Entry point to reading
So you want to start reading but you’re not sure what books to start with? No worries, below I have compiled a list of ‘starter reads' for budding readers.
YA Fiction
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney
Love Radio by Ebony Ladelle
With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Only For The Holidays by Abiola Bello
Chaos Theory by Nic Stone
Short Story Collections
Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad by Damilare KuKu
The 392 by Ashley Hickson-Lovence
For Such A Time As This by Shani Akilah
Stories From The Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana
A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks
Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola
Contemporary Fiction
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Bombshell by Alison Hammond
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Hope & Glory by Jendella Benson
Maame by Jessica George
All That We've Got by Jendella Benson
Fictional Romance
The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest
The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Zora Books Her Happy Ever After by Taj McCoy
For However Long by Kiriah Kache
The Perfect Find by Tia Williams
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
Memoir/Non-Fiction
I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
That MOment When by Mo Gilligan
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
That Peckham Boy by Kenny Imafidon
Will by Will Smith
Thriller/Murder Mystery
The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Sutanto
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Push by Ashley Audrain
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney