See all the beautiful books Yewande Omotoso is currently reading

You remember Bom Boy? One of the books shortlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2013 and winner of the prestigious South African Literary Award (SALA)?

Well, the Nigerian-South African author Yewande Omotoso in an interview with Short Story Day Africa revealed all the books on her bedside table.

And they are all awesome.

Are you stumped on what to read next? Then these books are worth checking out.

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin

Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta

Unimportance by Thando Mgqolozana

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

A Bit Of Difference by Sefi Atta

Sweet Medicine by Panashe Chigumadzi

Read her full interview on Short Story Day Africa.

Yewande Omotoso was born in Barbados. She grew up in Nigeria and moved to South Africa in 1992.

Her debut novel Bom Boy won the 2012 South African Literary Award for First-Time Published Author, was shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize in South Africa, and it was the runner-up for the 2013 Etisalat Prize for Literature.

The Woman Next Door is her second book.

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