What to Read After Ake
Readers who loved Ake by Wole Soyinka keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Ake is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Ake
The Joys of Motherhood
The secret lives of Baba Segi's wives
No Loger at Ease
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
There Was a Country
A Grain of Wheat
Anthills of the Savannah
Everything Good Will Come
Arrow of God
Petals of Blood
One Day I Will Write About This Place
Second-class Citizen
The Palm-wine Drinkard ; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
The Bride Price
Waiting for an Angel
Zenzele
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
Désert
Every Day Is for the Thief
Martha Quest
All God's children need traveling shoes
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
Boyhood
Brothers and Keepers