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When 16-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short.
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5 out of 5 stars
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gives perspective on race.
- By J. Carey on 08-17-17
By: Kekla Magoon
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Nine Lives
- Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
- By: Dan Baum
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings this kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do not miss if you're interested in New Orleans
- By Kelly on 03-22-18
By: Dan Baum
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The Kill Club
- By: Wendy Heard
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 180
Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens 13-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time. Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her - people the law has failed. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers”, each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Skip the first half!
- By motoJill on 01-13-20
By: Wendy Heard
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Boy Swallows Universe
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- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 516
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 447
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 448
Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim - a notorious felon and national record holder for successful prison escapes - who watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother. Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, this 12-year-old boy with an old soul and an adult mind is trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism. But life insists on throwing obstacles in Eli’s path.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beautiful adventure both on paper and in audio
- By David on 06-17-20
By: Trent Dalton
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Darling Days
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- By: iO Tillett Wright
- Narrated by: iO Tillett Wright
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- Unabridged
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 365
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Story5 out of 5 stars 361
Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iO's mother's. Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow, was a mercurial, erratic glamazon. She was iO's fiercest defender and only authority in a world with few boundaries and even fewer indicators of normal life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can’t wait for more from this Author!
- By Team Hobson on 07-24-19
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Samaritan
- By: Richard Price
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
After a successful L.A. television career, Ray Mitchell returns to the New Jersey housing project where he grew up, to rethink his life, reconnect with his teenage daughter, and give back to the community. Things are looking up: he's seeing a woman from the old neighborhood and teaching at his high school. But suddenly, he is found savagely beaten. He knows who did it, but won't talk. It's up to Nerese Ammons, a childhood acquaintance and now a police detective, to get Ray to tell what happened.
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5 out of 5 stars
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another fix for Wire fans
- By AmazonShoppingQueen on 04-19-08
By: Richard Price
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Cop Town
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Early
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,905
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,356
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,360
Atlanta, 1974: It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job, and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she's not cut out to be a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can't handle a gun, and she's rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt she'll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her own ax to grind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding, Gutsy Crime Novel Read by a Master
- By Chip Atkinson on 07-08-14
By: Karin Slaughter
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Unconditional
- A Novel
- By: Eva Marie Everson
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Samantha Crawford has a storybook life: she’s happily married, lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she has written and illustrated since childhood have become popular books. When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and the will to live. But a sudden death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with her old friend Papa Joe Bradford.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excelent
- By susan on 11-15-12
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All Involved
- A Novel
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- Narrated by: Anthony Rey Perez, Marisol Ramirez, Jim Cooper, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 162
A propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as The Wire, from a writer hailed as the West Coast's Richard Price—a mesmerizing epic of crime and opportunity, race, revenge, and loyalty, set in the chaotic streets of South Central LA in the wake of one of the most notorious and incendiary trials of the 1990s. At 3:15 p.m. on April 29, 1992, a jury acquitted three white Los Angeles Police Department officers charged with using excessive force to subdue a black man named Rodney King and failed to reach a verdict on the same charges involving a fourth officer. Less than two hours later, the city exploded in violence that lasted six days. In nearly 121 hours, fifty-three lives were lost. But there were even more deaths unaccounted for: violence that occurred outside of active rioting sites by those who used the chaos to viciously settle old scores.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Multiple Narrative Since the Poisonwood Bible
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By: Ryan Gattis
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Devil in a Blue Dress
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- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,311
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,830
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,819
Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beware of Mysterious Sexy Women with Big Suitcases
- By Jefferson on 02-13-11
By: Walter Mosley
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Preparation for the Next Life
- By: Atticus Lish
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 461
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 411
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 412
Zou Lei, orphan of the desert, migrates to work in America and finds herself slaving in New York's kitchens. She falls in love with a young man whose heart has been broken in another desert. A new life may be possible if together they can survive homelessness, lockup, and the young man's nightmares, which may be more prophecy than madness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible craftsmanship.
- By B.J. on 04-23-15
By: Atticus Lish
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American Street
- By: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 787
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 701
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 704
On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie - a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by US immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins - Chantal, Donna, and Princess - the grittiness of Detroit's West Side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A lot to unpack
- By AudioBookHoe on 07-18-17
By: Ibi Zoboi
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The Turner House
- By: Angela Flournoy
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 663
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 593
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Story4 out of 5 stars 595
The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over 50 years. Their house has seen 13 children grown and gone - and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a 10th of its mortgage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The narrator's performance made the difference.
- By KT on 06-11-15
By: Angela Flournoy
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A Woman's Worth
- By: Tracy Price-Thompson
- Narrated by: various
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
In Kenya, when a young American man falls in love with the sophisticated daughter of an African chief, their marriage is strong. But tradition will soon put their union to the supreme test. Gripping and soulful, A Woman's Worth is a tale of cultural divisions, emotional wounds, and a love that struggles to transcend them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- By Amazon Customer on 09-23-09
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Cash City
- By: Jonathan Fredrick
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,867
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,856
It is an obsession that has haunted Nick Malick for seven years - to avenge the murder of his young son. In his gut Malick knows who did it. But the psychopath is in prison for another crime, scheduled to be released in a year. All Malick has to do is wait...and survive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great New Series
- By Lia on 08-21-17
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Casanegra
- A Tennyson Hardwick Story
- By: Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
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- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4 out of 5 stars 69
In this hot and steamy mystery, Tennyson is an actor struggling to hang on to his career and redeem his sex-for-pay history, which estranged him from his family, especially his father, a decorated LAPD captain who raised Tennyson to call him "Sir". Now, in the wake of his father's sudden stroke, Tennyson has to save himself from taking the fall for a murder. In the process, he discovers his hidden talents - the hard way.
