Best Nigerian authors

Nigerian authors ranked by the scores readers give their books. Nigeria is the powerhouse of African literature, from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novels of love and war and Nnedi Okorafor's Africanfuturist science fiction. Nigerian writing is known for bold voices and stories rooted in both tradition and modern life. The list orders authors by readers' ratings.

Ranked by each author’s score — the average of their books’ reader ratings on BookRank. Citizenship data: Wikidata.

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