Ghostroots

Stories
Finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction
Finalist for the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Finalist for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction
Finalist for the 2025 Young Lions Fiction Award
Finalist for the 2025 World Fantasy Awards for Best Collection
Longlisted for The Story Prize
Longlisted for the 10th Annual Clark Fiction Prize
Includes the Story "Breastmilk," Shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing

One of Time's 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024 • One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 • One of Electric Literature's Best Debut Story Collections • A Library Journal Best Book of the Year • A Vulture Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 • A Daily Mail (UK) Best Book of the Year • One of Elle's Best Literary Fiction Books of 2024 • An ALA Notable Book

A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties

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