If you’re looking for a long read, the Booker Prize has just the thing.

The leading literary award in English Language is awarded annually for the best books of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Nigerian Author, Oyinkan Braithwaite made the list as the only debut novel in the running. Another Nigerian Author, Chigozie Obioma made the list with his new book, An Orchestra of Minorities.



The Longlist

Margaret Atwood (Canada) – The Testaments

Kevin Barry (Ireland) – Night Boat to Tangier

Oyinkan Braithwaite (UK/Nigeria) – My Sister, The Serial Killer

Lucy Ellmann (USA/UK) – Ducks, Newburyport

Bernardine Evaristo (UK) – Girl, Woman, Other

John Lanchester (UK) – The Wall

Deborah Levy (UK) – The Man Who Saw Everything

Valeria Luiselli (Mexico/Italy) – Lost Children Archive

Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria) – An Orchestra of Minorities

Max Porter (UK) – Lanny

Salman Rushdie (UK/India) – Quichotte

Elif Shafak (UK/Turkey) – 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Jeanette Winterson (UK) – Frankissstein

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In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria’s finance minister and that of her team, she describes dangers, pitfalls, and successes in fighting corruption. She provides practical lessons learned and tells how anti-corruption advocates need to equip themselves. Okonjo-Iweala details the numerous ways in which corruption can divert resources away from development, rewarding the unscrupulous and depriving poor people of services.

Okonjo-Iweala discovered just how dangerous fighting corruption could be when her 83-year-old mother was kidnapped in 2012 by forces who objected to some of the government’s efforts at reforms led by Okonjo-Iweala — in particular a crackdown on fraudulent claims for oil subsidy payments, a huge drain on the country’s finances. The kidnappers’ first demand was that Okonjo-Iweala resign from her position on live television and leave the country. Okonjo-Iweala did not resign, her mother escaped, and the program of economic reforms continued. “Telling my story is risky,” Okonjo-Iweala writes. “But not telling it is also dangerous.” Her book ultimately leaves us with hope, showing that victories are possible in the fight against corruption.

This is a must read, as corruption has become a trending topic in Nigeria governance for a long while

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Book Review:
When I got Atoke’s book, ‘234 An awkward Guide To Being Nigerian’ I quickly flipped through. A paragraph caught my eye about how Nigerians boast of ours and our family's academic prowess. I settled in to read from there. This cracked me up because I did that recently. When people ask about my siblings,I always manage to slip it in that my sister is a doctor in the U.S. See what I just did there? I’m pompous about an achievement that’s not even mine
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This book is mainly about an opinionated, smart Nigerian woman who is gradually coming into herself and is not afraid to say “I’m not perfect, but here's what I think”. She touched on topics like Nigerians pretending to know how to use fork and knife when all some of them can do is “hold the fork like they're lead drummers in a rock band”... That cracked me up and rang so true
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If you’re traveling abroad and you intend squatting, read this book. Nigerians abroad have a different orientation from Nigerians in Nigeria. We are loud, we share food with our neighbours when we prepare a feast, we are accommodating and some of us even go to our friend’s house and eat the last meat in their pot, it is not the same 'in the abroad'. Atoke broke this down expertly and with some humour to go
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Atoke is a girl after my heart because just like her, I judge a man by his kissing prowess. ‘Eskis sir’ don’t count my teeth with your tongue and wash it with all that saliva… just stopeeetttt!
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Not all of her topics are hilarious, a lot are serious and thought-provoking too: How we love to blame the government for everything meanwhile we as citizens have failed one another(with many examples). Another topic close to my heart is childbirth and the societal pressure on ALL women to be mothers
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I thought to myself “why is this author opening our yansh outside? (Interpretation: exposing our dirty secrets). But then, I got to the end and I knew it was all love. Well done Atoke, your gentle and assertive tone in this book shows tolerance, hope, and faith in Nigeria and it’s people
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This is a book that’ll help you unlearn, learn and relearn. While at it, you’ll laugh your ass off

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You should also try reading, +234, An awkward guide to being a Nigerian by Atoke

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I'll be reading What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

Interesting Read I tell you

John Grishnam Legal Thrillers

Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, he was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi, law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby—writing his first novel.

Since first publishing A Time to Kill in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year (his other books are The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas, The Summons, The King of Torts, Bleachers, The Last Juror, The Broker, Playing for Pizza, The Appeal, The Associate, The Confession, The Litigators, Calico Joe, The Racketeer, Sycamore Row, and Gray Mountain) and all of them have become international bestsellers. There are currently over 300 million John Grisham books in print worldwide, which have been translated into 40 languages. Nine of his novels have been turned into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas), as was an original screenplay, The Gingerbread Man. The Innocent Man (October 2006) marked his first foray into non-fiction, and Ford County (November 2009) was his first short story collection.

Be sure to have your hands on one of these over the weekend

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Secret lives of Baba Segi's wife was a classic, don't know where to buy Nigerian books since the bookshops at silverbirds were closed

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We sell hard copies only

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Who knows where I can get these books to buy? Ive only read the secret lives of baba segi's wives which I thoroughly enjoyed.

