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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Recommended Books
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has recommended 19 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction.
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The Female Persuasion
A Novel
by Meg Wolitzer
"A page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Cuz
The Life and Times of Michael A.
by Danielle S. Allen
"Unbearably moving." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Speak No Evil
A Novel
by Uzodinma Iweala
"It is elegant and elegiac, and evokes Washington DC with subtle power." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Enid Blyton Famous Five Series
21 Books Box Collection Pack Set
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." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Arrow of God
by Chinua Achebe
"Complex and funny and interesting." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Things Fall Apart
African Trilogy, Book 1
by Chinua Achebe
"[The author's] classic." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
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Barack Obama recommended this bookBarack Obama
Barack Obama's favorite books of 2018 list.
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Jacqueline Novogratz recommended this bookJacqueline Novogratz
"The first book I read by an African author. Achebe is unflinching in his portrayal of the challenges of change, the relationships of colonialism, and power/powerlessness." - Jacqueline Novogratz
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Sarah Jessica Parker recommended this bookSarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker shared this book on Instagram.
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The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
"A stunning book." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
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2 people
Jeff Bezos recommended this bookJeff Bezos
"My favorite novel. Teaches pain of regret so well you will think you lived it." - Jeff Bezos
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Emma Watson recommended this bookEmma Watson
"Emma Watson cites [this book] as one of her favourite books for its expression of the consequences of discretion." - Harper Bazaar
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Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
"I also loved [this book]." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
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2 people
Christopher Hitchens recommended this bookChristopher Hitchens
"[The author] was perhaps not such a fool when he wrote in [this book] that all conceptions are immaculate." - Christopher Hitchens
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Winston Churchill recommended this bookWinston Churchill
One of Winston Churchill's favorite books.
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Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
"The classic I am supposed to have read but have had difficulty getting past the first page." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
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5 people
Steve Jobs recommended this bookSteve Jobs
Walter Isaacson said this was one of Steve Jobs' favorite books growing up.
Steve Jobs's recommendation of this book - Barack Obama recommended this book
Barack Obama
On the "favorite books" section of Barack Obama's Facebook profile.
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PewDiePie recommended this bookPewDiePie
"I'm probably not really ready for it yet, but I'm really glad I read it." - PewDiePie
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Penn Jillette recommended this bookPenn Jillette
"My favorite book." - Penn Jillette
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Jack Edwards recommended this bookJack Edwards
"Classic." - Jack Edwards
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Naked Lunch
The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs
"A book I consider grossly overrated." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Also recommended by
1 person
Anthony Bourdain recommended this bookAnthony Bourdain
"Filthy, dangerous, depraved groundbreaking. And funny as Hell." - Anthony Bourdain
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Anil's Ghost
by Michael Ondaatje
"Made me cry." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Fine Boys
A Novel
by Eghosa Imasuen
"Made me laugh. It’s a brilliant novel about contemporary Nigeria." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"I think it’s glorious." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
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8 people
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recommended this bookAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recommended this book on Twitter.
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Neil Strauss recommended this bookNeil Strauss
"A good book to appreciate." - Neil Strauss
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Richard Branson recommended this bookRichard Branson
Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
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Oprah Winfrey recommended this bookOprah Winfrey
"As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!" - Oprah Winfrey
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Cal Fussman recommended this bookCal Fussman
"If you’ve never written a book and you’re going to tell somebody you want to write a great book, [...] read this and know what a great book is." - Cal Fussman
Cal Fussman's recommendation of this book - Christopher Hitchens recommended this book
Christopher Hitchens
"Epic." - Christopher Hitchens
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- Fred Wilson
"Another amazing book that made me see things differently." - Fred Wilson
- Shashi Tharoor
"Extraordinary, magical reinvention of the Latin-American experience." - Shashi Tharoor
- Fred Wilson
Playing in the Light
A Novel
by Zoë Wicomb
"A very sharply observed, brilliant, beautiful novel about life in postapartheid South Africa." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
The Unwinding
An Inner History of the New America
by George Packer
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recommended this book in an EW interview. (Source)
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." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals
by Ahmadou Kourouma
"This is a humourous, irreverent and unabashedly political novel." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
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." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
The Color Purple
Color Purple, Book 1
by Alice Walker
"I admired the fierce honesty in the single-mindedly feminist world-view of this book." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Source)
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3 people
Hillary Clinton recommended this bookHillary Clinton
"A brutally honest assessment of human nature at its best and worst." - Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton's recommendation of this book - Emma Watson recommended this book
Emma Watson
"I've heard amazing things about this book from a person that I trust." - Emma Watson
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Shonda Rhimes recommended this bookShonda Rhimes
"Brilliant." - Shonda Rhimes
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