Books by Kiley Reid
“Kiley Reid’s Come and Get It is the follow-up to her Booker-longlisted debut Such a Fun Age. Set at the University of Arkansas, it follows mixed-race student Millie as she helps an older female professor to spy on her dorm neighbours. Come and Get It has had more mixed reviews than the earlier book, but nevertheless it’s reported to be a twisty page turner packed with whip-cracking repartee.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
“This book brings together a newer narrator and a newer author which sometimes allows you to go in different directions in a way that you would not expect. The book itself is about a young woman who is babysitting. She’s African American and she’s babysitting a child who’s white. She takes the child, late in the evening, to a grocery store and is basically accused of potentially kidnapping the child. It’s a racial incident that we certainly have been seeing in the US. This young lady goes through this experience and then has to return and deal with many different elements. How does she deal with the parents of the child after this? How does she deal with the child? How does it impact her choices in her life, because she wasn’t necessarily deciding to be a babysitter for the rest of her life?” Read more...
The Best Audiobooks: the 2021 Audie Awards
Michele Cobb, Publisher
Interviews where books by Kiley Reid were recommended
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Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor (narrator) -
2
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X and assisted by Alex Haley, Laurence Fishburne (narrator) -
3
The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy)
by N.K. Jemisin & Robin Miles (narrator) -
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Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid & Nicole Lewis (narrator) -
5
More Myself: A Journey
by Alicia Keys
The Best Audiobooks: the 2021 Audie Awards, recommended by Michele Cobb
The Best Audiobooks: the 2021 Audie Awards, recommended by Michele Cobb
There are so many fantastic audiobooks being produced at the moment, across so many genres, that it’s hard to know where to start listening. Fortunately, every year, the judges of the Audie Awards pick out some of the very best. Here, Michele Cobb, Executive Director of the Audio Publishers Association, talks us through some of the 2021 winners, including the ‘audiobook of the year.’
Novels to Read With Your Book Club in 2024
Joining a book discussion group is a great way to meet fellow book-lovers—but one of the trickiest things can be deciding which books you should tackle together. Here are our suggestions: recently published books that should appeal to a broad range of readers—and which will offer your book club plenty to discuss over a glass of wine.
New Literary Fiction, recommended by Cal Flyn
To keep up to date with the latest novels coming out, a good place to bookmark is our ‘new literary fiction’ page. Our deputy editor Cal Flyn keeps an eye on the myriad of new novels being published and picks out some of her favourites.
Notable Novels of Spring 2024, recommended by Cal Flyn
Looking for a new book to get stuck into? Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn offers a round-up of the most notable novels of spring 2024, including fresh titles from Percival Everett and Alexis Wright, plus the ‘lost’ final novel by Gabriel García Márquez—published a decade after his death. See all our best novels of 2024 recommendations
