Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Books in Order
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written 16 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Purple Hibiscus (2003) and the newest is Annie Leibovitz: Women: 2025 Edition (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Confirmed
- 10 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,999 in 7 of 16 books
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer of fiction, nonfiction and lectures, recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature. Born into an Igbo family in Enugu, Adichie studied medicine at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, for a year and a half, then moved to the United States at 19 to attend Drexel University, later studying at Eastern Connecticut State, Johns Hopkins and Yale. Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), Americanah (2013) and We Should All Be Feminists (2014) are listed works.
How many Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books are there?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has 16 books, released between 2003 and 2025.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Purple Hibiscus2003 · confirmed 2/42003–2/4
- 2Half of a Yellow Sun2006 · 435 pages · confirmed 3/420064353/4
- 3The Thing Around Your Neck2008 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/420082403/4
- 4Imitation2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 5The Shivering2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 6Americanah2013 · 588 pages · confirmed 2/420135882/4
- 7We Should All Be Feminists2014 · 52 pages · confirmed 3/42014523/4
- 8The Arrangements2016 · confirmed 3/42016–3/4
- 9Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions2017 · 63 pages · confirmed 3/42017633/4
- 10We Should All Be Feminists: The Desk Diary 20212020 · 128 pages · confirmed 3/420201283/4
- 11Zikora2020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 122021–3/4
- 13Notes on Grief2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 14Mama's Sleeping Scarf2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 15Dream Count2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 1620254932/4
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Black Stars in order
1 book- 1. The Visit
Annie Leibovitz Photography in order
1 bookStandalone books
14 books14 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Start with Purple Hibiscus (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book?
Annie Leibovitz: Women: 2025 Edition (2025) is the newest Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book released so far.
Is there a new Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book coming?
No next Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won
Wikidata records 7 awards and 1 nomination for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- PEN Pinter Prize2018Won
- Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize2013Won
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction2013Wonfor Americanah
- International Nonino Prize2009Won
- Women's Prize for Fiction2007Wonfor Half of a Yellow Sun
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2007Wonfor Half of a Yellow Sun
- O. Henry Award2003Won
- Booker Prize2004Shortlistedfor Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at a glance
- Still publishing
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,999 pages across the 7 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books, 7 of 16, were published in the 2020s.
What the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books are about
6 of the 16 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social conditions is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social conditions 3 of 6 books
- Biography 2 of 6 books
- Feminists 2 of 6 books
- Gender Studies 2 of 6 books
- Literary fiction 2 of 6 books
- Nigerian Authors 2 of 6 books
- POLITICAL SCIENCE 2 of 6 books
- Sex differences (Psychology) 2 of 6 books
- SOCIAL SCIENCE 2 of 6 books