wow got a lot of insights from this post

@physics,ajanlekoko,sefago ,mbulela,u guys ve read far goshhh!lol,i be thin say i don read,never read an asian novel before

mbulela:

@Myne White, thanks to you i am going to look for a copy of that Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks.
I hope i can find a copy at Koko Kalango's Rainbow bookshop. that is the only decent bookshop in the whole of PH.

Paperworth Bookshop is a decent one in PHC. They are located at 187 woji road GRA Phase 2. Endeavour to check them out. And I think Nigerian writers are not doing badly. We could do better but we are getting there. A few favourites, Tomorrow died yesterday by Chimeka Garricks, Purple Hibiscus by Adichie, To St. Patrick by Imasuen, Nights of a creaking bed by Toni Kan and The Thing around your neck by Adichie again.

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SEFAGO:

I read like two unabridged (Journey to the west and Dream of the Red Chamber) but some of them are dull man if you read them unabridge especially romance of the three kingdoms

Coincidentally Dream of the Red Chamber is my favorite, excellent prose, and how it portrays Chinese culture & politics is quite interesting. Also the whole story has a strong message and makes you think. Recommend it if you have time honestly. Books are really long though I guess you gotta have to have a lot of free time or read over a long period.

I am obsessed with Asian culture (Japanese, Chinese, Thai anything) so I spent a lot of time reading their classics. Quite different and refreshing from western ones IMO.

The problem with Nigerian literature is that none of them really have deep meaning even Adichie's books are strictly narrative with no real deep insight on human nature  though she does explore some interesting themes. Achebe was a god in that respect- his book was both cultural while presenting deep and symbolic meaning. Arrow of Gods, Things Fall Apart, No longer at ease all were not just "entertaining reads" but they made you think. His works are just like Dostoevsky meant to shock and make you ponder and wonder.

@ The 17 year old who is reading sidney sheldon- you are pathetic. When you grow up you will ifnd out that romance does not exist 

I especially like reading novels that details the clash of cultures, you know, the East meets west novels and how it merges or clashes. Funny, in the white house, there is the East wing section and the west wing, I think. My own take, apart from African novels is Persian novels. I just find it ironic that a very conservative country, Iran, is also the nose job capital of the world.

Yes,i made about N200,000 last year.Hope to make more this year!

@poster, you have a point but chimamanda write stories worth readin,,,,and I guess she is jƱ‎​§† one of the handful of nigerian writers whose books are worth readin