Novels
* Everything Good Will Come (2005)
* The Engagement (2011)
* A Bit of Difference (2013)
* Swallow (2021)
Short stories
* "The Night Bus to Accra" (2004)
* "Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives" (2004)
* "Morning After the Carnival" (2006)
* "The News from Home" (2006)
* "Waiting for An Episode to End" (2013)
* "On the Road Again" (2015)
* "The Passenger" (2017)
* "The Missing Clock" (2020)
Other works
* "The Art of Naming" (2014), an essay on the importance of names in Nigerian literature
* "The Book of Lagos" (2016), a collaboration with photographer Juergen Schadeberg that explores the history and culture of Lagos, Nigeria
* "The Lagos Book Club" (2018), a collection of essays and stories by Nigerian writers