When We Were Fireflies
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
A passing train awakens Yarima's memories of other lives, including the lives in which he was murdered.
₦10,000
Reading list
Nigerian fiction for your next book club
Family secrets, unexpected transformations, past lives and difficult choices: these novels and stories offer plenty to talk about. Choose one for your reading group, or find a story to share with a friend. Each book page explains whether you can order a copy now or request price and timing before payment.
Blackass
A. Igoni Barrett
Furo wakes up white on the morning of a Lagos job interview. Suddenly the same city offers a very different welcome.
₦9,000
Hafsatu Bebi
Fatima Bala
Her future seems settled. Her family's past has other plans. A love story where one choice opens generations of secrets.
₦15,000
Dream Count
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Four women's loves and longings reveal the distance between the lives we live and the lives we imagine.
₦17,000
Season of Crimson Blossoms
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
A widow and a younger man cross a line their community will not forgive. Desire and loneliness meet the weight of expectation.
₦12,000
Oil on Water
Helon Habila
Two journalists enter the Niger Delta to find an abducted woman. Every river bend brings another version of the truth.
₦6,000
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
Lesley Nneka Arimah
The familiar tilts into the extraordinary in stories that ask what binds families together, and what happens when those bonds break.
₦7,500