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His writing has been published in ''[[The Economist]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''Per Contra'', ''[[Hazlitt (magazine)|Hazlitt]]'', ''ZAM Magazine'', ''[[Evergreen Review]]'', and ''[[Chimurenga (magazine)|Chimurenga's The Chronic]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1843magazine.com/dispatches/how-to-walk-through-a-berlin-park-0|title=How to walk through a Berlin park|date=15 February 2018|website=1843|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref>
John's first novel, ''[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/28/born-on-tuesday-by-elnathan-john-review Born on a Tuesday]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/28/born-on-tuesday-by-elnathan-john-review|authorlink=Chika Unigwe|title=Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John review – a compelling debut set in northern Nigeria|last=Unigwe|first=Chika|website=|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 April 2016|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/books/review/born-on-a-tuesday-elnathan-john.html|title=Growing Up in Radicalized Nigeria: A New Novel Shows the Gritty Reality|last=Rocco|first=Fiammetta|website=|work=New York Times Book Review|date=1 July 2016|access-date=}}</ref> was published in 2016 by [[Cassava Republic Press]] in 2015 and in the US by [[Grove Atlantic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.groveatlantic.com/?title=Born+on+a+Tuesday|title=Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John|website=Grove Atlantic|access-date=11 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=Kellaway>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/03/elnathan-john-born-on-a-tuesday-interview-nigeria|title=Elnathan John: 'I want to show that things are never simple'|last=Kellaway|first=Kate|authorlink=Kate Kellaway|date=3 April 2016|website=|work=The Observer|access-date=}}</ref><ref>[http://www.premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/artsbooks/192825-elnathan-johns-debut-novel-out-november-12.html "Elnathan John's debut novel out November 12"], ''Premium Times'', 8 November 2015.</ref> ''Born on a Tuesday'' was shortlisted in September 2016 for the [[NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature]], Africa's largest literary award;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nlng.com/Media-Center/Lists/Press%20Releases/DispForm.aspx?ID=18&RootFolder=%2FMedia%2DCenter%2FLists%2FPress%20Releases&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enlng%2Ecom%2FMedia%2DCenter%2FPages%2FPress%2DRelease%2Easpx|title=Nigeria LNG Ltd|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> it won a [[Betty Trask Award]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
His second book, ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/becoming-nigerian-a-guide/oclc/1099253281 Be(com)ing Nigerian], A Guide'', a collection of satirical pieces, was published by Cassava Republic Press in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cassavarepublicpress.biz/product/becoming-nigerian-a-guide/?v=f003c44deab6|title=Be(com)ing Nigerian}}</ref> His third book, a graphic novel, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/21/on-ajayi-crwther-street-elnathan-john-review ''On Ajayi Crowther Street'',] is forthcoming from Cassava Republic Press in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cassavarepublicpress.biz/product/on-ajayi-crowther-street/?v=f003c44deab6|title=On Ajayi Crowther Street}}</ref>
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