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2021 Time Magazine Best Books of the Year
2021 NYPL Best Books of the Year
An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death's adopted daughter in Remote Control, a thrilling sci-fi tale of community and female empowerment from Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Nnedi Okorafor
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
"Narrator Adjoa Andoh captivates listeners with a stunning new sci-fi novella set in a near-future Ghana. Andoh is perfectly in tune with Okorafor's compelling story, smoothly switching between her British accent as the narrator and the intonations of the vibrant characters she brings to life." (AudioFile magazine)
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The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa - a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past.
Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walks - alone, except for her fox companion - searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged; searching for answers.
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A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com
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Great Hmong history, lousy literature
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By: Kao Kalia Yang
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What Storm, What Thunder
- By: Myriam J.A. Chancy
- Narrated by: Ella Turenne
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
The Earth had buckled, and, in that movement, all that was not in its place fell upon the Earth’s children, upon the blameless as well as the guilty, without discrimination. At the end of a long sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster
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5 out of 5 stars
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We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
- By AuthorAnnaBella on 03-15-22
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The Past Is Never
- A Novel
- By: Tiffany Quay Tyson
- Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
Siblings Bert, Willet, and Pansy know better than to go swimming at the old rock quarry. According to their father, it's the Devil's place, a place that's been cursed and forgotten. But Mississippi Delta summer days are scorching hot, and they can't resist cooling off in the dark, bottomless water - until the day six-year-old Pansy vanishes...not drowned, not lost, simply gone. When their father disappears as well, Bert and Willet leave their childhoods behind to try and hold their broken family together.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing Southern gothic tale
- By Robert Jason on 03-11-20
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All Our Broken Idols
- By: Paul M.M. Cooper
- Narrated by: Lara Sawalha
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Assyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal. For Aurya and her daydreaming brother, Sharo, every day is a struggle for survival, as they dodge the beatings of their drunken father and scrabble for scraps of food. One violent evening, everything changes. Soon, they are on the barge of King Ashurbanipal, bound for the beautiful, near-mythical city of Nineveh.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great book!
- By Daniel on 07-14-21
By: Paul M.M. Cooper
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Kabu Kabu
- By: Nnedi Okorafor, Whoopi Goldberg - foreword
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Kabu kabu - unregistered, illegal Nigerian taxis - generally get you where you need to go. Nnedi Okorafor's Kabu Kabu, however, takes the listener to exciting, fantastic, magical, occasionally dangerous, and always imaginative locations you didn't know you needed. This debut short-story collection by an award-winning author includes notable previously published material, a new novella cowritten with New York Times best-selling author Alan Dean Foster, six additional original stories, and a brief foreword by Whoopi Goldberg.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FANTASTIC!
- By Rita on 11-14-19
By: Nnedi Okorafor, and others
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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
- By: Alda P. Dobbs
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia, Ana Osorio
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21
It is 1913, and 12-year-old Petra Luna’s mamá has died while the revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papá is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will care for the family she has left — her abuelita, her little sister, Amelia, and her baby brother, Luisito — until they can be reunited.
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5 out of 5 stars
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¡Me encanto!
- By Roxann Martinez on 01-11-23
By: Alda P. Dobbs
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The Latehomecomer
- A Hmong Family Memoir
- By: Kao Kalia Yang
- Narrated by: Kao Kalia Yang
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 234
In the 70s and 80s, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to the United States, all in search of a new place to call home. Decades later, their experiences remain largely unknown. Kao Kalia Yang was driven to tell her own family's story after her grandmother’s death. The Latehomecomer is a tribute to that grandmother, a remarkable woman whose spirit held her family together.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great Hmong history, lousy literature
- By Isadore Ducasse on 10-12-18
By: Kao Kalia Yang
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The Only Road
- By: Alexandra Diaz
- Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead. Everyone in Jaime's small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that's known for violence and drug trafficking. Anyone who refuses to work for them is hurt or killed - like Miguel. With Miguel gone, Jaime fears that he is next. There's only one choice: accompanied by his cousin Ángela, Jaime must flee his home to live with his older brother in New Mexico.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is actually great
- By Liatris on 12-08-19
By: Alexandra Diaz
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We Begin at the End
- By: Chris Whitaker
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,183
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,956
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,944
Duchess Day Radley is a 13-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for other people. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin, and the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of taking care of herself, let alone her two kids. Walk has never left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. And he's in overdrive protecting Duchess and her brother.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narrator in this audible book
- By M. patton on 03-03-21
By: Chris Whitaker
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A Phoenix First Must Burn
- Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
- By: Patrice Caldwell - editor
- Narrated by: York Whitaker
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that puts Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals at its center. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex and true-to-life characters through which you cannot help but see yourself reflected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Ruthi on 03-11-20
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Creatures of Passage
- By: Morowa Yejidé
- Narrated by: Morowa Yejidé
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 101
Nephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying passengers in a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. Endless rides and alcohol help her manage her grief over the death of her twin brother, Osiris, who was murdered and dumped in the Anacostia River. Unknown to Nephthys when the novel opens in 1977, her estranged great-nephew, 10-year-old Dash, is finding himself drawn to the banks of that very same river. It is there that Dash has charmed conversations with a mysterious figure he calls the "River Man".