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3 out of 5 stars
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What's The Beef?
- By James Gordon on 11-24-07
By: Blair Underwood, and others
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The Vanished Series, Books 1-3
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 304
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Story4 out of 5 stars 271
When the crows gather over a remote Navajo Reservation in the deep Southwest, it is a sign that the thin veil that separates our world from the one beyond is about to open. Without a barrier between life and death, things pass between both worlds. Some of them are good. Most of them are not.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Going to slog through to the end
- By KatieReviewsStuff on 04-28-21
By: B. B. Griffith
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Rabbit
- The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
- By: Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber
- Narrated by: Patricia Williams
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,381
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,384
One of five children, Pat watched as her alcoholic mother struggled to get by on charity, cons, and petty crimes. At age seven, Pat was taught to roll drunks for money. At 12, she was targeted for sex by a man eight years her senior; by 13, she was pregnant. By 15, Pat was a mother of two. Alone at 16, Pat was determined to make a better life for her children. But with no job skills and an eighth-grade education, her options were limited. She learned quickly that hustling and humor were the only tools she had to survive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story but dry reading
- By SpazzyMaggee on 11-03-17
By: Patricia Williams, and others
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The Wasp Factory
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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The Wasp Factory is a bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath - one of the most infamous of contemporary Scottish novels.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A history of a young psychopath
- By Eduardo on 03-11-13
By: Iain Banks
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Falling in Love with Hominids
- By: Nalo Hopkinson
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
In this long-awaited collection, Hopkinson continues to expand the boundaries of culture and imagination. Whether she is retelling The Tempest as a new Caribbean myth, filling a shopping mall with unfulfilled ghosts, or herding chickens that occasionally breathe fire, Hopkinson continues to create bold fiction that transcends boundaries and borders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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what imaginative range!
- By samar on 12-09-19
By: Nalo Hopkinson
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Who Fears Death
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different—special—she names her Onyesonwu, which means "Who fears death?" in an ancient language.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Ending Wasn’t Satisfying
- By Yasmine Debnam on 11-16-23
By: Nnedi Okorafor
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Brown Girl in the Ring
- By: Nalo Hopkinson
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
It is the late 21st century, and due to the economic breakdown and rising crime rate, nearly every citizen has fled Toronto. The city is a slum, populated by the homeless, the poor, and criminals like Rudy, who uses the power of voodoo to help him control the booming drug market. But also left behind are people like Ti-Jeanne, who hope to use voodoo to help rebuild the city, even as Canada's privileged population turns to Toronto to begin harvesting human organs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, unique story deftly narrated
- By Stef on 03-15-07
By: Nalo Hopkinson
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The Einstein Intersection
- By: Samuel R. Delany, Neil Gaiman - foreword, Gabrielle de Cuir - producer
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 660
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 598
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Story4 out of 5 stars 601
The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967. The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of Earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. The tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza. In luminous and hallucinated language, it explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Alien confusion over humanity's detritus
- By Michael G Kurilla on 09-12-20
By: Samuel R. Delany, and others
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The City We Became
- By: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,643
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,206
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,197
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I don't understand the hype
- By Joe on 04-13-20
By: N. K. Jemisin
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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 530
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 461
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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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Dhalgren
- By: Samuel R. Delany
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 34 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 225
Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something has happened there...the population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. And into this disaster zone comes a young man - a poet, a lover, and an adventurer - known only as the Kid.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A classic I return to every few years
- By kwdayboise (Kim Day) on 04-08-17
By: Samuel R. Delany
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- Adam Larson
- 02-23-20
must read worth your time
Already going back for a second listen. excited to read some more reviews from other people.
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- wangeci
- 06-20-23
Gripping, compelling and definitely stirring.
This story is the child of reality and fantasy.
You will feel all the feels... intensely!
Read it!
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- Major T
- 04-30-20
Interesting
I liked the telling of the black mans plight I just wish they would wake up and understand it
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- AAT
- 06-11-21
Impactful scifi about racial & social justice
Science fiction in reality of systemic racism. Characters were strong, loving, real, tragic & powerful.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Caroline Couture
- 06-10-21
Hard but wonderful!
This book actually made me cry and whisper over and over, "No, don't, please don't." My only critique would be that because the story moves back and forth in time and explores various timelines, it can feel unfocused and rambling. The story, though, is wonderful and challenging. Tochi Onyebuchi takes your breath away as a narrator. Share this with younger family members and then talk about it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-25-20
New York swag meets sci fi kool
If you grew up in New York or had friends from there, this book will take you there. The sci fi edge is different with the New York gritty backdrop. I can't wait for the next 1.
"If you don't like this joint ... suck my d*** B "
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Big Facts Tho
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- vnikyt
- 06-17-22
Powerful, raw, beautiful
LOVED IT! Tochi Onyebuchi explores with elegance and his unique writing style the issues of race, alienation, anger, loneliness, injustice, hardship, power, strength, trauma, repression, acceptance, filial love, and so much more. He weaves them all into an intricate tapestry--and his perfect narration just pumps even more life into his words
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- P.R.A. Publishing
- 03-31-23
Everywhere All At Once
The history of violence linked to the rapid decline via analog was an excellent touch. The balance of power to end it all based on two angry young people of color holding each other in check with only their shared love for their mother and her faith in god..is unforgettable.
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- asilversurfer
- 04-01-20
Riot Baby
A build up that lacks luster and starved the hopeful climatic ends ! never hitting the leading path!
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- T. Powell
- 05-21-20
injustice and super hero powers
An interesting story that makes a point but with a pessimistic ending. Not that I can blame the characters in the book. but it feels like nothing was resolved unfortunately. But this book is worth the read. It's short and gets its point across. I look forward to other work from this author.
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