Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Reading List
The 5 books that shaped Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — novelist & essayist.
Nigerian-American writer whose fiction and talks on feminism and identity have reached millions worldwide.
Influential Books
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe(1958)
Achebe showed Adichie that African stories belonged in literature — she calls him the writer who made her possible.
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie(2013)
Adichie's sweeping novel of love, race, and immigration — a story that spans Lagos, London, and America.
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie(2003)
Adichie's debut — a quiet, powerful story of a Nigerian girl finding her voice against patriarchal control.
Beloved
Toni Morrison(1987)
Adichie has spoken about Morrison's influence on her understanding of how fiction can carry historical weight.
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie(2014)
Adichie's TED talk turned essay — a concise, powerful argument for gender equality.