Americanah

This is one of my favorite books of all time. The writing is so beautiful. There were several sentences that I had to reread in order to savor the mouth-feel of the words. The feminism and racism realizations the main character makes as she goes from Nigerian to African American culture is poignant and masterfully written. I love Ifemelu and the way her thoughts progress. She is one of the few main characters ever written where the point is that they are different and have unique thoughts, that isn't annoying. She's not “quirky and special and good for the sake of being good,” she's introspective and opinionated and isn't perfect. I love this book. I'll probably read it several more times throughout my life.