Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Books In 2023

The list of chimamanda ngozi adichie books in 2022 updated. This contains the list of books published b y chimamanda adichie and details of her career

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been for a decade one of the greatest African writers whose works have gained prominence both locally and internationally. On several occasions, she has received awards and honorary awards and recognitions from institutions. She has also featured in several literary collections.

Most of her published books have delved into the happenings and circumstances surrounding the lives of the people, cultures and beliefs in the African diaspora. She has also been through some dramas in her writing career

List of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Books

Below is the list of literary works published by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

1. For The Love of Biafra
2. Purple Hibiscus
3. We Should All Be Feminists
4. Americanah
5. Half of a Yellow Sun
6. Dear Ijeawele; Or, a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
7. The Thing Around Your Neck
8. Zikora
9. Notes On Grief
10. The Danger of a Single Story
11. Letters Home

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Career (Writing)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie started and her works drew little attention after writing several poetry and a published drama titled 'For Love Of Biafra' in 1988. Shortly thereafter, she began writing and publishing short stories that drew praise. After that, she had several short stories which were published in several literary journals and won various competition prizes.

In 2003, her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, was published and was written while she was enrolled in college. The novel is set in the political turmoil of 1990s Nigeria, the narrative told from the perspective of a Nigeria 15-year-old Kambili Achike who was sent far away from home during a military coup. It won the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, First Best Book), and was shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction.

Her second novel is Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), set before and during the Biafra War when if Biafra was trying to gain independence from the larger nation, Nigeria. It tells the story of three characters living amidst the Biafran War in Africa. The novel won the 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.

In 2009, Adichie released a series of short stories under the title 'The Thing Around Your Neck'. This collection of twelve stories began the author's examination of life not only in Nigeria, but also in the United States and the romantic relationship between the two states was duly explored.

Chimananda's third novel titled 'Americanah', was written during a fellowship awarded by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in 2011-2013 and was published to great acclaim in 2013. However, in 2019, it was officially announced that the novel will be adapted into a TV series for HBO Max.

Also in 2014, a long essay adapted from 2012 TEDx Talk titled 'We Should All Be Feminists' was published followed by Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions in 2017, which eventually won the 2017 Grand Prix de l’Héroïne Madame Figaro (nonfiction).

In the following years, she released short story titled “ZIKORA”  and “NOTES ON GRIEFS”