# Is "We Should All Be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Fourth Estate, 2014) is identified by: Book-length essay adapted from her 2012 TEDxEuston talk, issued as a small-format paperback. First published 2014; Fourth Estate (UK) is generally cited as the earliest issue, with a Vintage US original also in 2014.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Book-length essay adapted from her 2012 TEDxEuston talk, issued as a small-format paperback
- The true first appeared in 2014 under Fourth Estate in the UK and as a Vintage original in the US. The commonly seen Anchor Books trade paperback is a later 2015 US edition, not the first
- Publisher imprint reads Fourth Estate
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate |
| Year | 2014 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Book-length essay adapted from her 2012 TEDxEuston talk, issued as a small-format… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Book-length essay adapted from her 2012 TEDxEuston talk, issued as a small-format paperback. The true first appeared in 2014 under Fourth Estate in the UK and as a Vintage original in the US. The commonly seen Anchor Books trade paperback is a later 2015 US edition, not the first.

## Is this the true first?
First published 2014; Fourth Estate (UK) is generally cited as the earliest issue, with a Vintage US original also in 2014. The Anchor Books edition dates to 2015 and is not the first. The original record's Anchor number-line and price points describe that later edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *We Should All Be Feminists* by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/we-should-all-be-feminists
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.