Chibundu Onuzo Books in Order

Wealthy teenager Abike Johnson begins an unlikely romance with an ice cream seller struggling to support his family in Lagos. Their different backgrounds and troubling revelations about the past force each to weigh affection against family loyalty.

Deserting rather than kill civilians, army officer Chike Ameobi travels toward Lagos with fellow runaways seeking new lives. Their arrival coincides with a corruption scandal, drawing the makeshift group into choices about survival, money, and moral responsibility.

After her mother's death, Anna finds diaries suggesting the father she never knew became a West African president. Seeking him out forces her to confront a complicated inheritance involving family, political power, race, and the search for belonging.

Ten year old Mayowa discovers she can absorb emotions from books by jumping on them and direct those feelings into others. Hoping to help refugees, she confronts rival book jumpers who intend to use the same power for harm.

Visiting family in Nigeria, Mayowa learns that spoken words can reshape reality alongside her book jumping magic. When oil discoveries threaten her aunt’s peaceful community, she must unite both abilities while wrestling with questions about her British and Nigerian identities.