Raven Leilani Libros Populares

Raven Leilani Biografía y Hechos

Raven Leilani Baptiste (26 de agosto de 1990) ref>Sanchez, Brandon (2 de octubre de 2020). «The startling debut of Raven Leilani». America Magazine (en inglés). Consultado el 28 de octubre de 2020. </ref> es una escritora estadounidense que publica bajo el nombre de Raven Leilani . Su novela debut, Lustre (luster), se publicó en 2020, con un gran éxito de la crítica.[1]​ Primeros años y educación Leilani creció en una familia de artistas en el Bronx antes de mudarse a un suburbio de Albany, Nueva York.[1]​ Creció como adventista del séptimo día y posteriormente dejó la iglesia.[2]​ Habiendo asistido a una escuela secundaria de arte, Leilani esperaba convertirse en artista visual.[1]​ Se graduó en el Marist College ubicado en Poughkeepsie, NY, en 2012, donde estudió el grado en inglés y psicología.[1]​[2]​ Su primer trabajo fue como especialista en imágenes en Ancestry.com, habiendo trabajado anteriormente en los archivos de Marist College cuando era estudiante. Posteriormente, trabajó en una revista científica, para el Departamento de Defensa de los Estados Unidos, y como repartidora de la empresa de comida, Postmates en Washington D. C.[1]​ También trabajó como archivista en Macmillan.[3]​ En 2017, comenzó a su máster en Bellas Artes, en la Universidad de Nueva York, donde estudió con Zadie Smith y con los escritores Katie Kitamura y Jonathan Safran Foer.[2]​[1]​ Actualmente vive en Brooklyn.[2]​ Carrera profesional La novela debut de Leilani, Lustre (Luster) recibió una significativa atención tras su publicación. El editor del libro, Farrar, Straus y Giroux, nombró al libro como la "novela de agosto de 2020", como parte de su campaña "Dare to Imagine" (atrévete a imaginar).[1]​ También forma parte de las obras del club de lectura de Marie Claire y ha sido recomendada por medios como Elle, el HuffPost, BuzzFeed News o el New York Times[4]​[5]​ . Ha sido elogiada por Carmen Maria Machado, Brit Bennett, Angela Flournoy y Zadie Smith.[1]​[2]​[6]​ La publicación Kirkus Reviews otorgó a Luster el Premio Kirkus de Ficción de 2020.[7]​ Lustre también recibió el Premio a la Primera Novela del Centro de Ficción 2020,[2]​[8]​ el Premio John Leonard 2020 en los Premios del Círculo Nacional de Críticos de Libros,[9]​ el Premio Dylan Thomas 2021,[10]​ y el VCU Cabell 2021 del Premio al novelista novel.[11]​ La escritura de Leilani está influenciada por su experiencia como artista visual, sus experiencias vitales, la poesía y su amor por los cómics y la música.[1]​ Ha escrito para publicaciones como Esquire,[12]​ The Cut,[13]​ y Vogue .[14]​ Obras Novelas Leilani, Raven (2020). Luster. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374194321. OCLC 1119744688.  Cuentos "Agua dura" (2016), Cosmonauts Avenue [15]​ "Ejercicio de respiración" (2019), Yale Review [16]​ "Modo avión" (2019). SmokeLong Trimestral [17]​ Referencias. Descubre los libros populares de Raven Leilani. Encuentra los 100 libros más populares de Raven Leilani

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Best Seller Raven Leilani Libros de 2024

  • Allow Me to Introduce Myself sinopsis y comentarios

    Allow Me to Introduce Myself

    Onyi Nwabineli

    Her life. Her rules. Finally. A pageturning novel about the dark side of social media, perfect for fans of The List or How to Kill Your Family.Anuri Chinasa has had enough. She was...

  • This Love sinopsis y comentarios

    This Love

    Lotte Jeffs

    'One Day for a new generation' Grazia'We're calling it . . . This Love is the new One Day' Sunday Times Style'A beautifully written, generoushearted, clever, tender, fresh and unpu...

  • Banal Nightmare sinopsis y comentarios

    Banal Nightmare

    Halle Butler

    'Halle Butler is a firstrate satirist of the horror show being sold to us as Modern Femininity. She is Thomas Bernhard in a bad mood, wearing illfitting tights, scrutinizing old ta...