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the one
- By just_watching on 04-27-21
By: Morowa Yejidé
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Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors
- By: Various
- Narrated by: Seth Podowitz
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Fifteen of the biggest names in weird literature come together to pay tribute to Hellboy and the characters of Mike Mignola’s award-winning line of books! Assembled by Joe Golem and Baltimore co-writer Christopher Golden, this anthology boasts 15 original stories by the best in horror, fantasy, and science fiction, including Seanan McGuire (October Daye series), Chelsea Cain (Heartsick), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger series), and more! The new writer of Hellboy and the BPRD, iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson, pitches in as well!
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5 out of 5 stars
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An assortment of good times.
- By Chris E. on 02-28-20
By: Various
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The Last House on Needless Street
- By: Catriona Ward
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,696
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,682
In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time. A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I can only listen in 1-2 hour segments!
- By Brenda on 10-04-21
By: Catriona Ward
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White Dog Fell from the Sky
- By: Eleanor Morse
- Narrated by: Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4 out of 5 stars 116
Botswana, 1976: Isaac Muthethe thinks he is dead. Smuggled across the border from South Africa in a hearse, he awakens covered in dust, staring at blue sky and the face of White Dog. Far from dead, he is, for the first time, in a country without apartheid. A medical student in South Africa, he was forced to flee after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unexpectedly Stunning Work!
- By Kathi on 03-15-13
By: Eleanor Morse
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American Elsewhere
- By: Robert Jackson Bennett
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 503
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Story4 out of 5 stars 458
Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico. And the closer Mona gets to her mother's past, the more she understands that the people of Wink are very, very different....
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4 out of 5 stars
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You are entering the twighlight zone
- By Lisa on 07-29-13
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Rain of Gold
- By: Victor Villaseñor
- Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz
- Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 433
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 387
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Story5 out of 5 stars 388
Rain of Gold is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny that pulses with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa's revolution to the days of Prohibition in California.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you Victor again!
- By cynthia g on 09-24-20
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Hellboy: Odd Jobs
- By: Christopher Golden
- Narrated by: Seth Podowitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
In 1994, Mike Mignola created one of the most unique and visually arresting comics series to ever see print: Hellboy. Tens of thousands have followed the exploits of the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator in comics form and in prose. Now, fans of the comic can enjoy the world of Hellboy as seen through the eyes of some of the brightest creative lights in horror and mystery fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extra stories for true fans
- By Daniel Wiffen on 07-24-21
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A Beautiful Place to Die
- By: Malla Nunn
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 793
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Story4 out of 5 stars 635
Unfolding in 1952 South Africa, A Beautiful Place to Die is a riveting international mystery that flows from the pen of author Malla Nunn. Police officer Emmanuel Cooper is dispatched to a remote town after a police captain is found murdered in a creek. Even though Cooper judges the crime open and shut, the government's feared Special Branch is summoned, making for an intrigue that will titillate any mystery fan.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Police Procedural & The Pain Of Apartheid
- By Sara on 09-30-15
By: Malla Nunn
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The Lightness
- A Novel
- By: Emily Temple
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 76
One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother - a woman as grounded as her father is mercurial - Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center. Once there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens, which Olivia refers to as “Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect combination
- By Lauren yett on 06-22-20
By: Emily Temple
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In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape the streets for the air - in particular, by earning a spot onboard the airship Midnight Robber. Creeper plans to earn Captain Ann-Marie's trust with information she discovers about a Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls "The Black God's Drums". But Creeper also has a secret herself: Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, speaks inside her head and may have her own ulterior motivations.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 271
It's Zinnia Gray's 21st birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness - just that no one has lived past 21. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel.
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ANOTHER
- By Colleen on 10-06-21
By: Alix E. Harrow
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Unexpected Stories
- Two Novellas
- By: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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This exciting collection presents two previously unpublished stories by SF legend Octavia E. Butler. A Necessary Being precedes the events of Survivor, Butler's third (famously disowned) installment in her Patternist series, and includes characters from it, focusing exclusively on the Kohn, aliens who build their social hierarchies on the blueness of their fur. In Childfinder, a black woman with the gift of identifying children with latent psychic ability refuses to share her skill with an organization of white telepaths.
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Octavia B. is the John Coltrane of Scifi fantasy
- By Adé Ngeno on 06-30-19
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The Deep
- By: Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and others
- Narrated by: Daveed Diggs
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Yetu holds the memories for her people - water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners - who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one - the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities.
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4 out of 5 stars
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why was this read by a dude?
