HarperCollins UK
Mary Beard, Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014 Judge
As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are leaving the country if they can. Ifemelu – beautiful, self-assured – departs for America to study. She experiences defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race.
Obinze – the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor – had hoped to join her, but post 9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Years later, he is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer of an eye-opening blog about race in America. But when Ifemelu decides to return home, she and Obinze will face the toughest decisions of their lives.
Eimear McBride
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hannah Kent
Audrey Magee
Donna Tartt
Jhumpa Lahiri
Evie Wyld
Elizabeth Strout
Anna Quindlen
Charlotte Mendelson
Rachel Kushner
Elizabeth Gilbert
Deborah Kay Davies
Eleanor Catton
M. J. Carter
Eimear McBride
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hannah Kent
Audrey Magee
Donna Tartt
Jhumpa Lahiri
Claire Cameron
Fatima Bhutto
Suzanne Berne
Lea Carpenter
Barbara Kingsolver
Ruth Ozeki
Susanna Clarke
Maggie O'Farrell
Tayari Jones
Kamila Shamsie
Naomi Alderman
Lisa McInerney
Ali Smith
Eimear McBride
A.M. Homes
Madeline Miller
Téa Obreht
Barbara Kingsolver
Marilynne Robinson
Rose Tremain
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lionel Shriver
Andrea Levy
Valerie Martin
Ann Patchett
Kate Grenville
Linda Grant
Suzanne Berne
Carol Shields
Anne Michaels
Helen Dunmore
Tune into host Vick Hope and a line-up of incredible guests on our weekly podcast full of unmissable book recommendations.
Join the Women's Prize newsletter for a chance to win a stack of all 6 brilliant 2023 shortlisted books, and get the latest book news, author features and exciting competitions! (You can unsubscribe at any time)*