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Where can see them to buy, I love African novels

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5. Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo
The Lagos novel has become a genre in itself, with an outstanding list of practitioners: Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, Wole Soyinka, Sefi Atta, Ben Okri, Teju Cole ... It is almost a rite of passage for Nigerian authors, for Lagos is Nigeria in microcosm, and there is no understanding the country without understanding the city.

Onuzo’s title is an in-joke referencing the fact that, unlike most cities, Lagos has no “Welcome” sign. If there were a sign for the visitor approaching Lagos, it should probably be one of the epigraphs – made-up quotations from an imaginary local newspaper – that she places at the start of each chapter, perhaps the one that reads: “Lagos is no different from anywhere, except there are more people, and more noise, and more.” Despite the cacophony, and that ominous “more”, it has been estimated that about 2,000 souls daily move from countryside to city to realise their dreams – just like the five main characters who arrive there in search of a new start. Chike Ameobi is a military officer, travelling with Yemi, his subaltern, both deserters unable to stomach their commander’s killing of civilians in the Niger delta. On the way, they meet Fineboy, a fighter with one of the myriad rebel groups, pursuing his dream of becoming a radio DJ in Lagos. They also encounter 16-year-old Isoken, whom they save from being raped by Fineboy and his rebel cohorts, and whose father is thought to have been killed by rebels. And last there is the beautiful Oma, runaway wife of a rich but abusive husband.

4. Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John

From two-time Caine Prize finalist Elnathan John, a dynamic young voice from Nigeria, Born on a Tuesday is a stirring, starkly rendered first novel about a young boy struggling to find his place in a society that is fracturing along religious and political lines.

In far northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys who sleep under a kuka tree. During the election, the boys are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble. When their attempt to burn down the opposition’s local headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. He makes his way to a mosque that provides him with food, shelter, and guidance. With his quick aptitude and modest nature, Dantala becomes a favored apprentice to the mosque’s sheikh.

3. Women of the Ayo-Kessington Dynasty Volume 1: Anjola’s Diary

The novel is the first series in a Trilogy. It chronicles the journey of Anjola Ayo-Kessington. Your average girl next door whose life suddenly changes when she finds herself married to an older man from a prestigious and powerful family. She is forced to give up her personal ambitions to fit into her husband’s family’s ideology of who an Ayo-Kessington wife should be.

Anjola slowly begins to lose herself in her very predictable life as wife and mother, until her ex-lover resurfaces. Her world is suddenly thrown into a dramatic chaos that leads her to uncovering the truth behind her entrance into the Ayo-Kessington family, her friendships and even her real identity.

Anjola soon discovers that what she had considered to be a journey towards finding true love is actually a journey towards finding herself.

Will Anjola choose true love, limitless wealth, or herself?

2. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin

African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi’s Wives, a perceptive, entertaining, and eye-opening novel of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria. Baba Segi is a manly man’s man, an African patriarch with the huge compound and numerous children to boot.

His three wives are quarrelsome and view each other as competition. Baba Segi decides to get another wife, a fourth one, this time a university graduate to show off, and the wives sigh a collective sigh of exhaustion because this means that they’ll get even less attention than they had been getting from their husband.

But it also means that the secret they have been hiding all these years is once again at risk of discovery. Shoneyin is humorous and forthright in her depiction of Nigerian village life in this page turner.

This literary fiction works by Nigerian authors are nothing short of exceptional..
You should definitely grab one of these if you haven't read them

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1. Stay with me by Ayobami Adebayo

Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything – arduous pilgrimages, medical consultations, appeals to God. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal and despair.

Brilliantly told by Ayobami. This is one book to read if you haven't

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Mention that book you'll never get tired of reading and why.

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As a voracious reader, I have a lot of books
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Working on a Dream by G. Fagbure
Over the years, I have come to understand that if you keep your ears, your eyes and most importantly your mind open, you may never have to search for knowledge. A lot of things happen when you pay attention


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You don't seem to have the books I want.

Second Chance by Nyengi Koin
Rainbows are for lovers by Wale Okediran i think
Diary of a Jambite by Phil Adel Leigh

Can you help?

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The Alchemist:
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

Adultery:
The book Adultery portrays the story of an independent woman Linda, in her 30s, who has an almost perfect life; a content and stable marriage, a caring husband, sweet little kids and a rewarding journalism career. Through the regular everyday life, she starts to question the dullness and boredom of her passing days. She tends to be dissatisfied with her life, until she meets her high-school boyfriend, Jacob, who is a successful politician now.

Manuscripts Found in Accra
The action is placed in 1099 in Jerusalem while the city awaits the invasion of the crusaders. Inside the city’s walls, men and women gathered to hear the wise words of a mysterious Greek man– known as the Copt. The people begin with questions about their fears, true enemies, defeat and struggle; they contemplate the will to change, and the virtues of loyalty and solitude; and ultimately turn to questions of beauty, sex and elegance, love.

Happy Birthday Lola Shoneyin

Author, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

A story of a polygamist Baba Segi, his collection of wives and a gaggle of children are his symbol of prosperity, success and validation of his manhood. Everything runs reasonably smoothly in the patriarchal home, until wife number four intrudes on this family romance.

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