  • Pomegranate sinopsis y comentarios

    Pomegranate

    Helen Elaine Lee

    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION The acclaimed author of The Serpent’s Gift returns with this “deep and beautiful” (Jaqueline Woodson, New Yo...

  • The Birdcatcher sinopsis y comentarios

    The Birdcatcher

    Gayl Jones

    FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDThe Birdcatcher is the new novel from a major voice in American literature, which explores artists in exile, dangerous relationships and th...

  • Poukahangatus sinopsis y comentarios

    Poukahangatus

    Tayi Tibble

    'Moving and hopeful ... will stay with me for a long time' Daisy Buchanan'A fearless, young new voice' Carol Ann Duffy'One of the most exciting debuts I've read in ages' Kaveh A...

  • Berlin sinopsis y comentarios

    Berlin

    Bea Setton

    'One for Sally Rooney fans' Sunday Telegraph'Compelling, raw and thrillingly strange' MONA AWAD, author of Bunny'Cinematic and confessional . . . electric' The New York TimesFOR FA...

  • Greta & Valdin sinopsis y comentarios

    Greta & Valdin

    Rebecca K. Reilly

    A New York Times Editors’ Choice “Laughoutloudfunny.” Harper’s Bazaar “Quintessential romcom meets the delicious family sprawl of a Russian classic.” Vanity Fair “Say hello to y...

  • Gender Theory sinopsis y comentarios

    Gender Theory

    Madeline Docherty

    'Beautifully captures the pain of growing into yourself, and the intensity of allconsuming female friendship' ROSE WILDINGYou lose your virginity to a boy from your gender theory s...

  • Daddy sinopsis y comentarios

    Daddy

    Emma Cline

    'Taut, beautiful and savage' GuardianA man travels to his son's school to deal with the fallout of a violent attack and to make sure his son will not lose his college place. But wh...

  • Brick Lane sinopsis y comentarios

    Brick Lane

    Monica Ali

    As dramatised on BBC Radio FourSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA RICHARD AND JUDY PICK'Written with a wisdom and skill that few au...

  • My Name Is Maame sinopsis y comentarios

    My Name Is Maame

    Jessica George

    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MAAME is the most moving debut of 2023 and a heroine you'll never forget.Read with Jenna Today Book Clu...

  • Madwoman sinopsis y comentarios

    Madwoman

    Chelsea Bieker

    An unexpected letter from her mother threatens to pull Clove back to a life she's left behind, in this thrilling novel from an explosive new talentClove has spent the past few year...

  • Rosenfeld sinopsis y comentarios

    Rosenfeld

    Maya Kessler

    A brazenly sexy and scathingly candid novel about a whitehot relationship and the two intractable characters who emerge from it transformed.Noa Simon is a thirtysixyearold filmmake...

  • Sad Janet sinopsis y comentarios

    Sad Janet

    Lucie Britsch

    A whipsmart, dark comedy for fans of Sally Rooney, Fleabag and My Year of Rest and Relaxation'Janet is my soulmate' LUCY MANGAN'Surprising and irreverent' NEW YORK TIMESIf there wa...

  • Misrecognition sinopsis y comentarios

    Misrecognition

    Madison Newbound

    For fans of Rachel Cusk and Patricia Lockwood, an unflinchingly sharp and funny debut novel about the internet, postpostmodern adulthood, and queer identity. Elsa is struggling. He...

  • Because They Wanted To sinopsis y comentarios

    Because They Wanted To

    Mary Gaitskill

    'A perfectly formed set of stories about alienation in modern times' Independent'Mesmerizing almost ecstatic' The New York TimesMary Gaitskill's coolly compelling, quietly devasta...

  • The Wild Laughter sinopsis y comentarios

    The Wild Laughter

    Caoilinn Hughes

    An exhilarating dark comedy about two brothers confronting their father's fate in contemporary Ireland, from a critically acclaimed Irish author'Brilliant. A hilarious, poetical bl...

  • Six Days In Rome sinopsis y comentarios

    Six Days In Rome

    Francesca Giacco

    'A stunning writer and a brilliant transporting experience' Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women and Animal'Sensorial as hell... An ode to funky wine labels, good taste, ...

