CITY · NIGERIABooks set in Lagos
6.524, 3.379
19 books · 14 authors · 1960–2025
19 books here
Most-set authors
Buchi Emecheta (3) · Oyinkan Braithwaite (2) · Nnedi Okorafor (2) · Chibundu Onuzo (2) · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1) · A. Igoni Barrett (1)
Genres
literary fiction (6) · thriller & suspense (1) · fantasy (1) · romance (1) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Lagos (16)
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
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 Interpreters
Wole Soyinka
intellectual circles Lagos
The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta
adult life Lagos setting
The Spider King's Daughter
Chibundu Onuzo
wealthy meets street Lagos
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
