CHINUA ACHEBE (1930–2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. Writing in English, his novels focus on the traditions of Igbo society, the effect of Christian influences, and the clash of Western and traditional African values during and after the colonial era. His style relies heavily on the Igbo oral tradition, and combines straightforward narration with representations of folk stories, proverbs, and oratory.
Achebe is best known for his first novel THINGS FALL APART (1958), which gained worldwide attention and remains the most widely read book in modern African literature. It depicts traditional Igbo life at the time of the advent of missionaries and colonial government in his homeland. In the sequel NO LONGER AT EASE (1960) he portrayed a newly appointed civil servant, recently returned from university study in England, who is unable to sustain the moral values he believes to be correct in the face of the obligations and temptations of his new position.
Achebe also published several collections of short stories, poetry, and children's books. His books of essays include MORNING YET ON CREATION DAY (1975), HOPES AND IMPEDIMENTS (1988), HOME AND EXILE (2000), THE EDUCATION OF A BRITISH-PROTECTED CHILD (2009), and the autobiographical THERE WAS A COUNTRY: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF BIAFRA (2012).
He received numerous honours from around the world, including the Honorary Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as honorary doctorates from more than thirty colleges and universities. He was the recipient of Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement, the Nigerian National Merit Award, and in 2007 won the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction.
This is a substantially updated version of a 2013 torrent.
The following books are in ePUB format unless otherwise noted:
== FICTION ==
* A Man of the People (Anchor, 2010 / Penguin, 2016)
* African Trilogy (Penguin, 2017)
* Anthills of the Savannah (Anchor, 2010 / Penguin, 2018)
* Arrow of God (Anchor, 2010 / Penguin, 2010)
* Chike and the River (Anchor, 2011)
* Girls at War and Other Stories (Anchor, 1991)
* No Longer at Ease (Anchor, 1994 / Penguin, 2017)
* Things Fall Apart (Anchor, 1994)
* Vengeful Creditor (Vintage, 2016)
== NON-FICTION ==
* Art of Fiction, no. 139 (Paris Review, Winter 1994)
* Conversations with Achebe (Mississippi, 1997). Lindore, ed. – PDF
* Education of a British-Protected Child (Knopf, 2009 / Penguin, 2018)
* Home and Exile (Oxford, 2000) – PDF
* Hopes and Impediments (Anchor, 1990 / Penguin, 2019)
* [Interviews] in African Writers Talking, ed. Duerden (Africana, 1972) – PDF
* Morning Yet on Creation Day: Essays (Anchor, 1976) – PDF
* "Spelling Our Proper Name", in Tribute to J. Baldwin (IASH, 1989) – PDF
* There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra (Penguin, 2012)
* Trouble with Nigeria, The (Heinemann, 1984) – PDF
== POETRY ==
* Christmas in Biafra & Other Poems (Doubleday, 1973) – PDF
* Collected Poems (Anchor, 2004 / Penguin, 2018) – ePUB + PDF
== FOR CHILDREN ==
* How Leopard Got His Claws (EAEP, 1996) – PDF
== EDITOR ==
* African Short Stories (Heinemann, 1987) – PDF
* Beyond Hunger in Africa (Heinemann, 1990) – PDF
