'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 major publication milestone of 2025' OBSERVER 'The return of a literary
titan' TELEGRAPH CHOSEN AS A SUNDAY TIMES GUARDIAN OBSERVER FINANCIAL TIMES INDEPENDENT
TELEGRAPH GQ and COSMOPOLITAN BOOK OF 2025. 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. It confirms Adichie's status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the
literary landscape. 'Expect everyone to be talking about this one' INDEPENDENT