  • The Mythmakers sinopsis y comentarios

    The Mythmakers

    Keziah Weir

    A New York Times Editors’ Choice Named a Best New Book of the Year by Harper’s Bazaar Named a Best Book of the Summer by Shondaland, SheReads, The Boston Globe, Harper’s Bazaar, an...

  • Wet Paint sinopsis y comentarios

    Wet Paint

    Chloë Ashby

    Perfect for fans of Conversations with Friends, Luster and My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Wet Paint is a novel exploring the highs and lows of friendship, love and loss that is in...

  • Gunk Baby sinopsis y comentarios

    Gunk Baby

    Jamie Marina Lau

    'A tender horror story, all the more haunting for being so familiar' Roisin Kiberd, author of The Disconnect'Here is a new existence among the malls of instant consumerism' Alan Wa...

  • How Should a Person Be? sinopsis y comentarios

    How Should a Person Be?

    Sheila Heti

    'It made me want to write' Sally Rooney'A seriously strange but funny plunge into the quest for authenticity' Margaret Atwood'A classic in the making' StylistSheila's twenties were...

  • Tennis Lessons sinopsis y comentarios

    Tennis Lessons

    Susannah Dickey

    For fans of I MAY DESTROY YOU and FLEABAG and for readers who want to laugh and cry: the brave, beautiful, sometimes brutal story of a young misfit and her rocky road to womanhood,...

  • Little scratch sinopsis y comentarios

    Little scratch

    Rebecca Watson

    Shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2021Shortlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2021An Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021'An extremely perceptive depiction of power and ag...

  • Central Places sinopsis y comentarios

    Central Places

    Delia Cai

    A TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE WEEKA BAD FORM REVIEW PAPERBACK BOOK OF THE MONTH'Sharp, swiftly moving, darkly funny . . . [a] compassion filled delight' The Tim...

  • Magnolia sinopsis y comentarios

    Magnolia

    Monica Brashears & Cornelia Holfelder-von der Tann

    „Dieser Roman ist kraftvoll, verführerisch und subversiv in einem." – Dana SpiottaMagnolia Brown ist neunzehn Jahre alt und eine Waise. Neben einem notorisch überzogenen Bankkonto ...

  • Small Worlds sinopsis y comentarios

    Small Worlds

    Caleb Azumah Nelson

    THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVELSHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024Dancing is the one thing that can solve Stephen's problems.At Church with his family, the shimm...

  • Love & Virtue sinopsis y comentarios

    Love & Virtue

    Diana Reid

    'Reid is the talent to whom every smart young novelist who follows her will be compared or hope to be.' Meg MasonMichaela and Eve are two bright, bold women who befriend each oth...

  • You Can't Stay Here Forever sinopsis y comentarios

    You Can't Stay Here Forever

    Katherine Lin

    Named a mustread book of summer by: Good Morning America, People, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Philadelphia Inquirer and one of the...

  • The Human Stain sinopsis y comentarios

    The Human Stain

    Philip Roth

    'An extraordinary book bursting with rage, humming with ideas, full of dazzling sleights of hand' Sunday TelegraphPhilip Roth's brilliant conclusion to his eloquent trilogy of pos...

  • You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty sinopsis y comentarios

    You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

    Akwaeke Emezi

    A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Best Romance of 2022 by The New York Times and The Washington Post, and a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily, Vulture, Harper’s Bazaar...

  • The Nude sinopsis y comentarios

    The Nude

    C. Michelle Lindley

    A gripping, provocative, and sensual debut novel about an art historian who journeys to a Greek island in pursuit of a found sculpture and quickly finds herself immersed in a cultu...

  • Six Suspects sinopsis y comentarios

    Six Suspects

    Vikas Swarup

    BY THE AWARDWINNING BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRESOON TO STREAM ON DISNEY HOTSTAR AND HULU AS THE GREAT INDIAN MURDER'Unusual, witty, quirkily, cleverly plotted. A roll...

  • Swing Time sinopsis y comentarios

    Swing Time

    Zadie Smith

    LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2017'Smith's finest. Extraordinary, truly marvellous' Observer A dazzlingly exubera...

