If the way The Famished Road sang—Azaro drifting from the spirit market back to his mother’s smoky kitchen, Madame Koto’s bar swelling like a living thing—was what won you over, you’ll love the lush, spellbinding sentences of One Hundred Years of Solitude. The saga of the Buendía family in Macondo wraps everyday moments in a radiant haze, much like the way Okri makes a roadside election rally or Dad’s dreamlike boxing matches feel cosmic.

If you were captivated by Azaro’s spirit-visions rubbing shoulders with thugs, landlords, and campaign posters in the bustling slum, Midnight’s Children delivers that same blend. Saleem Sinai’s telepathic ties to other children of India’s independence echo Azaro’s tug-of-war between spirit companions and the chaos of street processions, riots, and elections—mixing wonder with the messy birth of a nation.

If Azaro’s wanderings among masquerades and trickster spirits thrilled you—the nights when he’s lured down the road by otherworldly companions—then Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard is a kindred trip. Its narrator roams through Yoruba-inflected realms battling shape-shifters and bush creatures, mirroring the wild, folkloric logic behind Azaro’s encounters beyond the compound and marketplace.

If Madame Koto’s bar becoming a grotesque emblem of power—and the election violence that dogs Azaro’s family—drew you in, Wizard of the Crow amplifies that allegorical bite. In the Free Republic of Aburĩria, miracles and farce expose the rot of dictatorship, much like Okri’s spirit-haunted rallies and hungry road turn Nigeria’s turmoil into living symbols.

If you responded to the way Azaro’s visions pose big questions—what it means to choose life, to resist fate, to carry hope amid poverty—Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita will speak to you. The Devil’s visit to Moscow, a love story under persecution, and surreal set pieces probe freedom, art, and morality with the same heady mix of wonder and philosophic bite that hums beneath Azaro’s crossings between worlds.