Americanah
Nigerian novelist, born 1977. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Americanah is a 2013 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2014.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- First published
- 2013
- Length
- 496 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2014
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Migration and identity, Love story, Class and society
Is Americanah worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 27 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2014) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Americanah
The edition we link to is the Fourth Estate paperback (2025), 496 pages.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate (paperback, 2025)
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN
- 9780007356348
How critics, prizes and readers rate Americanah
Critics and prize juries rate it about equally: it earned 22% on critics' lists and 17% on prize lists, against 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Americanah
If you liked Americanah, try Half of a Yellow Sun, Wolf Hall or Midnight's Children.
