New novel 10 years in the making by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie snagged by 4th Estate

4th Estate has announced it is to publish the first novel in more than a decade from the award-winning novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 

Publishing director Michelle Kane acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) for Adichie’s new novel, Dream Count, from Sarah Chalfant at The Wylie Agency. Knopf will publish in the US and Canada and rights have been sold in 13 territories thus far.  

Publication of Dream Count is scheduled for 4th March 2025.  

The new novel by the Half of a Yellow Sun (4th Estate, 2006) and Americanah (4th Estate, 2013) author tells the story of four women linked by friendship. 

Kane said: "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the most gifted storytellers in the world and the announcement of this new novel from her will delight readers everywhere. Dream Count is about the hunger for love and fulfilment and a fierce testament to the power of female friendship in the face of adversity, injustice, loss, and regret. Through the most searing language, Chimamanda achieves an emotional intensity that is extraordinary and her ever present sharp eye on contemporary society blazes through this novel, revealing truths and teaching lessons."

Adichie grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than 55 languages. Her novel Purple Hibiscus won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Half of a Yellow Sun was the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction "Winner of Winners" award. Americanah won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Her most recent works are an essay about losing her father, Notes on Grief, and a children’s book written as Nwa Grace James, Mama’s Sleeping Scarf.

Adichie is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.