18 best-selling audiobook books like Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley

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Witness: Stories

By: Jamel Brinkley

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a National Book Award finalist, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken an…

"According to the terms of her personal lexicon, a woman was a lady only if she was fascinating and ungovernable, and my mother considered herself nothing if not a lady."

-Jamel Brinkley, Witness: Stories

"According to the terms of her personal lexicon, a woman was a lady only if she was fascinating and ungovernable, and my mother considered herself nothing if not a lady."

-Jamel Brinkley, Witness: Stories

If you liked the audiobook plot in Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Wednesday's Child: Stories by Yiyun Li

1. Wednesday's Child: Stories

By: Yiyun Li

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the awa… read more

Similar categories in Yiyun Li's Wednesday's Child: Stories book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. The New Naturals

By: Gabriel Bump

2.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Ernest J. Gaines Award-winning author of Everywhere You Don't Belong, a touching, timely n… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Bump's The New Naturals book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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4. Eastbound

By: Maylis de Kerangal

3.97

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

From Wellcome Prize winner Maylis de Kerangal comes a fast-paced story of two fugitives set on the … read more

Similar categories in Maylis de Kerangal's Eastbound book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

6. Enter Ghost

By: Isabella Hammad

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more

Similar categories in Isabella Hammad's Enter Ghost book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Hive and the Honey: Stories

By: Paul Yoon

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times , Time , and Literary Hub most-anticipated book of the fall. From the beloved a… read more

Similar categories in Paul Yoon's The Hive and the Honey: Stories book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We have this life, and then we become something else. Wouldn't you agree? You have had this life but soon, tomorrow, you will become someone else, with someone else. You mustn't be afraid of change l…"

-Paul Yoon, The Hive and the Honey: Stories

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8. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

Similar categories in Justin Torres's Blackouts book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Fire Exit book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

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10. Temple Folk

By: Aaliyah Bilal

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more

Similar categories in Aaliyah Bilal's Temple Folk book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley

11. Witness: Stories

By: Jamel Brinkley

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a National Book Award finalist, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken an… read more

Similar categories in Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • race
  • literature
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
"According to the terms of her personal lexicon, a woman was a lady only if she was fascinating and ungovernable, and my mother considered herself nothing if not a lady."

-Jamel Brinkley, Witness: Stories

Cover of After the Funeral and Other Stories by Tessa Hadley

12. After the Funeral and Other Stories

By: Tessa Hadley

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tid… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Hadley's After the Funeral and Other Stories book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Land of Milk and Honey

By: C Pam Zhang

3.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory… read more

Similar categories in C Pam Zhang's Land of Milk and Honey book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
" Real food is whatever cooks are proud to make. "

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"We all die. We have only the choice, if we are privileged, of whether death comes with a whimper or a bang; of what worlds we taste before we go."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"My employer was attuned to patterns of human behavior in which he could not take part; because he failed to be swept up in their currents, he could, from his remove, map the tides."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"What sustains in the end are doomed romances, and nicotine, and crappy peanut butter, damn the additives and cholesterol because life is finite and not all nourishment can be measured."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

Cover of Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva

14. Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration

By: Alejandra Oliva

4.25

Format: 320 pages, None

The Undocumented Americans meets Tell Me How It Ends in this chronicle about translation, storytell… read more

Similar categories in Alejandra Oliva's Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
Cover of Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru

15. Blue Ruin

By: Hari Kunzru

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, po… read more

Similar categories in Hari Kunzru's Blue Ruin book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Holler, Child: Stories by LaToya Watkins

16. Holler, Child: Stories

By: LaToya Watkins

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary and unforgettable short story collection about community, home, betrayal, and forg… read more

Similar categories in LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter

17. Hot Springs Drive

By: Lindsay Hunter

3.52

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Jackie loved her best friend Theresa from the moment they met nearly fifteen years ago. Now, Theres… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Hunter's Hot Springs Drive book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of This Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara

18. This Is Salvaged

By: Vauhini Vara

3.70

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Stories of uncanny originality from a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Pushing intimacy t… read more

Similar categories in Vauhini Vara's This Is Salvaged book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" by Emily  Raboteau

19. Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

By: Emily Raboteau

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully mo… read more

Similar categories in Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • race
  • audiobook
Cover of When Trying to Return Home: Stories by Jennifer Maritza McCauley

20. When Trying to Return Home: Stories

By: Jennifer Maritza McCauley

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Ric… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Maritza McCauley's When Trying to Return Home: Stories book and Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

18 Best fiction books like Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley

Transform Your Habits

Wednesday's Child: Stories

Yiyun Li

3.75

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Gabriel Bump

2.88

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Eastbound

Maylis de Kerangal

3.97

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Hanna Pylväinen

3.94

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Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

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Jesmyn Ward

3.70

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