Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Reads like a feminist War and Peace. A magnificent novel." — Sunday Times
"A complex, multi-layered beauty of a book. Extraordinary." — New Statesman

The instant Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller • Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025

A publishing event ten years in the making — a searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists — the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires.

"The return of a literary titan." — Telegraph

Chosen as a Book of 2025 by Sunday Times, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times, Independent, Telegraph, GQ, and Cosmopolitan.

Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until — betrayed and brokenhearted — she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka's bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka's housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America — but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.

In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved?

A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power.

Format: Trade Paperback (March 2025 edition)
Condition: very good
Goodreads: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ 4.6/5 from 778 reviews

Perfect for readers who love: Sweeping feminist epics with luminous, layered prose. Fans of Adichie's Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun, Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, or Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom will be captivated by this deeply moving multi-perspective narrative.