Good fiction does not have to cost a fortune. These 10 eBooks by Nigerian authors are all on Sona Books for under ₦2,500, and two of them will cost you nothing at all.
The list moves through romance, literary fiction, campus stories, workplace tension, and one thriller with a strange, unsettling pull. Some are quick reads. Some are more emotional. Some are just easy to say yes to when you want your next book without spending too much.
Under ₦2,500
Espresso Shot of Charm
by G. M. Asmau
Habiba Muktar and Badr El-Idrissi are a brilliant architectural “power duo” with one shared…
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specialty: driving each other absolutely insane. Habiba builds walls with an architect's discipline. Badr lives to tear hers down, insisting her fiery presence is essential for the office ecosystem to function. Their carefully managed rivalry—one neither of them would ever dare call friendship—shatters when Habiba’s family attempts to force her into a disastrous marriage. One look at her fear was all it took for Badr to make a reckless, unforgettable choice. He marries her first. Suddenly, two rivals who never planned beyond their next argument are husband and wife. Thrown into a marriage built on panic, loyalty, and badly timed heroism, they must navigate the fallout of what they’ve done. As their lives intertwine, the distance they relied on begins to feel far less secure. And if rivalry was the only thing keeping them from crossing lines they were never meant to test, what happens when even that is gone?
Show lessInto You
by Tonia Obiajulum Okonji
Cheta has never really felt wanted, not by the aunt who raised her out of obligation, and…
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certainly not by the father she only just discovered exists. Eloran University is supposed to be a fresh start, a place where she can stay small and unnoticed while she learns how to live in a world that suddenly expanded without her permission. Then she meets Jaye. Jaye Wellington is everything she isn't: popular, carefree, impossible to ignore. But beneath the charm is a boy who is exhausted from pretending, from living up to a name that never truly felt like his. With Cheta, he doesn't have to be any version of himself except the real one. Little by little, he draws her out of her shell. And little by little, she becomes the quiet place he didn't know he needed. But as their friendship deepens into something neither of them meant to feel, the life Jaye was born into begins to tighten around him, family expectations, alliances, a future already mapped out for him. And choosing Cheta could mean risking all of it. In a world where she's learning to believe she's worth choosing, and he's learning what it means to choose for himself, their hearts begin to shift in ways they can't ignore. A soft, slow-burning college romance about finding belonging, discovering courage, and the unexpected tenderness of being truly seen.
Show lessIMRAN AND ZULAIHA: A Love Written in Gold
by Hauwau Abubakar
Inspired by the love story of a real couple, A Love Written in Gold , is a heartfelt Northern…
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Nigerian romance about childhood friendship, distance, longing, and finding your way back to the person written for you. After years apart, Imran returns to Kaduna and discovers that some feelings never truly disappear. What begins as quiet reconnection slowly unfolds into a tender love story filled with soft yearning, family traditions, secret smiles, emotional healing, and a wedding that captures everyone’s hearts. Rooted in Hausa culture and overflowing with warmth, romance, and intimacy, this is a story about love that survives time, distance, and fear, and two people who keep choosing each other again and again.
Show lessDeath and I
by Lola Ovayoza
Some names should never be spoken. Some souls should never return. When Moni visits her…
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grandfather’s eerie home in a forgotten town, she accidentally opens a door she can’t close—summoning Death himself. But this isn’t the hooded figure from bedtime tales. He’s charming, ageless, and terrifyingly familiar. Caught in a centuries-old curse and a twisted love that transcends lifetimes, Moni must choose: sacrifice someone she loves, or surrender herself to the very thing she fears most. In this dark, seductive novelette, Death and I ask—what if the scariest part of dying… is remembering why you keep coming back?
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Khadeem
by G. M. Asmau
Getting hired at the prestigious Khadeem Empire feels like the first real step toward the…
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professional future Aida Muhammed has always dreamed of. But after surviving a nerve-racking first day working under the firm's cold and intimidating CEO, Ehsan Khadeem, the last thing she expects is to come home and find her new boss sitting in her family’s living room, not to discuss her job performance, but to ask for her hand in marriage. Ehsan is a man known for silence, discipline, and absolute control. A billionaire architect who built an empire from the ground up, he buried himself in his work after a devastating loss pulled him away from his faith, his family, and himself. Aida was supposed to be just another talented employee. Instead, her fierce spirit makes her the one person he cannot stop thinking about. Thrown into a sudden arranged marriage, Aida and Ehsan must learn how to collaborate in the office while figuring out how to live together behind closed doors. Between high-stakes design projects, heavy family expectations, and their clashing personalities, the rigid line between contractual obligation and genuine love slowly begins to blur. Because sometimes, the most unexpected relationships provide the exact foundation needed to rebuild a life.