  • The Guest sinopsis y comentarios

    The Guest

    Emma Cline

    A FINANCIAL TIMES Best Book of 2023 A NEW STATESMAN Book of the Year 2023 A TIMES 'Book of 2023' 'Addictive' STYLIST Books to Look Out For 2023 'Destined to be the status read ...

  • Colored Television sinopsis y comentarios

    Colored Television

    Danzy Senna

    Jane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for ...

  • Love Me, Love Me Not sinopsis y comentarios

    Love Me, Love Me Not

    Kirsty Capes

    Don't miss the new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of Careless'An emotional rollercoaster' GRAZIA'A rare new talent' THE GUARDIAN''So real, and so very moving' JESSI...

  • Nice Racism sinopsis y comentarios

    Nice Racism

    Robin DiAngelo

    Racism is not a simple matter of good people versus bad. In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explained how racism is a system into which all white people are socialized. She also ma...

  • Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani: Conversation Starters sinopsis y comentarios

    Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani: Conversation Starters

    DailysBooks

    Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani: Conversation Starters Adulthood is a period in life most people consider a huge painーyou suddenly have to be independent, get a job, and sustain y...

  • How to Be Somebody Else sinopsis y comentarios

    How to Be Somebody Else

    Miranda Pountney

    An uncomingofage in New York City'Has literary oomph’ SUNDAY TIMES'An impressive debut novel' OBSERVER'Intelligent, confident and original' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTSpring 2015, Ne...

  • Little Rabbit sinopsis y comentarios

    Little Rabbit

    Alyssa Songsiridej

    A wholly new kind of comingofage story about lust, punishment, artistic drive and desires that defy the hardwon boundaries of the self'Deeply empathetic and horny' CARMEN MARIA MAC...

  • Voyeur sinopsis y comentarios

    Voyeur

    Francesca Reece

    'Addictive' Stylist'Sultry' Elle'Shimmers with suspense' Daily Mail'Sizzling' EsquireSummer in Paris. Leah, bored of tedious deadend jobs, is intrigued to spot a job advert posted ...

  • Winter Animals sinopsis y comentarios

    Winter Animals

    Ashani Lewis

    'Excellent . . . Ashani Lewis is superbly talented.' Katherine Rundell'Thoughtful, intelligent and beautifully written . . . Lewis is definitely a new talent to watch.' Marie Clair...

  • Wahala sinopsis y comentarios

    Wahala

    Nikki May

    SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES'"WAHALA" means trouble and there's plenty of it' GUARDIAN'Full of food, humour and pitchperfect observation' STYLIST'All the rideordie realness of ...

  • I Will Greet the Sun Again sinopsis y comentarios

    I Will Greet the Sun Again

    Khashayar J. Khabushani

    'A triumph... tender and gutwrenching, honest and riveting. A book of astonishing accomplishment and bravery' Guardian A searing, sunlit debut about the powerful bonds that make an...

  • All This Could Be Different sinopsis y comentarios

    All This Could Be Different

    Sarah Thankam Mathews

    'Sarah Thankam Mathews' prose is undeniable . . . she captures the sneaky, unsaying parts of longing' Raven Leilani, author of Luster'Some books are merely luminous . . . this one ...

  • On the Rooftop sinopsis y comentarios

    On the Rooftop

    Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

    'AN UTTERLY ORIGINAL AND BRILLIANT STORY' REESE WITHERSPOONPerfect for fans of Louise Hare and Elizabeth Gilbert, On the Rooftop is a stunning story of ambition and sisterhood, dan...

  • A Gate at the Stairs sinopsis y comentarios

    A Gate at the Stairs

    Lorrie Moore

    'You can sit back and have the time of your life reading A Gate at the Stairs.' Observer 'The most irresistible contemporary American writer.' New York Times Book Review'One of the...

  • The Rabbit Hutch sinopsis y comentarios

    The Rabbit Hutch

    Tess Gunty

    DARKLY HILARIOUS AND SEARINGLY RELEVANT, THE RABBIT HUTCH IS A POWERFUL PORTRAIT OF 21st CENTURY AMERICA, SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE UNFORGETTABLE BLANDINEWinner of the Waterston...