A Guide to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Books
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria and her work has been translated into more than 55 languages. She is the author of several novels including Half of a Yellow Sun, which was the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Best of the Best” award, and Americanah, a modern classics included on New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Discover her stories that have resonated with readers around the world, and dive into her latest novel, Dream Count.
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Add to BookshelfDream Count
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer in America, reflects on past lovers and regrets during the pandemic. Zikora, her best friend, faces betrayal and turns to Chiamaka for support. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s cousin, questions her identity while succeeding in finance in Nigeria. Kadiatou, their housekeeper, faces a life-altering hardship while raising her daughter in America. In Dream Count, Adichie explores love, self-honesty, and the choices we make, reflecting on mothers, daughters, and our interconnected lives. The novel pulses with emotional depth, confirming Adichie as a dynamic voice in contemporary literature.
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Mama’s Sleeping Scarf
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In the first children’s book from Adichie, Chino loves the scarf that her mama ties around her hair at night. But when Mama leaves for the day, what happens to her scarf? Chino takes it on endless adventures! Peeking through the colorful haze of the silky scarf, Chino and her toy bunny can look at her whole family as they go through their routines. With stunning illustrations from Joelle Avelino, Mama’s Sleeping Scarf is a celebration of family, and a touching story about the everyday objects that remind us of the ones we love.
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Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be Black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post–9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. This book is a national bestseller, one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, and one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years.
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
With effortless grace, this story illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a 13-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene.
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We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay — adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now — and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
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We Should All Be Feminists: A Guided Journal
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Based on the popular TEDx talk and the New York Times best-selling book, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s guided journal contains her most inspiring quotes, writing prompts, and an exclusive introductory essay. Adichie’s most inspirational words encourage you to find your own voice, to reflect on what feminism means to you, and to tell your own story.
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Notes on Grief
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Notes on Grief is a poignant meditation on loss, written after Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s father died in the summer of 2020. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Adichie reflects on her grief and the emotional toll of being separated from her family. Expanding on her New Yorker piece, she blends personal memories with her father’s life story — from his survival during the Biafran war to his role as a professor and his connection with family through video chats. Adichie’s writing is filled with precision, devastating detail, and moments of honest humor.
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The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A dazzling story collection, in these 12 riveting stories, the award-winning Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with Adichie’s signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them.
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie’s letter of response: 15 invaluable suggestions — direct, wryly funny, and perceptive — for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. Filled with compassionate guidance and advice, it gets right to the heart of sexual politics in the 21st century and starts a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.
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