Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Book Recommendations

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories, and nonfiction. She is known for her novels 'Purple Hibiscus', 'Half of a Yellow Sun', and 'Americanah', and for her TED talks, particularly 'We Should All Be Feminists'. Her diverse reading interests range from classics like 'Moby Dick' and 'Doctor Zhivago' to contemporary works.

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The Female Persuasion

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer

"A page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas."

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Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil

by Uzodinma Iweala

"It is elegant and elegiac, and evokes Washington DC with subtle power."

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Enid Blyton Famous Five Series

Enid Blyton Famous Five Series

by Enid Blyton

"I was entranced by the children who had these wonderful adventures and who were always magically at the right place at the right time."

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Moby Dick

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

"The classic I am supposed to have read but have had difficulty getting past the first page."

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Fine Boys

Fine Boys

by Eghosa Imasuen

"Made me laugh. It’s a brilliant novel about contemporary Nigeria."

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Playing in the Light

Playing in the Light

by ZoΓ« Wicomb

"A very sharply observed, brilliant, beautiful novel about life in postapartheid South Africa."

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The Unwinding

The Unwinding

by George Packer

"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recommended this book in an EW interview."

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Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery

Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery

by John Gregory Brown

"It is so atmospheric, so hauntingly described, that the reader never quite emerges from the book."

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Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals

Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals

by Ahmadou Kourouma

"This is a humourous, irreverent and unabashedly political novel."

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Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Turgenev

"I loved this book as a teenager and have never forgotten how completely absorbed I was by [the author's] wonderfully evocative world."

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The Color Purple

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

"I admired the fierce honesty in the single-mindedly feminist world-view of this book."

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