Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ Makes List Of 12 ‘Greatest Books Ever Written’

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart has made the list of 12 “Greatest Books Ever Written” put together by Encyclopedia Britannica.

According to the compilation written by John Pecoraro, the book, which now exists in 57 translations across the world, is one of the greatest ever written novels on the website of Encyclopaedia Britannica in recent times.

Other novels that made the list include; “Anna Karenina,” by Leo Tolstoy, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Meanwhile, the 60th anniversary live reading of “Things Fall Apart”, which is said to be the first novel written by the late Nigerian literary icon, Chinua Achebe, is set to hold in London at the south bank Centre on 15 April.

This was disclosed by Popular Nigerian actress, Adesua Wellington on Tuesday as she said she will be reading the novel alongside with Ben Okri and Lucian Msamati in honour of the iconic writer.

Things Fall Apart, often considered as Achebe’s best, is the most widely read book in modern African literature.

The novel which was published in 1958 is story-line about the history of the pre-colonial life of Nigeria.