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Americanah 2013

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

All-time standing

#189 of 669

In the top 30% of books

By scope

2010s #2 of 147 Top 1% 2013 #1 of 16 Top 5%

Ballots (16)

All time 4

New York Times

New York Times

  • Published 2018
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Zeit Online

Zeit Online

  • Published 2023
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #45
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Le Monde

Le Monde

  • Published 2019
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #64
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Le Monde

Le Monde

  • Published 2019
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #97
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Decade 10

2010s

Vox

Vox

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #13
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Literary Hub

Literary Hub

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #25
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #28
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Town & Country

Town & Country

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
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2000-2015

BBC

BBC

  • Published 2015
  • Decade list · 2000-2015
  • Ranked #13
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2000-2019

Babelia en EL PAÍS

Babelia en EL PAÍS

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2000-2019
  • Ranked #51
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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2000-2019
  • Included, unranked
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2000-2024

NY Times

NY Times

  • Published 2024
  • Decade list · 2000-2024
  • Ranked #27
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2000-2025

Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 2000-2025
  • Ranked #14
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1925-2025

Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 1925-2025
  • Included, unranked
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Year 2

New York Times

New York Times

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #1
NPR

NPR

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Included, unranked
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