{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063316374?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"0063316374","authors":["Damilare Kuku"],"book_id":"9780063316379","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/nearly-all-the-men-in-lagos-are-mad-9780063316379","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780063316379.jpg?v=8486cdffcc84692f","description":"The anti-rom-com debut collection that took Nigeria by storm, featuring twelve “ bewitching and revelatory ” ( The New York Times ) and “ ridiculously entertaining ” ( Booklist starred review) stories about the perils and pitfalls of dating men in Lagos, from a rising star of Nollywood “Sharply observational, funny and profound, this book is dynamic sociological satire that is as universal as it is specific.” —Bolu Babalola, author of Reese's Book Club pick and national bestseller Honey and Spice One night, you will calmly put a knife to your husband's private part and promise to cut it off. It will scare him so much that the next day, he will call his family members for a meeting in the house. He will not call your family members, but you will not care. You won’t need them. In this remarkable short story collection, Damilare Kuku takes us deep into the heart of modern Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, and the lives of a collection of audacious women who cope with romantic difficulties by brilliantly turning the tables on the men who wrong them. One hardworking married woman calmly threatens sharp-edged revenge on her lazy, hypocritical husband. Another skillfully protects her own business interests by shielding her pastor-husband from allegations of cheating that may or may not be true. A group of wealthy wives deceived by their husbands join forces in a WhatsApp support group called the Virtuous Wives Guild. And a discerning dater fed up with Nigerian men makes a vow to date only oyibos before discovering that white men can act just as badly. A bestseller in Damilare Kuku’s native Nigeria, Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad is a raunchy, satisfying, and outrageous read steeped in the chaos and allure of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city. It’s also a love letter to Nigerian women: the women in these stories may be confronted at every turn with liars, scammers, and cheaters in their quests for love, but they always figure out how to come out victorious.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780063316379","publication_date":"20250318","publisher":"HarperCollins","slug":"nearly-all-the-men-in-lagos-are-mad","subtitle":"Stories","title":"Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"FIC083020","confidence_band":"high","label":"World Literature / Africa / Nigeria","score":1,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC027490","confidence_band":"high","label":"Romance / International","score":0.8905,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC083040","confidence_band":"high","label":"West African Fiction","score":0.7919,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"FIC083020","confidence_band":"high","label":"World Literature / Africa / Nigeria","score":1,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC027490","confidence_band":"high","label":"Romance / International","score":0.8905,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC083040","confidence_band":"high","label":"West African Fiction","score":0.7919,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"FIC016000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Funny Fiction","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC027080","confidence_band":"high","label":"Romance Collections","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC027230","confidence_band":"high","label":"Multicultural & Interracial Romance","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC027490","confidence_band":"high","label":"Romance / International","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC029000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Short Stories (Single Author)","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC044000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Women's Fiction","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC069000","confidence_band":"high","label":"FICTION / City Life","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC082000","confidence_band":"high","label":"FICTION / Own Voices","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"World Literature","score":1,"slug":"world-literature"},{"label":"Romance","score":0.8905,"slug":"romance"},{"label":"West African Fiction","score":0.7919,"slug":"west-african-fiction"}],"reader_fit":["For readers interested in satirical stories about dating in Lagos.","For readers drawn to audacious women navigating romantic betrayal."],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Jane Igharo"],"book_id":"9780593101940","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593101940.jpg?v=a3f25f33b4cd088c","score":0.6458,"title":"Ties That Tether","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593101940"},{"authors":["Earl Sewell","William Fredrick Cooper","Michael Pressley","Rique Johnson"],"book_id":"9781416561828","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781416561828.jpg?v=267286871b9fe272","score":0.641,"title":"Sistergirls.com","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781416561828"},{"authors":["Jane Igharo"],"book_id":"9780593440230","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593440230.jpg?v=ef0604b14319137b","score":0.6394,"title":"Where We End & Begin","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593440230"},{"authors":["Dipo Faloyin"],"book_id":"9781324065890","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781324065890.jpg?v=dfcd32c31c06c957","score":0.6311,"title":"Africa Is Not a Country","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781324065890"},{"authors":["Zane"],"book_id":"9780743462709","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780743462709.jpg?v=ba3a81aa080a96d5","score":0.6298,"title":"The Sex Chronicles","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780743462709"},{"authors":["Taj McCoy","Farah Heron","Lane Clarke","Charish Reid"],"book_id":"9781335452559","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781335452559.jpg?v=dbf680d490088374","score":0.6193,"title":"Even If the Sky Is Falling","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781335452559"},{"authors":["Eric Jerome Dickey"],"book_id":"9781524745219","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781524745219.jpg?v=85573c4e2c45cf30","score":0.6172,"title":"The Business of Lovers","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781524745219"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books about love"],"label":"About","score":0.1333,"slug":"about"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books about love"],"label":"Love","score":0.0749,"slug":"love"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:funny books"],"label":"Funny","score":0.0718,"slug":"funny"},{"evidence_refs":["phrase_map_match"],"label":"Short Stories","score":0.0216,"slug":"short-story"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Dating and romantic difficulties, Women's agency, Deception in relationships.","Story elements: Wives band together against betrayal, Romantic comeuppance.","Themes: Love, Funny, Short Stories."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.94,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["For readers interested in satirical stories about dating in Lagos.","For readers drawn to audacious women navigating romantic betrayal."],"themes":["Dating and romantic difficulties","Women's agency","Deception in relationships"],"tropes":["Wives band together against betrayal","Romantic comeuppance"]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":1059,"goodreads_ratings_count":8730,"goodreads_reviews_count":1452,"quality_score":0.9782}}