Dream Count

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Narrated by: Sandra Okuboyejo, A’rese Emokpae, Janina Edwards

READ BY CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE, SANDRA OKUBOYEJO, A'RESE EMOKPAE AND JANINA EDWARDS.

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

©2025 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (P)2025 Penguin Random House, LLC

Raw and real with likeable characters

I absolutely loved Dream count. I’ve previously loved Chimamandas work before and went into this one blind. She captures the essence and complexity of the characters in a way that is empathetic and real. I enjoyed and identified with all the women, the universal aspirations and struggles were fascinating to hear and I could relate and/or empathise. My favourite character was Omalogo, but the stories that touched me most was Chia and Zikora’s relationship struggles. This broke my heart several times. The narration was done very well.

A new perspective

I’m actually reading this book for a book club, it’s not something I’d necessarily choose for myself but I’ve honestly enjoyed it, the new perspectives were opening new worlds I wouldn’t have known about. Highly recommend

Priceless - thank you for sharing🙏🏽

It’s such a beautiful novel. The Story is so relatable! It makes me wonder what a book written by my girlfriends and I would look like😄.
Chimamanda gave us a world tour through all the places she visited.
Lastly the plight of Kadiatu, the corruption of the Politicians, - genius Robinhood initiative, all social constructs of the African reality.
The fact that Chimamanda read parts of the book - priceless🙏🏽

A lot hey

Ability to balance the societal observations, reality of our lives I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done Chimamanda

My top 2025 listen!

Started off a little slow for me, but I loved how the separate stories came together.