Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Interpreters | 1965 | Wole Soyinka | Buy |
| 2 | Season of Anomy | 1973 | Wole Soyinka | Buy |
| 3 | Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth | 2021 | Wole Soyinka | Buy |
Wole Soyinka’s three novels appeared decades apart, each reflecting a different period in Nigerian history. The Interpreters (1965) follows a group of young intellectuals in Lagos navigating the early years of Nigerian independence. Season of Anomy (1973) is a darker, more allegorical work written during the political turmoil of the early 1970s.
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth (2021) arrived nearly fifty years after his second novel. It is a satirical story about corruption, organ trafficking, and political ambition in modern Nigeria, told with the same sharp wit that runs through all of Soyinka’s writing.