Must-Read Fiction Books Exploring Igbo Life and Culture

Feel free to check back on this list, we’ll be updating it regularly until it reaches its full scope.

I make it a point to read every book before recommending it, so revisit the list from time to time for new additions.

Also feel free to share a book recommendation in the comments below, I’ll be sure to check it out.


THINGS FALL APART

by Chinua Achebe


INTRODUCTION TO IGBO MYTHOLOGY FOR KIDS (A FUN COLLECTION OF HEROES, CREATURES, GODS, AND GODDESSES IN WEST AFRICAN TRADITION)

by Chinelo Anyadiegwu


THE CONCUBINE

by Elechi Amadi


The Bottled Leopard

by Chukwuemeka Ike


IKENGA

by Nnedi Okorafor


SOMADINA

by Akwaeke Emezi


HALF OF A YELLOW SUN

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


 
 
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Igbo writer, mystic and philosopher.

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