Order of Brit Bennett Books
Brit Bennett is an American author best known for writing The Mothers which was a big hit upon its release and was even a New York Times Bestseller. She followed that book up with The Vanishing Half in 2020. That book was another New York Times Bestseller, thanks in part to its placement as a Good Morning America Book Club selection.
Bennett was born and raised in the Southern California area. She went slightly north for college as she attended Stanford University where she graduated with a BA before heading to earn her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, she was awarded the Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the 2014 Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers.
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Mothers | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Vanishing Half | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Butterball | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nadia | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Meet Claudie | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Adventures with Claudie | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of American Girl Historical Characters Books
(with Valerie Tripp, Jennifer Hirsch, Laura Freeman, Megan McDonald, Denise Lewis Patrick, Janet Beeler Shaw, Kirby Larson, Kellen Hertz, Jacqueline Dembar Greene)
| Kaya: An American Girl- 1764 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Julie | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Julie Takes a Stand | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Journey Begins | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Taking Off | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Spirit of Aloha | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Rebecca: The Sound of Applause | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Rebecca: Lights, Camera, Rebecca! | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Addy: Finding Freedom | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Addy: A Heart Full of Hope | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Courtney Changes the Game | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Samantha: The Gift | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Meet Claudie | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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If You Like Brit Bennett Books, You’ll Love…
The Mothers is set in a contemporary black community in Southern California and is a powerful novel about community, love, and ambition. The story starts with seventeen-year-old Nadia Turner who has turned rebellious after the suicide of her mother. In her grief, she becomes involved with the pastor’s son Luke Sheppard, a 21-year-old former football star turned waiter. They aren’t very serious, but things become serious when Nadia ends up pregnant. The two will make a choice and choose to cover it up. A choice that will have long-lasting repercussions for both of them.
Bennett followed that book up with the amazing The Vanishing Half. This book tells the story of two twin sisters from the Deep South that end up living much better lives as adults. One passes for white and keeps that a secret from everyone, including her husband While her sister lives with her daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The book goes beyond race issues to how our decisions and desires can have lasting consequences on our lives.
my book club will be discussing vanishing half by Brit Bennett in October 1,2021
it really makes a person think.