Suko: Yes, pick it up if you get a chance :)

bethany: And I need to pick up Half a Yellow Sun.

Nymeth: It did remind me of the Color Purple for the mood, the family theme, and changes in your life (not the language). I think you’ll like it.

estelle: I purposely picked this one first because it’s Adichie’s first book. And I didn’t know what they were about before reading, so I had no pre-judgement. But I read that some people like this one more and some the other more. Either way you start should be fine I think.

Paperback_Reader: I’m actually glad that you said Half of a Yellow Sun is very different. It makes me want to read it more. I haven’t read any on the lists lol, never even heard of some of them. Yes I think you should pick up The Color Purple, and I should Things Fall Apart :)

Half of a Yellow Sun is very different but exceptionally good.

I have only read a handful of books on either of those lists but own a few of them, which I must read.

This was the first time I had read the comparison between Purple Hibiscus and The Color Purple; I have
guiltily never got around to reading the latter but I must remedy that now.