A man of the people by chinue Achebe

the only son by John munonye. things fall apart. iska by Cyprian ekwensi. tiger by the tail and mission to Venice by James hardley chase

Hmmm.
Adventures of Suza, Gawd, I read that book over a dozen times and still laugh every time.
African Nights Entertainment
Second Chance.
Eze goes to school
Odessa Files
Days of the Jackal

exynos:
Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe

The passport of mallam ilia by Cyprian Ekwensi

An african night's entertainment by Cyprian Ekwensi

Drummer boy by Cyprian Ekwensi

Eze goes to school by Onuora Nzekwu

These were the books for me during primary!
Secondary, I remember
Thomas Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge,
Osifo's Dizzy Angel,
James Hadley Chase series after reading ONE BRIGHT SUMMER MORNING in JSS1...
Nick Carter series
J.T. Edson series
James Bond series

Kyngfarabale1:

did u schooled in Abuja

Had my Pre-primary and Primary education in Abuja. But, my secondary education was in Nasarawa state-very close to Abuja though.

Guys una no dey mention King Solomon's mines, mountain zomans' daughter,

Jagua Nana
Jagua Nana's daughter
The trial of Jimmy Johnson
Things fall apart
Purple hibiscus

If you are an ardent reader of James hardly Chase novel let's see you speak up and I will let you know that I have read all the serries from Romans to crime ie; an ace up my sleeve---(Romans),want to stay alive---(crime)etc

exynos:


Had my Pre-primary and Primary education in Abuja. But, my secondary education was in Nasarawa state-very close to Abuja though.

u read the same story book as me..... I mean all of dem

bodee:


I don see my age mate!

kennyflames:
Abeg who has read this novel

SPARTACUS
the novel na mad had 2 read it up 4 times

another one na
AFRICAN NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
this novel is a must read

An African Night Entertainment. . . . my all time best

philtea:
The child who must not cry.. Still looking for this book

Wonderful book i must say. I think they main characters were oluda and olude. I read this book when I was primary 4 or so. My big bro borrowed it from his Secondary school library then.

Olatara:
Wow! You read Silas Marners and black boy by Richard Wright.
My best books ever
Who read the boy slave? ( Shettima of Birni Boko).

The one that he was sold into slavery. He made friends with the sheikh's son .then he later married the sheikh's daughter?

An african night entertainment, The passport of mallam Illah, The gods are not to be blamed, King solomon mines, Obangie, The boys slave, One week on trouble, Without a silver spoon, Friut of honesty, Drummer boy, Chike and the river, etc

precy111:
What is that novel you can never forget that you read in secondary school?

me; they are many of them like Woman in her Prime, Ozigolo, Women of Owu, Blind Search, Medicine for Money.

Medicine for money!!!!! You must be a deltan. Naira Power....
That was in Jss1 then. Good old SMO Aka

elpochas:
That book is a bomb,it was written by Louis Omotayo Johnson in the year 1980.The plot looks like a pacesetters novel.Read that book in 2002.Have you read The mark of the cobra?they are so similar.Really missed the good old days of writing.

Bro I really need to lay my hands on that book it's been over 17years now

Maydayy:


Wonderful book i must say. I think they main characters were oluda and olude. I read this book when I was primary 4 or so. My big bro borrowed it from his Secondary school library then.

Yeah. Twin brothers.. Still looking for it online.. I'd appreciate if anyone can tell me a place I can get it

ashawoKGB:
I think I have read over a 1000

In Secondary School? Well you tried then. My log book showed over 300 novels not including plays when I was leaving secondary school

Cheer up brother, that book was terribly erotic, �

McGg:




Bro I really need to lay my hands on that book it's been over 17years now

haha,i read that book in jss2,its a book i do read because of the sex part then.That book was top notch then,was a book ahead of its time.The mark of the cobra has a similar plot to.Try and look for pdf online with the little info i gave you abt the Author.if you are in the west you can get easily in the bookshop cos it was written by yoruba man.

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That book "joy of motherhood" by buchi Emecheta I memorized that book verse by verse that then each page u open I recite am without looking. Buchi Emecheta did a tremendous job in that piece of art.

Kyngfarabale1:

An African Night Entertainment.
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.
.
my all time best

i dey tell u
i want to buy the novel again i lost mine
the novel na my best

Dizzy angel, without a silver spoon, Chike and the river, Eze goes to school

drezzyx:
The black hermit

Nice

Moblux:



Oops! I left secondary school about 3 decades ago. But I will send you a link where you can get free PDF books of some of these titles. Your email pls

Thanks I have sent you a pm sir

TooGod942:
morani the courageous queen
By
segun thomas ajayi

Second Class Citizen
by
Buchi Emecheta

I loved that second class citizen by buchi emecheta

TooGod942:
morani the courageous queen
By
segun thomas ajayi

Second Class Citizen
by
Buchi Emecheta

I loved that Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta

efealltymz:
Medicine for money!!!!! You must be a deltan. Naira Power.... That was in Jss1 then. Good old SMO Aka

lol,am not a deltan but we read it when we were in junior secondary that year

Macbeth, Much Ado about Nothing, Midsummer Nights dream, Second chance ( still haven't forgotten some of those characters), Passport of Malam illia etc.

The Limit of Valor
The gods are not to blame
This is our chance
Wedlock of the gods
Things fall Apart
Eze goes to School
Chike and the River
Jewel of the Nile
No longer at Ease
African night Entertainment
Macbeth
Oliver Twist
Marchant of Venice
Treasure Island
Robinson Crusoe
Drummer Boy
Adventure of Souza

Isi akwu dara n'ala
Ala Bingo
Chinagorom
Chidi afo nri
Ukwa ruo oge ya

The troublesome characters in the last 2 novels points to me. Those are my nicknames lol

One week one Trouble
Mezie the Ogbanje Boy

9jaBloke:
Oliver Twist
The Burning Grass
Samankwe and the Highway Robbers
Arms and the man
She stoops to conquer
Chike and the river
Wedlock of the gods
Echi di ime
Tales out of school
Adventures of Souza
The African Child
The virtuous woman
Animal Farm
The mayor of Casterbridge
The Potter's Wheel
The Concubine
Lamb Tales from Shakespeare
Twelfth night or what you will

Literature was my favourite subject and I was a library rat. I read over 100 novels but the ones listed were in our curriculum.

Adventures of Souza. Funniest novel I've ever read.