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Find the book you didn't know you wanted.

Begin with a question, a subject or a mood. Everything here comes from our own shelves and our booksellers' tags — nothing is invented and nothing is sponsored.

Start with a curiosity

The shelves

Wander the shelves

Every book in the shop, spine out. Pull one to look closer; rearrange the shop to see it differently.

The unexpected find

Three parcels on the counter

A blind date with a book — choose by the clues alone.

  • Parcel 1

    Clues

    • Lagos
    • Nigeria
    • African fiction
    • First published in the 1970s
  • Parcel 2

    Clues

    • Lagos
    • Nigeria
    • African fiction
    • First published in the 1960s
  • Parcel 3

    Clues

    • Nigeria
    • African fiction
    • Coming of age
    • First published in the 2010s

Clues come from the book's subjects and history. New parcels are wrapped every morning.

Follow a thread

Every thread in the shop