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The RH x OCM Bestseller List

November 25, 2024

A Navy Pilot Pivoted to Writing, Spurred by Surrealists

While flying military helicopters, Umar Abubakar Sidi wrote the two top-selling poetry books in Nigeria. Now he has a novel. One day, he will write about military life: “It is a reality I cannot escape.”
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera
Umar Abubakar Sidi's two collections were the Nos. 1 and 2 bestselling poetry books in Nigeria.

April 23, 2024

The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2023: Presented with Open Country Mag

The 100 bestselling books of 2023 in Nigeria: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, self-published, and children’s books.
Open Country Mag
The top three books on the RH x OCM Bestseller List: Hadiza Bala Usman's Stepping on Toes, Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, and Ayobami Adebayo's A Spell of Good Things.

May 14, 2023

How Damilare Kuku Topped Nigeria’s First Ever Bestseller List

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, the actress’ debut collection of stories, sold over 2,200 copies, assuring it the No. 1 spot on The Rovingheights Bestseller List: Presented with Open Country Mag. So why do these stories of failing romance connect so widely?
Paula Willie-Okafor
Damilare Kuku at a reading hosted by Rovingheights.

February 19, 2023

The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2022: Presented with Open Country Mag

Announcing the first formal bestseller list in Nigerian literature, covering fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s books, and self-published titles, with an overall Top 100.
Open Country Mag
The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2022: Presented with Open Country Mag

November 25, 2024

Umar Abubakar Sidi's two collections were the Nos. 1 and 2 bestselling poetry books in Nigeria.

A Navy Pilot Pivoted to Writing, Spurred by Surrealists

While flying military helicopters, Umar Abubakar Sidi wrote the two top-selling poetry books in Nigeria. Now he has a novel. One day, he will write about military life: “It is a reality I cannot escape.”
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

April 23, 2024

The top three books on the RH x OCM Bestseller List: Hadiza Bala Usman's Stepping on Toes, Damilare Kuku's Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, and Ayobami Adebayo's A Spell of Good Things.

The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2023: Presented with Open Country Mag

The 100 bestselling books of 2023 in Nigeria: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, self-published, and children’s books.
Open Country Mag

May 14, 2023

Damilare Kuku at a reading hosted by Rovingheights.

How Damilare Kuku Topped Nigeria’s First Ever Bestseller List

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, the actress’ debut collection of stories, sold over 2,200 copies, assuring it the No. 1 spot on The Rovingheights Bestseller List: Presented with Open Country Mag. So why do these stories of failing romance connect so widely?
Paula Willie-Okafor

February 19, 2023

The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2022: Presented with Open Country Mag

The Rovingheights Bestseller List 2022: Presented with Open Country Mag

Announcing the first formal bestseller list in Nigerian literature, covering fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s books, and self-published titles, with an overall Top 100.
Open Country Mag

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