Wole Soyinka Reading Order
1 series · 200 books
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian author whose prolific career spans drama, poetry, fiction, and memoir, earning him international recognition as one of Africa's most significant literary voices. His work blends theatrical innovation with social commentary, exploring themes of identity, politics, and human resilience across multiple genres. A versatile writer equally accomplished in plays, novels, and poetry collections, Soyinka has established himself as a foundational figure in postcolonial African literature.
Standalone Novels Series
200 books
Start with ' O' Level Literature in English Texts, the first of 200 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | ' O' Level Literature in English Texts |
| 2 | A Dance of the Forests (Three Crowns) |
| 3 | A dance of the forest |
| 4 | A humanist ode for Chibok, Leah |
| 5 | A play of giants |
| 6 | Abiku |
| 7 | Africa's Best Stories |
| 8 | Africa39 |
| 9 | African Theatre |
| 10 | African Theatre: Eight Prize-Winning Plays (African Writers Series, No. 134) |
| 11 | African theatre |
| 12 | Afrika'ya Dair |
| 13 | Ake |
| 14 | Ake and Isara |
| 15 | Ake, les annees denfance |
| 16 | Ake. Eine afrikanische Kindheit |
| 17 | Aké |
| 18 | Aké |
| 19 | Aké Los años de la niñez |
| 20 | Aké, les années d'enfance - Prépas scientifiques 2022 |
| 21 | Alápatà àpáta |
| 22 | Bacchae of Euripides |
| 23 | Bacchae of Euripides a Communion Rite |
| 24 | Before our very eyes |
| 25 | Before the blackout |
| 26 | Before the blackout |
| 27 | Before the blackout |
| 28 | Beyond Aesthetics |
| 29 | Beyond aesthetics |
| 30 | Brich auf in früher Dämmerung |
| 31 | Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness |
| 32 | Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness, the. W. E. B. du Bois Institute |
| 33 | CAMWOOD ON THE LEAVES |
| 34 | CLIMATE OF FEAR |
| 35 | Camwood on the Leaves and Before the Black-Out |
| 36 | Camwood on the leaves |
| 37 | Camwood on the leaves |
| 38 | Celebrating D.O. Fágúnwà |
| 39 | Childe internationale |
| 40 | Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth |
| 41 | Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth |
| 42 | Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth |
| 43 | Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth |
| 44 | Chronicles of the happiest people on earth |
| 45 | Chroniques du pays des gens les plus heureux du monde |
| 46 | Clima de miedo |
| 47 | Climate of Fear |
| 48 | Climate of art |
| 49 | Climate of fear |
| 50 | Climate of fear |
| 51 | Collected Plays 1, Collected Plays 2 |
| 52 | Collected Plays 2 |
| 53 | Critical perspectives on Wole Soyinka |
| 54 | Crónicas desde el país de la gente más feliz de la Tierra |
| 55 | Cultures, éducation et sociétés |
| 56 | Death and The Kings Horseman |
| 57 | Death and the King's Horseman |
| 58 | Death and the King's Horseman |
| 59 | Death and the King's Horseman |
| 60 | Death and the king's horseman |
| 61 | Death and the king's horseman |
| 62 | Democracy and the university idea |
| 63 | Development and culture |
| 64 | Die Ausleger. Roman |
| 65 | Die Last des Erinnerns |
| 66 | Discursos Premios Nobel |
| 67 | EXCERPTS FROM "DEATH AND THE KING'S HORESMAN : AUTHORITATIVE TEXT, BACKGROUNDS AND CONTEXTS, CRITICISM" |
| 68 | Early poems |
| 69 | Ezumeezu |
| 70 | Festac ´77 |
| 71 | Five plays |
| 72 | Five plays |
| 73 | Five plays ... |
| 74 | Forest of a Thousand Daemons |
| 75 | From Zia, with love |
| 76 | From Zia, with love ; and, A scourge of hyacinths |
| 77 | GODS WHO SEND US GIFTS |
| 78 | Harmattan haze on African spring |
| 79 | Ibadan, Streunerjahre. 1946-1965. Erinnerungen |
| 80 | Ibadan, les années pagaille |
| 81 | Idanre |
| 82 | Idanre & Other Poems |
| 83 | Idanre & other poems |
| 84 | Idanre & other poems |
