“What are Chinua Achebe’s Best Books?” We looked at all of Achebe’s authored bibliography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!

We took all of the books written by Chinua Achebe and looked at their Goodreads, Amazon, and LibraryThing scores, ranking them against one another to see which books came out on top. The books are ranked in our list below based on which titles have the highest overall score between all 3 review sites in comparison with all of the other books by the same author. The process isn’t super scientific and in reality, most books aren’t “better” than other books as much as they are just different. That being said, we do enjoy seeing where our favorites landed, and if you aren’t familiar with the author at all, the rankings can help you see what books might be best to start with.

The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!

The Top Book’s Of Chinua Achebe

26 ) Critical Fictions

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 26
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 20

25 ) Collected Poems

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 18
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 21

24 ) How the Leopard Got His Claws

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 25
• Amazon: 13
• LibraryThing: 16

23 ) No Longer at Ease

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 15
• Amazon: 13
• LibraryThing: 21

22 ) Things Fall Apart

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 23
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 8

20 ) Another Africa

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 22
• Amazon: 3
• LibraryThing: 21

20 ) Things Fall Apart: and Related Readings

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 23
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 7

19 ) Anthills of the Savannah

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 17
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 12

17 ) Beyond Hunger in Africa

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 6
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 21

17 ) Critical Insights: Things Fall Apart

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 6
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 21

14 ) Morning Yet on Creation Day

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 9
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 17

14 ) Arrow of God

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 15
• Amazon: 13
• LibraryThing: 14

14 ) The Flute

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 20
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 21

13 ) Girls At War

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 21
• Amazon: 9
• LibraryThing: 10

10 ) There Was A Country

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 11
• Amazon: 6
• LibraryThing: 19

10 ) Africa: A Short History

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 12
• Amazon: 6
• LibraryThing: 18

10 ) A Man of the People

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 14
• Amazon: 12
• LibraryThing: 10

9 ) Chike and the River

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 19
• Amazon: 6
• LibraryThing: 6

8 ) The Trouble with Nigeria

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 4
• Amazon: 9
• LibraryThing: 15

7 ) Home and Exile

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 8
• Amazon: 4
• LibraryThing: 12

6 ) An Image of Africa / The Trouble With Nigeria

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 13
• Amazon: 1
• LibraryThing: 9

4 ) Conversations with Chinua Achebe

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 2
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 2

4 ) Beware, Soul Brother

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 3
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 1

2 ) Africa’s Tarnished Name

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 1
• Amazon: 16
• LibraryThing: 2

2 ) The Education of a British Protected Child

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 9
• Amazon: 5
• LibraryThing: 5

1 ) Hopes and Impediments

Review Website Ranks:

• Goodreads: 5
• Amazon: 9
• LibraryThing: 2

Chinua Achebe’s Best Books

Chinua Achebe Review Website Bibliography Rankings