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Akpan creates a masterpiece out of this book, which is a compilation of five short stories that span the breadth of Africa; set in Kenya,...

In his debut novel, John slays. A tragic and beautiful novel, Born on a Tuesday narrates, in first person, the story of Dantala, an...

In Swallow, Sefi Atta tells the tale of Tolani Alao, a young woman who resides in Lagos in the 80s, grudgingly partaking in the hustle...

In News from Home, Atta showcases what, to me, is her finest work. In the collection of ten short stories, we meet funny, engaging, some...

Atta's third novel (after Everything Good Will Come and Swallow) tells the tale of Deola Bello, an unmarried Nigerian woman dangerously...

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was actually quite lengthy because Señor Díaz decided to, not only tell us about the overweight...

This book is hilarious and entertaining, depicting the life of a young teacher, Odili, who falls into romantic and political mishap when...

The Sun Is Also A Star tells the tragic (yes, tragic, because though it is the quintessential hopeless romantic’s novel, Yoon takes her...

The more I read Harris' work, the more I realise that he just might be (and I stand corrected) the father of psychological thriller. Have...

The first book I’ve read by the legendary Thomas Harris and I could not put it down. Our protagonist is Will Graham, a once-retired FBI...

Emeka is the biography of Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, general and leader of the nation of Biafra, written by English author, Fredrick Forsyth....

Cross' novel (the third I’ve read, after Captive and Luther) tells the story of three characters; Jack Shepherd, originally a family man...

Mr. In-Between is, so far, my least favourite book by Neil Cross. Not only was the content very dark (a lot of violence and gore) but...

This novel is brilliantly written. Set in the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, it tells the tale of black women, who worked as maids for...

This is the first A. L. Shields book I’ve read and Oh, boy! Picture a cross (for you series-buffs) between Scandal and Prison Break, but...

What can one say about Junot Díaz? Drown is the second body of work I've read by Díaz, after This Is How You Lose Her, which, dear...

Foreign Gods Inc. tells the tale of Ike, an over-educated middle-aged Nigerian man who drives a taxi in New York, loathes and adores...

This is the second book I’ve read by Dekker, the first being Green. Showdown is set in a small mountain town, Paradise, in Colorado,...

This is the second book I've read written by Rivers. Rivers doesn't write a genre I would typically go out of my way to search for --...

I struggled through the greater part of this book because I felt Kilanko lifted Atta's template for Everything Good Will Come. The story...