Hmm, its quite confusing which one was the first but its certainly one of the Enid Blyton series,
i think its the 'Magic faraway Tree' or The Famous five.

To think that i wanted so much to find a magic tree in the back yard with elves and fairies all around.

tubabie:

Hmm, its quite confusing which one was the first but its certainly one of the Enid Blyton series,
i think its the 'Magic faraway Tree' or The Famous five.

To think that i wanted so much to find a magic tree in the back yard with elves and fairies all around.

Wow, I remember that book. Nice one. not as good as igbo irumole though

Having to put 'ami' on all those words to make meanings will give some a hard-on.

kokoye:

Wow, I remember that book. Nice one. not as good as igbo irumole though

Having to put 'ami' on all those words to make meanings will give some a hard-on.

igbo irumole ? was it that interesting? _{if there's a book like that}. then you must av read 'Ogun omode' real funny piece

pacesetters i think?   _{not sure of the title}

I read "Wages of Sin" in Jss 1 . . . 1993 i think.

'Blood Bath at Lobster close' was my first in the pacesetter series in pry. 5

@Topic.
I cat remember!

The Famous Five- Enid Blyton series

Lady birds

Secret Garden, i've forgotten who wrote it though- Loved it!

The first book i ever read was 'Tarzan and the Ape Man' by Edgar Rice Burroughs
read it loooooooooong ago, when i was in Primary 2  

I can barely remember the novel, but i do know how the bad guy died, it was so shockingly lurid (to my young mind then) that it stuck in my mind forever.

For me it was CHIKE AND THE RIVER by Africa's finest storyteller, Chinua Achebe. Invisible, I hail thee!
@Remii: ", This is assuming Yoruba novels like Igbo Olodumare, Ogboju Ode et at are not counted." Why would you not count them?
@Babadee "The Freethinker": Eiyaaa! Aren't we supposed to make better choices as we age?

ROOTS - Alex Haley,I was 8 and it took me weeks to finish

Can't really remember . . . should be one of Hardley Chase novels

i seriously can't remember my first. though most pple mentioned story books and not novels. if it were even storybooks we were talking about i wouldn't even remember my first. i've read a lot of books in my life time that i started taking track of all the ones i've read this year. i totally forgot about past ones which are quite a lot and so far i've read 43 books, yeah it's almost scary but i don't really do anything. some of my recent ones are short sories though got them from a primary schl student cos there are no real novels to read. i read passport of mallam ilia- lovely book i must say coming from a nigerian. treasure island, and the mystery of the moon castle by Enid Blyton read the last two about two days ago. my most recent real novel was Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag, she's so good at what she does. really lovely serial killing books she writes. read many of her books, a thin dark line. cry wolf, and then u die, kill the messenger, guilty as sin, dark paradise and counting i read a thin dark line first and got hooked.

i think my first real novel was one my mum gave me when i was about 8, a James Hardley Chase book she had just finished reading. i read it in like 3 weeks. all i remember about the book is some guy aspiring to be maybe senator or something and some lady called leslie that lost out on everything at the end. wish i could read the book again to understand better

mine was: one week one trouble, one man, one matchet and one man ,one wife ; cant remember the authors. it was in standerd 2 in 1972

first real novel was prolly one of the books in the house. i really can't remeber. . .

that would make it roots ,h rider haggard(king Solomon's mines, she, Allan quatermain in one book ) or George Orwell( animal farm, Burmese days, a clergyman's daughter, coming up for air, keep the apidtsra flying, 1984 in one book) i must have read those books a dozen times over the years.

it has been said that a great book should be read in youth, in middle age and in old age and thats true. . .i barely understood what animal farm and 1984 were about back then. at least i now understand that in animal farm snowball was lenin, napoleon was stalin, the dogs were the secret police, the sheep were the masses, boxer was the workers who believed and were sold out, benjamin was the cynical old people who had seen it all, moses the raven was the clergy. . .


and there was some patronizing racism in h rider haggards books - (good and foulata - how can the sun mate withe moon or the white with the black?)

been meaning to get the compete works of dickens. . .but no time these days. . .

Nkem and Akpo are in the market , (novelette)

My book of bible story.

Mine was Fyikogbon

My first novel was AFRICAN NITES ENTERTAINMENT, Can't remember the author's name

The Last Don by Mario Puzo

The first book i think was my Yoruba Text Book by J. F. Odunjo. (Abebi ati Obey) when i was in Pry 1.

Growing up, I can remember reading ('Why you act the way you do' and 'why are we so different') both by Tim LaHaye among other books.

Mine wasn't a book but a naija Indecency cartoon magazine called "Lolly" or something I had these insanely mad brothers who used to buy stacks of these mags and i go curious.

Thank God i am born again now! . . . lol

But on a more serious note, i think it was "Chike and the River" or "Animal Farm"

@i.chiatu

AFRICAN NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT was written by Cyprian Ekwensi. He also wrote the THE PASSPORT OF MALLAM ILIA. Ekwensi was one of the greatest writers to come out of Nigeria. Cheers.

Jane Eyre

Things fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

I was either 12 or 13. My mama forced me to read it.

mine was a novel titled Hero No.1
it was a nigerian adventure story
I read it in primary 2 so forgive me if i cant remember the author. However it built my interest in reading and i've read novels ever since. thousands of them.

@ k4kenny: Enid Blyton is actually a guy. and yes the first book i read was buttercup day and other stories followed by naughty Amelia Jane (both by him).

the first grown up book i read was pace setters' DEATH IS A WOMAN. i cant remember the author's name. for a nine year old, it was really vivid

who has read the sci-fi: DUNE

@careytommy

i beg to differ. Enid's a woman, you can look it up online. i also read tons of her books

Gosh!!

My first novel, cant ever 4gt

Was ma sista's literature book

Jane Eyre. . . .

Pronounced it Jane eyire. . . . . cant 4gt hw ma sista laughed @ me

Enid Blyton was a British woman.

lawyer:

Mine wasn't a book but a naija Indecency cartoon magazine called "Lolly" or something I had these insanely mad brothers who used to buy stacks of these mags and i go curious.

Thank God i am born again now! . . . lol

But on a more serious note, i think it was "Chike and the River" or "Animal Farm"

lolly and mr. nackson who used to jack up cars with his . . . I read it in primary 5! Lord!

Amigoz:

Jane Eyre. . . .

That book was craaaaaaaaaaap!!

The movie was even more crappy.