Even though I’ve contributed to several books over the years, welcome to my selection of books which I’ve authored so far. I would absolutely love you all to pick up a copy in support. Thanks so much and keep your lights shining brightly.
Bitter Honey – May 2025
Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets.
1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Sweden’s winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she thinks she may have finally found her place. But there’s more to Lars than his charming persona, and Nancy is about to go on a dangerous journey she never anticipated…
2006: Tina has had her taste of fame as the nation’s sweetheart pop princess. But beneath her glittery façade, Tina is desperate to discover who she really is. Her mother, Nancy, seems desperate to keep the past under wraps, but will an unexpected figure help open the door?
Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a story of mothers, daughters, and the importance of carving your own path.
Everything Is Not Enough
2024 NAACP Award Nominee for Outstanding Literature
From international bestselling author Lola Akinmade Åkerström, the highly anticipated follow-up to her debut novel, In Every Mirror She’s Black, focusing on the lives of three Black women as they fight their own personal struggles in one of the most egalitarian societies, Sweden.
Can a career woman truly have it all?
Can having it all be a gilded cage?
Can you run from your past to have it all?
Everything Is Not Enough follows the loosely intertwined and messy lives of Kemi, Brittany, and Yasmiin as they interrogate themes of place, prejudice, and patriarchy in Europe, proving—yet again—that Lola Akinmade Åkerström is the next great voice of nuanced contemporary women’s fiction.
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In Every Mirror She’s Black (IEMSB)
An AMAZON Best of the Month Pick
Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club Buzz Pick
Finalist – 2022 AAMBC Literary Award for both eBook & audiobook
Shortlist – 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award
Shortlist – 2021 Bad Form Book of the Year
An arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world. Told through the perspectives of each of the three women, In Every Mirror She’s Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that touches on important social issues of racism, classism, fetishization, and tokenism, and what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society.
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Foreign rights (German). Film/TV rights (WME).
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LAGOM: SWEDISH SECRET OF LIVING WELL
International bestselling book currently available in 18 foreign language editions!
As the Swedish proverb goes, ‘Lagom är bäst‘ (The right amount is best).
Lagom sums up the Swedish psyche and is a way of living that promotes harmony. It celebrates fairness, moderation and being satisfied with what you’ve got. It’s not about having too little or too much but about fully inviting contentment into our lives.
Full of insights and beautiful photographs, this authentic guide will help you make small, simple changes to your every day life – whether that’s your diet, lifestyle, money, work or your home – so you can have a happier, more balanced way of living.
DUE NORTH
2018 Gold Winner for Best Travel Book – SATW Lowell Thomas Awards.
In the 1990s, I had an encounter with a book. A map. In a geography class in Nigeria. My eyes followed lines. Latitudes. Longitudes. The Greenwich Meridian. The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. My eyes went north. They rested on a point at the very top of the world. “I will reach the North Pole,” I said to my teenage self… And it remains my elusive goal.
Due North is a collection of travel observations, reflections, and snapshots spanning two decades across colors, cultures, and continents.
Read more here – Introducing my travel book…. DUE NORTH
WELLBEING IN COSTA BRAVA
A digital wellbeing book created in collaboration with Costa Brava Tourism.
I have explored thermal waters and rejuvenating spas to reconnecting with nature through mindful therapy and relaxing coastal hikes around this stunning, rugged part of Catalonia, Spain.
The focus of the book is on some of the best wellbeing experiences – from rustic retreats and spas to local gastronomy, yoga, and connecting with nature.
So, if you’re looking to disconnect, recharge, and then reconnect, this is the book you need right now. Through this book, I take you on a rejuvenating journey through wellbeing in Costa Brava in 105 pages of vivid imagery.