I’m Back: 2021 Reading List

Tobii Sanwo
2 min readJan 19, 2021
2021 Reading List

Hey people,

I trust everyone is staying positive and testing negative.

I have been away for a while, a combination of things prevented me from sharing with you, but I'm back. I want to say a big thank you to everyone that reached out to make sure I was ok.

I also have good news, I have completed a permanent move from Lagos, Nigeria to Toronto, Canada.

I will be posting more frequently but for my first post of 2021 I am sharing 21 books I am definitely going to read in ‘21, I hope you will all join me.

This list features fiction, memoirs, thrillers, nonfiction, and more. Like you, I love to read anything I can get my hands on.

Here's my 21 books for ‘21

1.Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo

2. Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation by Fola Fagbule

3. Are you not a Nigerian? by Bayo Olupohunda

4. Black Moses by Alain Mabancko

5. No Place to Call home by JJ Bola

6. African Delights by Siphiwo Mahala

7. This House Has Fallen: Nigeria In Crisis by Karl Maier

8. A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond by Daniel Susskind

9. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

10. The Price of Everything by Russ Roberts

11. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

12. The Mermaid From Jeju by Sumi Hahn

13. The Ones We’re Meant To Find by Joan He

14. Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

16. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

17. Little Suns by Zakes Mda

18. Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka

19. The First Woman/A Girl Is A Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

20. At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

21. The Curious Case of Dasso by Fouad Laroui

Many of us are spending more time indoors than ever before, and that means more time to dive into our reading, I look forward to experiencing these worlds with you.

Do stay safe, wear a mask and wash your hands regularly!

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