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Marking the publishing debut of Zadie Smith in 2000, White Teeth took the literary world by storm. This ambitious novel explores the interconnected lives of two families in multicultural London, delving into themes of identity, immigration, and the legacy of colonialism. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award White Teeth established Smith as a major voice in contemporary fiction.
Featured Article: 10 Great Contemporary Fiction Authors
If you like well-written novels that prioritize compelling timely storylines with artful prose and structure, then this is the genre for you. So, why is it called "contemporary"? Because it’s fiction set in the real world, in times contemporary to the date it was published, and the stories deal with real-world issues. Representing a diversity of backgrounds and nationalities, here are our picks for the best writers of contemporary fiction over the last 50 years.
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White Teeth
- A Novel
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Lenny Henry, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
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Overall825
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Performance711
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Story704
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Updated for the 25th Anniversary with a new introduction by the author The blockbuster debut novel from “a preternaturally gifted” writer (The New York Times) and author of On Beauty and Swing Time—set against London's racial and cultural tapestry, reveling in...
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4.68 stars....a modern classic
- By ibillinsly@gmail on 06-06-18
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White Teeth
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Lenny Henry, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, Sagar Arya, Zadie Smith
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-24-18
- Language: English
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On Beauty
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall838
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Performance391
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Story393
One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth "Thoroughly original . . . A novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining, as provocative as...
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Somewhat Disappointed
- By Cherokee on 11-15-05
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On Beauty
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-06-05
- Language: English
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Dead and Alive
- Essays
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Story16
Named a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Vanity Fair, and Kirkus Reviews One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 "Smart, somber . . . There’s pleasure in watching a novelist wired to see all sides at once wrangle with her own dynamic subjectivity." - The New York Times Book...
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Love work read by the author
- By Rafique on 01-10-26
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Dead and Alive
- Essays
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 10-28-25
- Language: English
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The Autograph Man
- A Novel
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Ben Barnes
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance31
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Story32
We live in a world of signs. But not everybody has to trade in them.... Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. A small blip in a huge worldwide network of desire, his business is to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, and occasionally fake them—all to give the people what they want: a...
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Maybe it's ...me? (But I don't think it's me.)
- By Ashley J. on 05-14-18
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The Autograph Man
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Ben Barnes
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-24-18
- Language: English
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Swing Time
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,919
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Performance1,741
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Story1,737
“Smith’s thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.”...
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Enthralling and instructive. A novel of the highest caliber
- By Richmond Surrey on 07-27-17
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Swing Time
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 11-15-16
- Language: English
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NW
- A Novel
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Karen Bryson, Don Gilet
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall380
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Performance317
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Story320
A new novel from Zadie Smith, set in Northwest London Somewhere in Northwest London stands Caldwell housing estate, relic of 70s urban planning. Five identical blocks, deliberately named: Hobbes, Smith, Bentham, Locke, and Russell. If you grew up here, the plan was to get out and get on, to...
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I believe this book is best listened to than read
- By BowedBookshelf on 09-28-12
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NW
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Karen Bryson, Don Gilet
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-04-12
- Language: English
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Changing My Mind
- Occasional Essays
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall68
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Performance52
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Story52
"[These essays] reflect a lively, unselfconscious, rigorous, erudite, and earnestly open mind that's busy refining its view of life, literature, and a great deal in between." —Los Angeles Times Split into five sections--Reading, Being, Seeing, Feeling, and Remembering--Changing My Mind finds...
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There may be truths on the side of life
- By Darwin8u on 02-18-20
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Changing My Mind
- Occasional Essays
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 11-12-09
- Language: English
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Intimations
- Six Essays
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall396
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Performance336
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Story335
The New York Times Bestseller “[Smith’s] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America’s social systems.” —TIME “While quarantined amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Smith...
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An eye-opener for me into our inequitable systems
- By Rashida L on 07-29-20
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Intimations
- Six Essays
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Release date: 07-28-20
- Language: English
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Feel Free
- Essays
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Nikki Aumka-Bird
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall230
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Performance203
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Story199
Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Notable Book From Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved authors of her generation, a new collection of essays Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has...
