One fantastic remedy to tackling boredom is reading. Although, the sights of books sometimes scare us, but reading (the right kind of book) is obviously one of the best choices. After all, reading gives you so many valuable experiences, and it feels so good to get lost in a good book.

Books have the power to make you a time traveller taking you into the past to learn things you never witnessed, and can also take you places around the world (and you don't even need a visa to do this).

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1. Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin

The book looks into the life of a polygamous family, Baba Segi and wives. All 3 wives of Baba Segi were doing just fine and finding a way to survive together till the 4th wife comes along being the only literate one.  Each wife gets her turn to narrate and tell her story. The book touches on polygamy, rape, African tradition and issues very prevalent today.

2. Romeo and/or Juliet' by Ryan North

Because this book is a choose-your-own-adventure, you can read it in minutes or you can make it last forever. North has taken the classic Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet and turned it into a wacky interactive comedy that's a delight to read

3. Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka tells the story of his childhood in this book and we get to see a transitional period in Nigeria through the eyes of little Wole. From traditional Yoruba worship to Christianity, British rule to Nigeria’s independence.

4. Saga by Brian K. Vaughn

Graphic novels are great especially if the sight of alphabets and letters scare the life out you. Saga talks about two soldiers on opposite sides of an epic, intergalactic war with a baby. With two armies, bounty hunters, and more after them, they traverse a universe filled with imaginative creatures and unforgettable characters.

5. Blackass A. Igoni Barrett

On the morning of a long-awaited job interview, Furo Wariboko, a black Nigerian, wakes to find that he’s white. Rushing out of the house to avoid being seen, Furo ends up trekking across Lagos’s traffic-choked sprawl, sans phone, money, or an explanation for why he looks white and sounds Nigerian. But as he soon discovers, being an oyibo, or light-skinned person, comes with significant perks.