| 85 | Idanre & other poems |
| 86 | Idanre, & other poems |
| 87 | Interpreters |
| 88 | Interpreters |
| 89 | Interventions |
| 90 | Isara |
| 91 | Isara, a voyage around Essay |
| 92 | Isara, a voyage around Essay |
| 93 | Isara. Eine Reise rund um den Vater |
| 94 | Ìsarà, a voyage around Essay |
| 95 | Jero plays |
| 96 | Jero's metamorphosis |
| 97 | King Baabu |
| 98 | Klima der Angst |
| 99 | Kongi's Harvest |
| 100 | Kongi's harvest |
| 101 | La estación del caos |
| 102 | La muerte y el jinete del rey |
| 103 | Laboratories for parallel computing |
| 104 | Lanzadera en una cripta |
| 105 | Le Maléfice des jacinthes |
| 106 | Les gens des marais |
| 107 | Les interprètes |
| 108 | Madmen and Specialists |
| 109 | Madmen and Specialists (Modern Plays) |
| 110 | Madmen and specialists |
| 111 | Man Died |
| 112 | Mandela's Earth |
| 113 | Mandela's earth and other poems |
| 114 | Marketing research in practice |
| 115 | Masaibu ya Ndugu Jero |
| 116 | Migrazioni |
| 117 | Modernity of Shakespeare |
| 118 | Myth Literature African World |
| 119 | Myth, literature, and the African world |
| 120 | New imperialisms |
| 121 | Nigeria |
| 122 | Notes on Soyinka's "Lion and the Jewel" |
| 123 | Notes on Soyinka's "Three Short Plays" |
| 124 | Of Africa |
| 125 | Of Africa |
| 126 | Of Africa |
| 127 | Ogun Abibiman |
| 128 | Ogun Abibimañ |
| 129 | Opera wonyosi |
| 130 | Opera wonyosi |
| 131 | Palaver |
| 132 | Partiras al amanecer |
| 133 | Plays |
| 134 | Poems from prison |
| 135 | Poems from prison |
| 136 | Poems from prison |
| 137 | Poems of Black Africa |
| 138 | Poems of Black Africa |
| 139 | Poems of Black Africa |
| 140 | Poems of black Africa |
| 141 | Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature |
| 142 | Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces |
| 143 | Reimagining Pan-Africanism |
| 144 | Requiem for a futurologist |
| 145 | Salutation to the gut |
| 146 | Season of Anomy |
| 147 | Season of anomy |
| 148 | Selected Poems |
| 149 | Soyinka as director |
| 150 | Strategie di sviluppo e aiuto internazionale |
| 151 | Sul Far Del Giorno |
| 152 | The "federal quest" |
| 153 | The Bacchae of Euripides |
| 154 | The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness (W.E.B. Du Bois Institute (Series).) |
| 155 | The Essential Soyinka |
| 156 | The Forest of a Thousand Daemons (Panafrica Library) |
| 157 | The Interpreters |
| 158 | The Interpreters |
| 159 | The Jero Plays (Modern Plays) |
| 160 | The Jero plays |
| 161 | The Jero plays |
| 162 | The Lion and the Jewel (Three Crowns Book) |
| 163 | The Road (Three Crowns) |
| 164 | The Seven Signposts of Existence |
| 165 | The burden of memory, the muse of forgiveness |
| 166 | The deceptive silence of stolen voices |
| 167 | The forest of a thousand daemons |
| 168 | The interpreters |
| 169 | The interpreters |
| 170 | The interpreters |
| 171 | The interpreters. With an introd. by Leslie Lacy |
| 172 | The invention ; &, the detainee |
| 173 | The lion and the jewel |
| 174 | The lion and the jewel |
| 175 | The road |
| 176 | The road |
| 177 | The road map of a nation |
| 178 | The strong breed |
| 179 | The strong breed |
| 180 | The trials of brother Jero |
| 181 | The unappeasable price of appeasement |
| 182 | The world as it is |
| 183 | Theatre Matters |
| 184 | Theatre Matters |
| 185 | Three plays |
| 186 | Three plays |
| 187 | Three plays |
| 188 | Three plays |
| 189 | Three short plays |
| 190 | Three short plays |
| 191 | Trumpism in Academe |
| 192 | Universal declaration of human rights |
| 193 | WS: A LIFE IN FULL; ED. BY BANKOLE OLAYEBI |
| 194 | You Must Set Forth at Dawn |
| 195 | konji harvest |
| 196 | Ìsarà |
| 197 | Ìsarà |
| 198 | Ìsarà, a voyage round "Essay" |
| 199 | विश्व कविता संचयन |
| 200 | 痴心与浊水 |
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