Things Fall Apart, the first novel written by late Nigerian literary icon, Chinua Achebe, has made the list of 12 "Greatest Books Ever Written" compiled 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 Encyclopedia Britannica in recent times.

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

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.
Others are "A Passage to India," by E.M. Forster, "Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison, "Don Quixote," by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Beloved," by Toni Morrison, "Mrs. Dalloway," by Virginia Woolf, "Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte and "The Color Purple," by Alice Walker.

The honour comes months after the 60th anniversary of the publication of the novel and the release of a new edition of the classic novel with cover artwork by Nigerian artist, Victor Ekpuk
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Wow, that's great. Achebe is a legend

Hmmmm, Things fall apart!! Anytime I hear that title, I remember Pete Edochie

That book is the greatest novel ever to come out of Africa

The man has departed to glory but he's still breaking records here on earth

Igbo Amaka

That's good news

Masama:
Hmmmm, Things fall apart!! Anytime I hear that title, I remember Pete Edochie

Okonkwo

Good

i LOVE THE Arrow of God more tho

Masama:
Hmmmm, Things fall apart!! Anytime I hear that title, I remember Pete Edochie

Justus Esiri, Dr Sid's father was also in that movie. They really captivated the whole nation back then

That is great news

Lalasticlala, Mynd44 come and move this to FP o let's honour this great man

Dope

I love his memo

" there was a country"

those guys up dere, nah Nairaland una dey sleep?

That's awesome....



Trail blazers

I sight Don Quixote Del amancha
That's a wonderful novel
Even watched the movie in hallmark channel those days

But didn't see weep not child by ngiguwa ntiongo
Another masterclass

No longer at ease
Things fall apart
Weep not Child by James Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

My best

no book from the fake activist professor?

A great man indeed

HA!!!! This news is dangerous to the health of some people...my hand no deyooo

Chrisbeks:
The man has departed to glory but he's still breaking records here on earth

Yeah he's departed to glory but he's manhood still lives on...

I started reading the book when I was 7. Didn't quite follow thru but I'm sure I finished it before age 9. Still it's one of the best books I've ever read. Even at that young age I still managed to grasp the picture Achebe was painting. Why? Because he wrote it in simple English. Man pictures of that book still live in my heart. I want to get a copy to read now that I'm much older.

That was when Nigerian writers used to really think. Not these days. "Last Days of Forcados High". A recent disaster.

I have not read that book

I love arrow of god and no longer at ease more

It really deserved it, in particular the character of okonkwo with tragic end.

The truth of Nigeria.

We suffer for abandoning our Gods. Our ancestral Protectors.

First time I read "Things Fall apart" was in high school.
It was the French translation of it, " Le monde s'effondre" ( The world is collapsing). This is how I got to know about Achebe.

I prefer Alawiye and Ogboju ode ninu igbo irunmola. just because oyinbo dont know the beauty of Yoruba language