CITY · NIGERIABooks set in Lagos
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25 books · 19 authors · 1912–2025
25 books here
Most-set authors
Buchi Emecheta (3) · Sefi Atta (2) · Oyinkan Braithwaite (2) · Nnedi Okorafor (2) · Chibundu Onuzo (2) · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1)
Genres
literary fiction (17) · science fiction (1) · thriller & suspense (1) · fantasy (1) · romance (1) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Lagos (22)
A Bit of Difference
Sefi Atta
Protagonist returns home to Lagos for family memorial; core of the novel
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ifemelu teenage years, return
Blackass
A. Igoni Barrett
racial identity story Lagos
Cursed Daughters
Oyinkan Braithwaite
primary setting
Every Day Is for the Thief
Teju Cole
narrator returns home
Ghostroots
Pemi Aguda
supernatural Lagos stories
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Lagos setting, sisters home
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
Damilare Kuku
contemporary Lagos dating life
No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe
Obi civil service Lagos life
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Azaro spirit child urban slum
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Abi Daré
Affluent Lagos where Adunni is sold as a domestic servant and fights for her right to education
The Interpreters
Wole Soyinka
intellectual circles Lagos
The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta
adult life Lagos setting
The Road to the Country
Chigozie Obioma
1967 Nigeria, university student drawn into Biafran War
The Spider King's Daughter
Chibundu Onuzo
wealthy meets street Lagos
Vagabonds!
Eloghosa Osunde
Lagos (Eko); where the spirit Tatafo weaves together the interconnected lives of queer Nigerians surviving beneath the c
Waiting for an Angel
Helon Habila
Primary setting — 1990s Lagos under military rule
Welcome to Lagos
Chibundu Onuzo
central urban setting
Lagoon
Nnedi Okorafor
alien first contact beach
Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta
Enitan Ikoyi upbringing
Graceland
Chris Abani
Lagos ghetto, Elvis home
Easy Motion Tourist
Leye Adenle
crime scene nightclub district
Notable locations in Lagos
Bar Beach, Lagos1Ikoyi, Lagos1Maroko, Lagos1Victoria Island, Lagos1
Nearby books
The Road to the Salt Sea
Samuel Kolawole
0 km · Nigeria
Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta
10 km · Ikoyi, Lagos
Lagoon
Nnedi Okorafor
11 km · Bar Beach, Lagos
Easy Motion Tourist
Leye Adenle
12 km · Victoria Island, Lagos
Graceland
Chris Abani
12 km · Maroko, Lagos
Aké: The Years of Childhood
Wole Soyinka
70 km · Abeokuta