NECO Literature Recommended Textbooks 2025/2026 [Guide for SSCE Candidates 2021-2025]
Ok” like I said in my previous post How to Pass Literature in NECO 2025. Reading recommended textbooks as one of the key hacks to pass NECO literature in English this year.
Now I’m going to assist you with the list of NECO Literature Recommended Textbooks, to make it more easier for you to adhere to my instructions.
The National Examination Council (NECO) have outlined a list of literature textsbooks to assist Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) candidates in their preparation for the upcoming examinations. And the Diverse book selection includes African and non-African prose, Shakespearean works, drama, and poetry.
NECO Literature Recommended Textbooks 2021-2025
Below are Compilations of literature exam Texbooks recommended by NECO for candidates nationwide. since Neco & WAEC make use of the same syllabus the Texbooks are always recommended by both Exam body we are going to proceed as follows.
| Category | Title Of The Books | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| African Prose | “Second Class Citizen” | Buchi Emecheta |
| “Unexpected Joy at Dawn” (2018 Edition) | Alex Agyei-Agyiri | |
| Non-African Prose | “Invisible Man” | Ralph Ellison |
| “Wuthering Heights” | Emily Bronte | |
| “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” | William Shakespeare | |
| African Drama | “Let me Die Alone” | John K. Kargbo |
| “The Lion and the Jewel” | Wole Soyinka | |
| Non-African Drama | “Look Back in Anger” | John Osborne |
| “Fences” | August Wilson | |
| African Poetry | “Black Woman” | Leopold Sedar Senghor |
| “The Leader and the Led” | Niyi Osundare | |
| “The Grieved Lands of Africa” | Agostinho Neto | |
| “The Song of the Women of my Land” | Oumar Farouk Sesay | |
| “Raider of the Treasure Trove” | Lade Wosornu | |
| “A Government Driver on his Retirement” | Onu Chibuike | |
| Non-African Poetry | “The Good Morrow” | John Donne |
| “Caged Bird” | Maya Angelou | |
| “The Journey of the Magi” | T.S. Eliot | |
| “Do not Go Gentle into the Good Night” | Dylan Thomas | |
| “Binsey Poplars (Felled 1879)” | G.M. Hopkins | |
| “Bat” | David H. Lawrence |
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Summary
NECO, Released the selected literature texts for Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) for the 2021-2025 session. Students are also informed that the above listed texts are recommended for them for the academic years specified above.
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