Dream Count
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a new novel published by 4th Estate in 2025, featuring 416 pages in English. This work presents the intertwined lives of four women as they navigate their loves, longings, and desires against the backdrop of personal and societal challenges. The narrative unfolds during the pandemic, focusing on Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer in America, and her relationships with her best friend Zikora, her cousin Omelogor, and her housekeeper Kadiatou.
In Dream Count, Adichie explores themes of friendship and the complexities of love, delving into the characters’ choices and regrets. The novel reflects on the nature of happiness and the honesty required in relationships, offering poignant observations on the human experience. With its rich storytelling and emotional depth, this edition invites readers to engage with the lives of women from Nigeria and their connections to the world, making it a significant addition to contemporary literature.
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‘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 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.
‘The major publication milestone of 2025’ OBSERVER
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