About This Collection
Looking back, it is hard to ignore the impact made by so many debut novelists in distinguishing 2022’s listening scene. While we do not necessarily believe, as is often assumed in the literary world, that a writer should be defined by their first published work, we feel the untapped magic and momentum that radiate from debut novels often generate the buzz that defines a year and creates its most electric literary moments. Ranging from brooding, stormy stories to bubbly, heartfelt listens, these fresh voices each uniquely made a big splash in 2022.-
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up....
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- By Christine T
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-03-22
- Language: English
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Olga Dies Dreaming
- A Novel
- By: Xochitl Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Inés del Castillo, Armando Riesco
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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A blazing new talent debuts with the story of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her absent mother, her glittering career among New York’s elite, and her Puerto Rican roots in the wake of Hurricane Maria....
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More than a love story!
- By Nanette E.
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Olga Dies Dreaming
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Inés del Castillo, Armando Riesco
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-04-22
- Language: English
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Nightcrawling
- A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
- By: Leila Mottley
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- unabridged
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Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison....
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Exquisitely evocative
- By Sha Sha
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Nightcrawling
- A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-07-22
- Language: English
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The Violin Conspiracy
- A Novel (Good Morning America Book Club)
- By: Brendan Slocumb
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Brendan Slocumb
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- unabridged
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Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way....
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The Violin Conspiracy
- By darla bruce
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The Violin Conspiracy
- A Novel (Good Morning America Book Club)
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Brendan Slocumb
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-01-22
- Language: English
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Luda
- A Novel
- By: Grant Morrison
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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Luci LaBang is a star: For decades this flamboyant drag artist has cast a spell over screen and stage. Now she’s the leading lady in a smash hit musical. But as time takes its toll, Luci fears her star is beginning to dim.
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If you know Morrison, read this book
- By David Yost
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Luda
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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Such Big Dreams
- A Novel
- By: Reema Patel
- Narrated by: Lavanya Gandhi
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- unabridged
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With a sharp wit and sharper tongue, twenty-three-year old Rakhi Kumar is nobody’s fool. Sure, she lives alone in a slum and works as a lowly office assistant for the renowned lawyer, Gauri Verma, who gave her a fresh start. But she’s come a long way from her childhood on the streets of Mumbai....
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Kept my attention!
- By Amazon Customer
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Such Big Dreams
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Lavanya Gandhi
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 05-17-22
- Language: English
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The Last Karankawas
- A Novel
- By: Kimberly Garza
- Narrated by: Adriana Sananes, André Santana, Becca Q. Co, Reggie De Leon
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- unabridged
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Carly Castillo has only ever known Fish Village. Her grandmother claims that they descend from the Karankawas, an indigenous Texas people once believed to be extinct, thereby tethering them to Galveston....
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Beautifully written and performed
- By Amanda L. Hughes
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The Last Karankawas
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Adriana Sananes, André Santana, Becca Q. Co, Reggie De Leon
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-09-22
- Language: English
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You Truly Assumed
- By: Laila Sabreen
- Narrated by: Channie Waites, Lynette R. Freeman, Tamika Katon-Donegal
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths....
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Interesting, challenging. thoughtful
- By moorj
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You Truly Assumed
- Narrated by: Channie Waites, Lynette R. Freeman, Tamika Katon-Donegal
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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Jackal
- A Novel
- By: Erin E. Adams
- Narrated by: Sandra Okuboyejo, William DeMeritt
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn’t exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white town. But her best friend is getting married, so she braces herself for a weekend of awkward, passive-aggressive reunions.
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Grimms has nothing on this Tale!
- By Sk8rcruz
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Jackal
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Sandra Okuboyejo, William DeMeritt
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-04-22
- Language: English
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Velorio
- A Novel
- By: Xavier Navarro Aquino
- Narrated by: Diana Pou, Vico Ortiz, María Victoria Martínez, Gil René Rodríguez, Jesús E. Martínez, Gabriel S. Rivera Vázquez, Yetta Gottesman
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Set in the wake of Hurricane Maria, Xavier Navarro Aquino’s unforgettable debut novel follows a remarkable group of survivors searching for hope on an island torn apart by both natural disaster and human violence....
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Velorio
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Diana Pou, Vico Ortiz, María Victoria Martínez, Gil René Rodríguez, Jesús E. Martínez, Gabriel S. Rivera Vázquez, Yetta Gottesman
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-04-22
- Language: English
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Black Cake
- A Novel
- By: Charmaine Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman, Simone Mcintyre
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording.
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In-Depth Multi-Layered Storytelling
- By Tanefa Wallace
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Black Cake
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman, Simone Mcintyre
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-01-22
- Language: English
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The Cloisters
- A Novel
- By: Katy Hays
- Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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The Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister, atmospheric novel following a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters....
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Not a good choice
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The Cloisters
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-01-22
- Language: English
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Perish
- A Novel
- By: LaToya Watkins
- Narrated by: Jeremy Michael Durm, Keyonni James, Chanté McCormick, Lisa Renee Pitts, Kacie Rogers
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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From a stunning new voice comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, exploring the effects of inherited trauma and intergenerational violence as the family comes together to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed....
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Stick with it.
- By Black Butterfly
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Perish
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jeremy Michael Durm, Keyonni James, Chanté McCormick, Lisa Renee Pitts, Kacie Rogers
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 08-23-22
- Language: English
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