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Remote Control

Remote Control

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death’s adopted daughter in Remote Control, a thrilling sci-fi tale of community and female empowerment from Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Nnedi Okorafor....

Son of the Morning

Son of the Morning

A steamy paranormal romance set in the Black South—a bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of...

I Live to Serve the Witch

I Live to Serve the Witch

“I only know of true love because of the witch.” Ceciline lives to serve her Mistress—the wise, warm, and mysterious witch who raised her. Together, they live a peaceful life...

Exiled by Iron, Book 2

Exiled by Iron, Book 2

The spellbinding conclusion to the international bestseller Forged by Blood delves deeper into Nigerian mythology as the Oluso uprising comes to a head…and the young woman caught in between comes...

Forged by Blood, Book 1

Forged by Blood, Book 1

A brilliant new voice brings us a brilliant new epic fantasy novel: Ehigbor Okosun’s first book in an action-packed, poignant duology inspired by Nigerian mythology—full of magic and emotion and...

The Maid and the Crocodile

The Maid and the Crocodile

A romantic standalone fantasy set in the world of Raybearer, from New York Times bestselling author Jordan Ifueko. The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start...

The Genie Game

The Genie Game

The start of a thrilling new middle-grade series from Jordan Ifueko, author of the New York Times bestselling fantasy Raybearer. Valentine Adesanya has two missions: 1) become a Feared and...

The Edge of Water

The Edge of Water

Set between Nigeria and New Orleans, The Edge of Water tells the story of a young woman who dreams of life in America, as the collision of traditional prophecy and...

The Catch

The Catch

A darkly whimsical debut about women daring to live and create with impunity. Twin sisters Clara and Dempsey have always struggled to relate, their familial bond severed after their mother...

This Kind of Trouble

This Kind of Trouble

A riveting tale of forbidden love centered on an estranged couple brought together to reckon with the mysterious events that splintered their family. In 1960s Lagos, a city enlivened with...

Love In Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

Love In Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

A vibrant debut collection of love stories from the bestselling author of Honey and Spice, retelling myths, folktales, and histories from around the world. A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has...

Emeka, Eat Egusi!

Emeka, Eat Egusi!

From award-winning author Candice Iloh and New York Times illustrator Bea Jackson comes a warmhearted picture book celebration of traditional Nigerian home cooking and the surprising joys of trying new...

Sweet Heat

Sweet Heat

Two exes. One summer wedding. Zero chance of escaping the heat. Prepare to laugh, swoon, and fall head over heels with this irresistible standalone romance from bestselling author Bolu Babalola....

My Sister, the Serial Killer

My Sister, the Serial Killer

A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. “Femi makes three, you know....

Cursed Daughters

Cursed Daughters

A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel...

The Rewrite: A Novel

The Rewrite: A Novel

In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end? Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other’s...

The Gloomy Girl Variety Show

The Gloomy Girl Variety Show

Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms. In The Gloomy Girl Variety Show, Freda...

Ghostroots

Ghostroots

A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties. In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos,...

Death of the Author

Death of the Author

In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises,...

The List: A Gripping Contemporary Drama with a Suspenseful Edge, Explore the Dark Side of Online Culture

The List: A Gripping Contemporary Drama with a Suspenseful Edge, Explore the Dark Side of Online Culture

In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist’s world is upended when her fiancé’s name turns up in a viral social media post. Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist...

Dream Count

Dream Count

Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her...

The Death of Vivek Oji

The Death of Vivek Oji

What does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew? One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to...

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times bestselling author, “a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self” (Esquire) In...

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

A New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and “one of our greatest living writers” (Shondaland) reimagines the love story in this fresh and seductive novel about a...

Masquerade

Masquerade

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths...

An Orchestra of Minorities

An Orchestra of Minorities

A heartbreaking story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma. “It is...

The Fishermen

The Fishermen

A striking debut novel about an unforgettable childhood, by a Nigerian writer the New York Times has crowned “the heir to Chinua Achebe.” Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of...

Americanah

Americanah

From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun—the story of two Nigerians making their way in the U.S. and the UK, raising...

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus

Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school....

We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century. Drawing extensively on...

Akata Woman

Akata Woman

From the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had mystical energy flowing in her blood, she sought to understand and control her powers. Throughout her adventures in Akata Witch and Akata...

Bitter

Bitter

From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to the critically acclaimed PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution—and how youth lead the...

Wahala

Wahala

An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group—the most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha....

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