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great material, thoroughly brilliant narration
- By Mary E. Magin on 03-09-18
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Feel Free
- Essays
- Narrated by: Nikki Aumka-Bird
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-06-18
- Language: English
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The Fraud
- A Novel
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall484
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Performance431
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Story430
The New York Times bestseller One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year One of NPR's Best Books of the Year Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly “[A] brilliant new entry in Smith’s catalog . . . The Fraud is not a change for Smith, but a demonstration of...
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Very disappointing
- By Blubarry Buckster on 09-10-23
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The Fraud
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 09-05-23
- Language: English
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Grand Union
- Stories
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith, Doc Brown
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance36
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Story36
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal! A dazzling collection of short fiction Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable...
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In Defense of Zadie Smith
- By Andre on 11-11-19
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Grand Union
- Stories
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith, Doc Brown
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-08-19
- Language: English
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Las dos amigas (un recitativo) [Recitatif]
- By: Toni Morrison, Carlos Mayor Ortega, Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Jane Santos, Susie Caraballo
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
Dos niñas son obligadas a compartir habitación en un centro de acogida. Una blanca y otra negra. Ambas se rechazan de inmediato, pero poco a poco se dan cuenta de que tienen en común más de lo que esperaban.
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Corto y conciso
- By pachivb on 02-01-25
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Las dos amigas (un recitativo) [Recitatif]
- Narrated by: Jane Santos, Susie Caraballo
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-08-23
- Language: Spanish
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Thalia Book Club: On Beauty with Author Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Laura Miller
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-12-06
- Language: English
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La impostura [The Fraud]
- By: Zadie Smith, Eugenia Vázquez Nacarino - translator
- Narrated by: Alicia Laorden
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Llena de vida, ideas, humor, sentimientos y algo semejante a una verdad moral, La impostura narra con extraordinaria habilidad las controversias sociales del Londres victoriano a través de un puñado de personajes memorables....
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La impostura [The Fraud]
- Narrated by: Alicia Laorden
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-03-24
- Language: Spanish
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Tiempos de swing [Swing Time]
- By: Zadie Smith, Eugenia Vázquez Nacarino - translator
- Narrated by: Elisa Beuter
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Un retrato vivo de una amistad compleja y verdadera, donde Zadie Smith vuelve a exhibir sus dotes para radiografiar el presente con asombrosas dosis de lucidez, humor y sensibilidad....
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Tiempos de swing [Swing Time]
- Narrated by: Elisa Beuter
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-21-24
- Language: Spanish
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Dientes blancos [White Teeth]
- By: Zadie Smith, Ana María de la Fuente Suárez - translator
- Narrated by: Mercè Montalà
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Un relato fresco y divertido de la Inglaterra moderna a través de la historia ferozmente ingeniosa de los inmigrantes en Inglaterra durante un período de cuarenta años....
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Dientes blancos [White Teeth]
- Narrated by: Mercè Montalà
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-09-21
- Language: Spanish
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The Surprise
- By: Zadie Smith, Nick Laird
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith, Nick Laird
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Celebrating the quiet power of being different, The Surprise is the children’s debut from acclaimed authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird. Meet Maud: a guinea pig who inexplicably wears a judo suit—and not everyone understands or approves. When Maud is thrown into a new and confusing situation...
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A wonderful book
- By John A. on 09-10-22
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The Surprise
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith, Nick Laird
- Length: 6 mins
- Release date: 06-28-22
- Language: English
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Swing Time
- Narrated by: Barbara Tissier
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-03-19
- Language: French
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Grand Union (Spanish Edition)
- By: Zadie Smith, Eugenia Vázquez Nacarino - translator
- Narrated by: Mercè Montalà, José Posada
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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A través de diversas perspectivas, desde lo histórico y lo actual hasta la más absoluta distopía, Grand Union es una reflexión estimulante y profética sobre el tiempo y el espacio....
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Fabuloso
- By Enrique on 07-18-23
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Grand Union (Spanish Edition)
- Narrated by: Mercè Montalà, José Posada
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-13-22
- Language: Spanish
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Con total libertad [Feel Free]
- Narrated by: Elisa Beuter
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-23-23
- Language: Spanish
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