My Bookshelf
A collection of books I've read and am reading.
Currently Reading
Necessary Fiction
Eloghosa Osunde
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bront\u00eb
Animal Farm
Charlotte Bront\u00eb
Pidgeon English
Stephen Kelman
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
How To Take Smart ...
Sonke Ahrens
Building a Second ...
Tiago Forte
How To Fail Succes...
Brandon Stosuy
An Unsual Grief
Yewande Omotoso
On Writing:\ A Mem...
Stephen King
Show Your Work
Austin Kleon
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Feel Good Producti...
Ali Abdaal
Read
The Wedding People
Alison Espach
Aug 2026
Hafsatu Bebi
Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Aug 2026
Loved One
Aisha Muharrar
Aug 2026
Cursed Daughters
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Aug 2026
A Good Name
Kasimma
Aug 2026
I Know Why the Cag...
Maya Angelou
Jul 2026
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Jul 2026
The Thing Around Y...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Jul 2026
Welcome to Lagos
Chibundu Onuzo
Jul 2026
The convenience st...
Sonoko Machida
Jul 2026
Little Rot
Akwaeke Emezi
Jul 2026
Allow Me to Introd...
Onyi Nwabineli
Jul 2026
The Brevity of Bea...
Nnamdi Ehirim
Jul 2026
Yesteryear
Caro Claire Burke
Jun 2026
Things fall apart
Chinua Achebe
Jun 2026
Before the coffee ...
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Jun 2026
Chike and the river
Chinua Achebe
Jun 2026
Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi
Jun 2026
I Want to Die But ...
Baek Se-hee
May 2026
Days at the Morisa...
Satashi Yagisawa
May 2026
More Days at the M...
Satashi Yagisawa
May 2026
Butter Honey Pig B...
Francesca Ekwuyasi
Apr 2026
Adanna
Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi
Aug 2025
Tomorrow Died Yest...
Chimeka Garricks
Aug 2025
Don't Answer When ...
Ukamaka Oliskwe
Jul 2025
Notes On Grief
Chimmanda Adiche
Jul 2025
Ikigai
Héctor García & Francesc Miralles
Jul 2025
Daughters Who Walk...
Yejide Kilanko
Apr 2025
Under the Udala Tr...
Chinelo Okparanta
Apr 2025
The Girl with the ...
Abi Daré
Apr 2025
Daughter in Exile
Bisi Adjapon
Feb 2025
The Partner Plot
Kristina Forest
Dec 2024
I Do Not Come to Y...
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Oct 2024
Ogadinma
Ukamaka Olisakwe
Sep 2024
The Mechanics of Y...
Michael Afenfia
Sep 2024
Almost Adulting
Aden Rose
May 2021
TBR List
| Title | Author | Pages | Themes / Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sunday | Tola Rotimi Abraham | 288 | Family • Faith • Family • Faith |
| Even Hell Can Wait | Benjamin Esomnochie | ~280 | Mental health • Hope • Mental health • Hope |
| For You I'd Steal a Goat | Iyasẹ́ẹ̀ (Iyaṣéẹ̀) | ~200 | Romance • Nigerian fiction • Romance • Nigerian fiction |
| Ghostroots | 'Pemi Aguda | 256 | Horror • Magical realism • Horror • Magical realism |
| Harry Sylvester Bird | Chinelo Okparanta | ~320 | Literary fiction • Identity • Literary fiction • Identity |
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | 532 | Gothic • Romance • Gothic • Romance |
| Love Offers No Safety | Teslim Folarin | ~240 | Relationships • Literary fiction • Relationships • Literary fiction |
| Necessary Fiction | Eloghosa Osunde | 320 | Queer identity • Contemporary Nigeria • Queer identity • Contemporary Nigeria |
| One for Sorrow, Two for Joy | Marie-Claire Amuah | ~352 | Family • Identity • Family • Identity |
| Open Water | Caleb Azumah Nelson | 160 | Love • Black identity • Love • Black identity |
| She Called Me Woman | Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan & Rafeeat Aliyu | 304 | LGBTQ+ • Oral history • LGBTQ+ • Oral history |
| Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon | Wole Talabi | 368 | African mythology • Fantasy • African mythology • Fantasy |
| The Baby Is Mine | Oyinkan Braithwaite | ~240 | Suspense • Motherhood • Suspense • Motherhood |
| The Road to the Country | Chigozie Obioma | 432 | War • Brotherhood • War • Brotherhood |
| This House Is Not for Sale | Elnathan John | ~272 | Nigerian society • Satire • Nigerian society • Satire |
| Vagabonds! | Eloghosa Osunde | 320 | Community • Lagos • Community • Lagos |
| You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty | Akwaeke Emezi | 288 | Romance • Healing • Romance • Healing |
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