Independent Reading Suggested Books for Purple Hibiscus
Additional Texts by the Author
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (940L)
- Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “Notes on Grief” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “The Thing Around Your Neck” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
- Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (810L)
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (840L)
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (840L)
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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