Ore Agbaje-Williams Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Ore Agbaje-Williams is a published British-Nigerian author and editor.

Ore is from north London. In addition to being a writer of books, she has written for publications such as Wasafiri magazine, Glamour UK, and gal—dem.

Her fiction works have been featured in Reflex Fiction. The Three of Us is her first novel and was published in 2023 by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom, Putnam in the United States, and Penguin Random House Canada in Canada.

She recommends that readers try the book The Situationship by Taylor Dior-Rumble, saying that the novel is essential summer reading.

The Three of Us is the debut novel from Ore Agbaje-Williams. It’s been named the best book of the year by publications such as Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Time. It has also been named a Belletrist Book Club Pick.

Reviewers also liked the book, with critics such as Ron Charles from The Washington Post calling it ‘short and sharp’ as a pairing knife and possessing ‘sly wit’. Readers have also found the book to be what Charles says is ‘deliciously wicked’!

The Three of Us is the first novel to come out from Ore Agbaje-Williams. If you have been looking for a new book to read that is unlike any others, then give this one a try! It’s also a great pick if you love having that summer reading.

When a wife and a husband as well as the wife’s best friend find that the tensions between them that have been building are about to break, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen. This is a domestic comedy all about manners that is told out over the course of a single day.

What would you do if the two people in your life most important to you actually wanted nothing to do with each other? Instead of loving each other, they had a passionate hate towards the other?

From the outside, the wife appears to have everything that you could ever want. She has a large house that sits in a beautiful neighborhood, as well as a friend who is ride or die. She can talk with her friend about anything, and she also has a husband who really cares for her deeply.

The only thing that isn’t present in this fancy picture is a baby. They both know that becoming a mother is a big thing to take on, and it’s especially challenging for a woman who has always valued and prized being herself over all other things.

The wife is spending a day like any other when the best friend arrives to spend some time hanging out in the afternoon. Then the husband returns home and there ends up being some confessions thrown out that could end up putting everything off balance for good.

Suddenly, the two closest people in the wife’s life have to figure out how they’re going to fit into it and maybe even compete. This story is told in three different parts that feature the husband, wife, and friend, and the day shows how the everyone’s integrity is thrown under the microscope.

This is a dance over territory that has been unfolding for years, and it may not end pretty. What ends up being a manicured life ends up devolving into chaos. Funny, interesting, and an entertaining read, The Three of Us is the story of three people who have ended up in a specific position in regards to the ways they relate each other. Can they figure out what’s going on and calm the chaos, or will the open unveiling of the confessions of truth change everything? Read this fascinating novel from Ore Agbaje-Williams to find out!