Akwaeke Emezi

'Completely blew me away.' - Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under 'One of the most dazzling debuts I've ever read.' - Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must Go 'I'm urging everyone to read it.' - Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure Freshwater introduces us to Ada, who has always been unusual. Her existence is the result of her parents'...

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A masterwork of the form . . . mesmerizing.' New York Times 'A fun, sexy, dangerous, dark thriller about corruption.' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 'A dazzling literary talent.' Esquire Little Rot, Akwaeke Emezi's exhilarating new novel, follows five people over the course of a weekend which will brutally upend all of their lives. As Kalu drops...

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY Fun, sexy, dangerous. — NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH A must-read. — GLAMOUR Addictive. — iNEWS Poetic, scorchingly graphic. — GUARDIAN Thrilling. — PEOPLE MAGAZINE Reeling with grief from their recent breakup, Kalu and Aima are drawn into separate nights of decadence in the heart of New...

The one and only Akwaeke Emezi is back with a breathtaking, sexy, and out-of-this-world page-turner that will blow away their fans. Son of the Morning weaves together Southern folklore and magic with Akwaeke Emezi's own remarkable brand of bold, Black-centred fantasy and romance. Galilee, Gali for short, has been raised by a formidable clan of women, the Kincaids, in the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE EVENING STANDARD'S BLOCKBUSTER BOOK TRENDS OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR NOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR ROMANCE A ZOELLA BOOK CLUB PICK "This book filled me with excitement and possibilities." - Jenny Colgan 'Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.' - @savidgereads 'Say hello to the book of the summer'...

From the critically acclaimed author of Pet and The Death of Vivek Oji, Bitter, a companion novel to Pet, takes a timely and riveting look at the power of youth, protest, and art. Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting, surrounded by other creative teens. But outside...

"Unlike anything I've read . . . Remarkable." - Roxane Gay "An audacious sojourn through the terror and beauty of refusing to explain yourself." - New York Times In letters addressed to their friends, to members of their family - both biological and chosen - and to fellow storytellers, Akwaeke describes the shape of a life lived in overlapping realities....

A sweeping YA fantasy inspired by indigenous Igbo culture from the Sunday Times bestselling author - dibias, deities, magic and a twin hunting down her kidnapped brother. We had done and survived unimaginable things. Our world was so much bigger than our town, the river full of crocodiles, and these forests we'd grown up in. There was an entire sea...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIMENAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times, Time, Buzzfeed, NPR, New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY. A genre-defying novel...

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Electrifying." — O: The Oprah Magazine Named a Best Book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, USA TODAY, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Shondaland, Teen Vogue, Vulture, Lit Hub, Bustle, Electric Literature, and BookPage What does it mean for a family to...

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi is a breathtaking and poignant novel that illuminates a contemporary Nigerian family's life through a vivid narrative, rich with emotion and complexity. The story begins dramatically as a mother stumbles upon the lifeless body of her son, Vivek Oji, placed tenderly on her veranda, wrapped in traditional akwete cloth. This encounter propels...

How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist? She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas... She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you. Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose...

They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. This is the tale of Vivek Oji: it begins with his end, his naked body shrouded on his mother's doorstep, and moves backwards through time to unpick the story of his life and the mystery surrounding his death. The Death of Vivek Oji is the story of a Nigerian...

'A triumph ... A wholly original and creative mind' NEW YORK TIMES ‘A multi-genre phenomena, it’s a triumph of a creative mind’ GLAMOUR ‘Frightens and astonishes ... Combines Maya Angelou’s passion and Sylvia Plath’s devastating self-inquisition' GUARDIAN ‘Emezi is a dream of a writer’ BOLU BABALOLA A fiercely contemporary collection which renegotiates the contract between poet and reader in the...