Author

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — 4 titles in the rankings, first published between 2006 and 2015. They average 8.3, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages.

Editor’s note A Nigerian writer whose every book here rates highly. We Should All Be Feminists, a short essay based on her TEDx talk, is the most read and the best rated. Of the novels, Half of a Yellow Sun, set during the Nigerian Civil War, rates highest; Americanah, about a young Nigerian woman discovering race in the United States, is the more widely read. The Thing Around Your Neck collects her stories.

Ranked titles
4 books
Average score
8.3
Total ratings
1.8K
First published
2006–2015

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Books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Book score4 books on a timeline, 2006–2015 · Highest rated: We Should All Be Feminists
  1. We Should All Be Feminists
    We Should All Be FeministsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2015 Essays805 ratings
    8.58.5 / 10
  2. Half of a Yellow Sun
    Half of a Yellow SunChimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2006 Historical fiction288 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  3. Americanah
    AmericanahChimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013 Romance580 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  4. The Thing Around Your Neck
    The Thing Around Your NeckChimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2010 Short stories92 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10

Other books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Titles we know of but do not rank — they have not gathered enough reader ratings, or our sources do not agree on where they belong.

  • 1998For Love of Biafra
  • 2003Purple Hibiscus
  • 2003The Arrangers of Marriage
  • 2017Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
  • 2021Notes on Grief
  • 2023Mama's Sleeping Scarf
  • 2025Dream Count

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