His best known work, The Famished Road, which won the 1991 Booker Prize, along with Songs of Enchantment (1993) and Infinite Riches (1998) make up a trilogy that follows Azaro, a spirit-child narrator, through the social and political turmoil of an African nation reminiscent of Okri’s remembrance of war-torn Nigeria.
I read one of his books way back when and he had a profound influence on me. And nowadays I aim to read more…
Links to his books:
Publication Order of The Famished Road Trilogy Books
| The Famished Road | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Songs of Enchantment | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Infinite Riches | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Landscapes Within | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Incidents at the Shrine | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Flowers and Shadows | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Astonishing the Gods | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Birds of Heaven | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dangerous Love | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| A Way of Being Free | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Alfredo Jaar | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Mental Fight | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| In Arcadia | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Starbook | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Tales of Freedom | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Age of Magic | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Freedom Artist | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Last Gift of the Master Artists | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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