Show lessFull Circle
by Lara T. Kareem
She planned the perfect exit. She didn't plan on him. When Nike takes matters into her own…
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hands at a Lagos ballroom, she walks away from a relationship that was never truly hers. Free for the first time, all she wants is to disappear into the night with her best friend and a bottle of wine. But a chance encounter—and a ruined dress—brings someone into her orbit who refuses to stay a stranger. Now, as she pieces together the life she actually wants, Nike must decide if she's ready to let someone new see her at her messiest. Because sometimes, the end of one story is just the beginning of another.
Show lessFor the Mistletoe
by Vic-Favour Zira
A sizzling reunion between old childhood friends blossoms into more than either of them had…
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imagined in this holiday novella. Returning to Suncrest Valley after three years makes Delaney feel like a stranger visiting the town she grew up in. It's so different. Except for one thing-the blue-eyed hunk next door. Coming home was supposed to be a simple compromise to her family. Then Logan Thatcher happened. One kiss. That's all it takes. Delaney Whitmore is about to find out there's more than one way to reconnect with a childhood friend over the holidays.
Show lessStain love
by Halima Sadiya 🌹
A single night.A simple henna stain. And a love neither of them saw coming. Amna never believed…
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in love—not after everything she had seen and lived through. To her, love was fleeting, unreliable… something that never stayed. But one night, at a family wedding sleepover, surrounded by laughter, whispered secrets, and the soft glow of tradition, something shifts. A quiet glance. A moment unnoticed. A boy she barely remembers… yet somehow feels connected to. As the henna on her hands deepens in color, so does something else—something unfamiliar, something she isn’t ready to name. Because some stains fade with time… But some leave marks far deeper than the skin. And this one? It might just change everything.
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And then there are the easiest recommendations on the list: two books you can start without paying anything. Free doesn't mean filler here. These are contemporary stories with enough tension, feeling, and voice to earn their place beside the paid picks.
Between Love & Lunacy
by Aisha Oredola-Kayode
Some men have scary audacity Some women are scary and crazy What happens when these types tie…
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the knot? What happens when love brings out the dangerous side of those who claim to love each other because they use love as a fuel or an excuse for their inherent selfishness? There’s a thin line between love and lunacy. Adesuwa jumped over that line after Mide’s betrayal in their marriage. When they say hell hath no fury than a woman scorned, they did not exaggerate. You’re marrying the version of your lover that both of you have not met yet. And it comes with consequences. Adesuwa & Mide found love in an unexpected place. The corridor leading to the Central Research Laboratory that housed the ‘APIN’ Lab, where Adesuwa worked in the College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Their love started soft, was therapeutic, enviable. Adesuwa and Mide would give up anything for each other. They would do whatever it took to keep what they shared. Even when the challenges that followed marriage came, they were a team. However, we do not know what we are capable of when we are put to the test. Some words that cannot be taken back are spoken. Silence lingers in place of communication. Mistakes are made. Wrong decisions are taken. And Adesuwa chose vengeance. But they are stuck forever, as long as Adesuwa can keep the secret of her vengeance protected. Between Love and Lunacy is a short story that questions everything you ever thought love and obsession was about. Themes: Love, Family, Marriage, Faith, Deceit, Religion, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Vengeance, Betrayal.
Show lessCaught Between Floors
by A. Rae
When a late-night elevator malfunction traps Adanna between floors, she doesn’t expect the calm…
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voice on the other end of the line to change everything. Tola Adeyemi keeps the building running—but it’s Adanna who brings him undone. Between deadlines, desire, and the lines they shouldn’t cross, Adanna and Tola find themselves slipping into something deeper that lingers far beyond rescue. Set in Lagos, Caught Between Floors is a character-driven office romance about two overworked professionals finding love in the in-between spaces.
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Whether you want romance, a sharper emotional story, or something with a darker edge, this list is a good place to begin. Pick one, add a free title beside it, and your next read is sorted. Browse more eBooks on readsona.com/browse whenever you are ready to keep building your shelf.
