100 Books of 2014

100 Books of 2014

Last year I set a target to read 100 books. There were periods I read a book a day, and others when I did a page for 3 weeks or longer. In all, I hit my target reading 100 books from 70 different authors.

I read good books, I read terrible books, I read books that challenged me, ones that made me laugh and ones that made me more aware of myself.

I read sitting, I read standing, I read freezing on the beach, I read in the toilet, I read in bars.

I read about love, wars, betrayal, rape, culture, diseases, lifestyle, families and everything in between.

There were nostalgic moments reading The Pacesetters series, some of the books I had read growing up.

I had a theme for the year and it was "By Africans or About Africans". I did read the odd book outside the theme.

Being anti e-books, only 2 of the 100 books were electronic. I am a lover of paper and flipping pages.

Here are the books and dates read:

s/n Author Book Date Read
100 Amina Thula The Elevator Kiss 31/12/2014
99 Joyce Cary Mister Johnson 29/12/2014
98 Sylvia Leith-Ross Stepping Stones: Memoirs of Colonial Nigeria 1907 - 1960 25/12/2014
97 Ola Awonubi Love's Persuasion 21/12/2014
96 Buchi Emecheta The Family 18/12/2014
94 Jean Sasson Yasmeena's Choice: A True Story of War, Rape, Courage and Survival 13/12/2014
95 Jude Dibia Unbridled 12/12/2014
93 Cyprian Ekwensi Beautiful Feathers 03/12/2014
92 Frances Ngozi Chukwukere Nwaanyizie 02/12/2014
91 Chinua Achebe The Education of a British-Protected Child 02/12/2014
90 Flora Nwapa Women Are Different 26/11/2014
89 Flora Nwapa Wives At War And Other Stories 24/11/2014
88 Flora Nwapa One Is Enough 23/11/2014
87 Flora Nwapa This Is Lagos And Other Stories 20/11/2014
86 Sam Selvon The Lonely Londoner 18/11/2014
85 Flora Nwapa Never Again 15/11/2014
84 Chinua Achebe Home and Exile 15/11/2014
83 The Extortionist Chuma Nwokolo 14/11/2014
82 Umbhali Francie Molala and the Mercedes Affair 30/10/2014
81 Shelley Davidow To Have and to Hold 27/10/2014
80 Victor Thorpe Stone Of Venegnce 27/10/2014
79 Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko Mirror of Our Lives: Voices of Four Igbo Women 18/10/2014
78 Ike Oguine A Squatter's Tale 18/10/2014
77 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie We Should All Be Feminists 15/10/2014
76 Buchi Emecheta A New Tribe 13/10/2014
75 Ngugi wa Thiong'o I Will Marry When I Want 07/10/2014
74 Ngugi wa Thiong'o Weep Not, Child 06/10/2014
73 Mia Couto Voices Made Night 30/09/2014
72 Flora Nwapa Efuru 26/09/2014
71 Ben R. Mtobwa Zero Hour 23/09/2014
70 Mugarra Adyeeri Cherished Dreams 22/09/2014
69 J. Katondwaci Shadow of Death 18/09/2014
68 Andrew Sesinyi Love on the Rocks 18/09/2014
67 Philip Phil-Ebosie Dead Of Night 13/09/2014
66 Buchi Emecheta Naira Power 10/09/2014
65 Helen Ovbiagele A Fresh Start 09/09/2014
64 Gondwe Love's Dilemma 09/09/2014
63 Helen Ovbiagele Evbu My Love 07/09/2014
62 Walije Gondwe Double Dating 04/09/2014
61 M. Sule The Undesireable Element 04/09/2014
60 Bode Osanyin Rich Girl, Poor Boy 04/09/2014
59 Y. Sikuade Sisi 02/09/2014
58 Ferdinand Oyono Houseboy 01/09/2014
57 Chinua Achebe Africa Short Stories 22/08/2014
56 Ngugi wa Thiong'o The Black Hermit 19/08/2014
55 Mariama Ba So Long a Letter 18/08/2014
54 Elechi Amadi Estrangement 13/08/2014
53 Buchi Emecheta Head Above Water 10/08/2014
52 Buchi Emecheta In The Ditch 31/07/2014
51 Chinua Achebe Girls at War and Other Stories 26/07/2014
50 Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of No Nation 24/07/2014
49 Rumi The Love Poem of Rumi 08/07/2014
48 Zaynab Alkali The Virtuous Woman 06/06/2014
47 Cyprian Ekwensi Coal Camp Boy 06/06/2014
46 Tolulope Popoola Nothing Comes Close 04/06/2014
45 Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner 01/06/2014
44 Marilyn Heward Mills Cloth Girl 22/05/2014
43 Noo Saro-Wiwa Looking For Tanswonderland: Travels in Nigeria 20/05/2014
42 Max Siollun Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) 19/05/2014
41 Amy chua Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 16/05/2014
40 Lauren Weisberger Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns 14/05/2014
39 Buchi Emecheta Kehinde 13/05/2014
38 John Perkins Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 09/05/2014
37 Rajaa Alsenea Girls of Riyadh 04/05/2014
36 A. Igoni Barrett Love Is Power, or Something Like That 03/05/2014
35 Buchi Emecheta Second Class Citizen 01/05/2014
34 A.J. Bueltmann White Queen of the Cannibals: The Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar 29/04/2014
33 Jean Sasson American Chick in Saudi Arabia 28/04/2014
32 Helon Habila Measuring Time 21/04/2014
31 Doreen Baingana Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe 16/04/2014
30 Helon Habila Waiting for an Angel 11/04/2014
29 Mukoma wa Ngugi Nairobi Heat 11/04/2014
28 Sefi Atta A Bit of Difference 09/04/2014
27 Garry Leech Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis) Order 05/04/2014
26 The Caine Prize for African Writing Jambula Tree and other stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 8th Annual Collection 01/04/2014
25 Nina Ndubuisi New Year's Day 31/03/2014
24 Chinua Achebe Arrow of God 27/03/2014
23 Chinua Achebe The Trouble with Nigeria 25/03/2014
22 Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns 23/02/2014
21 Teju Cole Open City 17/02/2014
20 Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart 01/02/2014
19 Chinua Achebe A Man of the People 01/02/2014
18 Chinua Achebe No Longer at Ease 25/01/2014
17 Ian Westwell World War II Commanders: From The Attack On Poland To The Surrender Of Japan 23/01/2014
16 Alexander A. Madiebo The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War 19/01/2014
15 Helon Habila Oil on Water 18/01/2014
14 Nogozi Okonjo-Iweala Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria 16/01/2014
13 George Orwell Animal Farm 14/01/2014
12 Ayi Kwei Armah The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 11/01/2014
11 Femi Osofisan Women of Owu 10/01/2014
10 Ola Rotimi Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again 10/01/2014
9 Cyprian Ekwensi An African Night's Entertainment 10/01/2014
8 Onuora Nzekwu Eze Goes To College 10/01/2014
7 Helen Ofurum Iheoma Comes To Stay 09/01/2014
6 Asare Konadu A Woman in Her Prime 08/01/2014
5 Efua Theodora Sutherland The Marriage Of Anansewa 07/01/2014
4 Aminata Sow Fall the Beggars' Strike 07/01/2014
3 I. E. Ufondu The Fruit of Honesty 06/01/2014
2 Chinua Achebe Chike and the River 06/01/2014
1 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Americanah 04/01/2014
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