Prolific Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie continues to gather momentum. Her latest published work, Americanah has been named BBC's best book of 2013.

SYNOPSIS

Americanah tells the story of Ifemelu, who leaves her boyfriend behind in Nigeria to study in the US. After her initial disorienting days as an immigrant and a string of humiliating jobs, she finds an outlet in a satiric blog. "Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black," she writes. She becomes a Princeton fellow and dates a Yale professor. After 13 years her heart brings her back to Lagos, where she is not 'black'. She's Igbo. And Americanah.

Top 10 books.

(1) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

(2) The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber

(3) The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon

(4) The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

(5) The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

(6) The Son by Philipp Meyer

(7) Sparta by Roxana Robinson

(8) Tenth of December by George Saunders

(9) The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis

(10) Mary Coin by Marisa Silver