About Brit's Collection
"When I first started thinking about 'Some People Have Real Problems,' I wanted to challenge myself to write a story that took place in a compressed timeline: the minutes between train stops. Because the story is so interior, I was inspired by these contemporary books, which all delve deeply into the beautiful, messy, and complex inner lives of Black women." —Brit Bennett-
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Luster
- A Novel
- By: Raven Leilani
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1078
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1079
Edie is stumbling her way through her 20s - sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top 5, easily
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Luster
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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Transcendent Kingdom
- A novel (A Read with Jenna Pick)
- By: Yaa Gyasi
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2536
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2185
Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Multi-sensory Experience
- By Joy B
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Transcendent Kingdom
- A novel (A Read with Jenna Pick)
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 09-01-20
- Language: English
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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 664
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 594
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Story4 out of 5 stars 596
A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful!
- By Mary
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The Turner House
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-15-15
- Language: English
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
- By: Z. Z. Packer
- Narrated by: Shirley Jordan
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Z. Z. Packer's first collection of short stories is rich with unexpected turns, indelible images, and penetrating insight....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Review of book.
- By Debra Crump
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
- Narrated by: Shirley Jordan
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-22-08
- Language: English
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Such a Fun Age
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- By: Kiley Reid
- Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13542
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11806
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11762
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young Black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely Book with Unfortunate Circumstances
- By Wendi
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Such a Fun Age
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-31-19
- Language: English
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Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the 2014 Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. She is a National Book Foundation '5 under 35' honoree, and her essays are featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel.