- By Nathaniel on 12-14-19
By: Rivers Solomon, and others
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Say Her Name
- By: Dreda Say Mitchell, Ryan Carter
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 714
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It’s twenty years since Eva, a biracial woman, was adopted as an eight-year-old, and Cherry and Carlton "Sugar" McNeil have always been the only parents she’s wanted or needed. But when she’s dealt the double blow of Cherry’s death and her own suspension from work, Eva decides it’s time to discover who she was before she was theirs. Against Sugar’s advice, Eva joins a DNA database, desperate for a match that will unlock her identity. And when a positive hit comes, she’s excited to learn there are relations out there who might hold the key.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By russell g smith on 05-04-22
By: Dreda Say Mitchell, and others
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Just Out of Jupiter's Reach
- The Far Reaches Collection
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 146
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Tornado Onwubiko is one of seven people on Earth paired with sentient ships to explore and research the cosmos for twenty million euros. A decade of solitary life for a lifetime of wealth. Five years into the ten-year mission of total isolation comes a consolation: a temporary meetup among fellow travelers. A lot can happen in a week. For Tornado, who left a normal life behind, a little company can be life-changing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect in form and flight!
- By Enough Already on 06-29-23
By: Nnedi Okorafor
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Goliath
- A Novel
- By: Tochi Onyebuchi
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White, JD Jackson, Juliana Vélez, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comfortable confines of space colonies. Those left behind salvage what they can from the collapsing infrastructure. As they eke out an existence, their neighborhoods are being cannibalized. Brick by brick, their houses are sent to the colonies, what was once a home now a quaint reminder for the colonists of the world that they wrecked.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb.
- By Jackalope on 01-31-22
By: Tochi Onyebuchi
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Kabu Kabu
- By: Nnedi Okorafor, Whoopi Goldberg - foreword
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 78
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Kabu kabu - unregistered, illegal Nigerian taxis - generally get you where you need to go. Nnedi Okorafor's Kabu Kabu, however, takes the listener to exciting, fantastic, magical, occasionally dangerous, and always imaginative locations you didn't know you needed. This debut short-story collection by an award-winning author includes notable previously published material, a new novella cowritten with New York Times best-selling author Alan Dean Foster, six additional original stories, and a brief foreword by Whoopi Goldberg.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FANTASTIC!
- By Rita on 11-14-19
By: Nnedi Okorafor, and others
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Ring Shout
- By: P. Djèlí Clark
- Narrated by: Channie Waites
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 531
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In 1915, The Birth of a Nation casts a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best story from a master mythmaker
- By Felicia J on 10-22-20
By: P. Djèlí Clark
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Untethered Sky
- By: Fonda Lee
- Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her father’s painful silence and a single overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family. Ester’s path leads her to the king’s Royal Mews, where the giant rocs of legend are flown to hunt manticores by their brave and dedicated ruhkers. Paired with a fledgling roc named Zahra, Ester finds purpose and acclaim by devoting herself to a calling that demands absolute sacrifice and a creature that will never return her love.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth It
- By LinseyLoo on 05-02-23
By: Fonda Lee
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- Tamara T
- 02-16-21
Entertaining
I really enjoyed the story. The mystery the coming of age, the confidence that Fatima showed as well as her witt's, also she is a very dimensional character. she has all this power but is often reminded that she is just a young girl.
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- Angela Eells
- 03-03-21
Perfect!
I loved the story! I loved the narrator! It was a fantastic book. Nnedi Okorafor's work shines, like all her work. Get lost in her worlds you will not regret it.
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- Eleanor H
- 01-27-21
amazing story
this was wonderful. the narration really helped me with the pronouciations of unfamiliar words. the story was beautiful and strange, it broke my heart several times and filled me with hope at others.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-29-21
spell binding
loved the story and the struggle of this character, looking forward to seeing the daughter of death some more.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-22-21
AWESOME
I loved it! I wasn't disappointed except for wanting MORE. May a continuation of this character AND story be in OUR FUTURES. Thank you.
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- Jessica L.
- 12-03-21
Good story
The story was good but the narration was a bit flat for me. It would have been better to have read this on my own.
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- T. Robbins
- 08-31-22
Beautiful tale…
This is a beautiful tale of Afrofuturism follows Fatima/Sankofa as she seeks to find her purpose after being bestowed with a rare gift. It also explores her feelings of hopelessness after briefly losing her gift and reestablishing her direction in a world that expects you to be a certain way.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-19-23
Absorbing, but frustrating ending
I like conclusions to my stories and this one was open-ended. Otherwise I was intrigued and enjoyed the telling, even if it the content is often sad.
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- J
- 02-06-21
Engaging story
This well written tale pulls you into the journey of the main character. The narrator gives an excellent performance. If 6 stars were available, I would give them. A must read on any list.
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- P. Wagner
- 01-29-21
Fantastic fable
Original and wonderfully written. A beautiful story of recognizing the a power must be controlled to be useful. Uncontrolled power is dangerous.
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