024 Nigerian English
10707 Dream Count Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2025 Unknown English
10763 A Moonless, Starless Sky Alexis Okeowo 2017 American English
11346 The Stillborn Zaynab Alkali 1984 Nigerian English
11346 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11483 Ali Jonathan Eig 2017 American English
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11614 The Cross Cultural Process In Christian History Andrew Walls 2002 Unknown English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11812 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Elizabeth Blackburn 2022 Unknown English
12077 Rosewater Tade Thompson 2016 Nigerian English
12194 Necessary Fiction Eloghosa Osunde 2025 Nigerian English
12515 Yoruba Girl Dancing Simi Bedford 1991 British English
12965 The Edge Of Water Olufunke Grace Bankole 2025 Nigerian English
13351 The Shadow Of The Sun Ryszard Kapuscinski 1998 Polish Polish
13362 The Seersucker Whipsaw Ross Thomas 1967 American English
13924 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
14411 A Man Of The People Chinua Achebe 1966 Nigerian English
14458 The White Man’s Burden William Russell Easterly 2006 Unknown English
14698 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14731 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
14985 Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan 2008 Nigerian English
15589 Ghana Must Go Taiye Selasi 2013 American English
15667 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15916 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17163 Interpreters Wole Soyinka 1965 Nigerian English
17163 The Terrible Yrsa Daley-Ward 2018 British English
17163 Cross Country James Patterson 2008 American English
17163 The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma 2015 Nigerian English
17163 A Month And A Day Ken Saro-Wiwa 1995 Nigerian English
17163 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17163 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17163 A House For Alice Diana Evans 2023 British English
17163 Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008 British English
17163 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17163 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17163 Gather Me Glory Edim 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17163 The Road To The Country Chigozie Obioma 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17163 Nigeria Culture Smart! Diane Lemieux 2012 Unknown English
17163 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
17163 The Soccer War Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
17163 Stay With Me Ayobami Adebayo 2017 Nigerian English
17163 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17163 A Kind Of Madness Uche Okonkwo 2024 Unknown English
17163 Women's Liberation And The African Freedom Struggle Thomas Sankara 1990 Burkinabé French
17163 Re Creating Ourselves Molara Ogundipe-Leslie 1994 Nigerian English
17163 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17163 All The Names They Used For God Anjali Sachdeva 2018 American English
17163 King Of The World David Remnick 1998 American English
17163 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa Stephen Buoro 2023 Unknown English
17163 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17163 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17163 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17163 In The Deserts Of This Earth Uwe George 1983 German German