Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • Release Date: 2025-03-04
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4
4
From 114 Ratings

Description

• NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST

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

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, has been successful at everything until—betrayed and brokenhearted—she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin Omelogor 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.

Dream Count
is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s searing, unforgettable story of these four women—a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself.

Reviews

  • She’s done it again

    4
    By florence mujuru
    She explores the nuance of African woman hood, that so many of us can relate to. The common pressures and feelings and a grappling with a foreigners in both America and our countries of origin.
  • SA trigger warning

    3
    By BookiReader
    I have loved every single book by Adichie until now. I read an interview about this book from Adichie and was excited to read it. What I encountered was not what I was expecting. This is a sad book. The other characters diminished as the only character that mattered was Kadiatou. While I appreciate the author’s note about the content, I wish the book description reflected the content better and included a trigger warning. I don’t consume content with assault as it haunts me and is not entertainment. In the wake of Kadiatou’s story, I struggle to find the significance of the other characters.