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Luster

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LusterA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Shondaland, The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, Kirkus, Time, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, The Guardian, Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Self, The New York Public Library, Town & Country, Wired, Boston. com, Happy Mag, New Statesman, Vox, Shelf Awareness, Chatelaine, The Undefeated, Apartment Therapy,

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Shondaland, The New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, Buzzfeed, Kirkus, Time, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, The Guardian, Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Self, The New York Public Library, Town & Country, Wired, Boston.com, Happy Mag, New Statesman, Vox, Shelf Awareness, Chatelaine, The Undefeated, Apartment Therapy, Brooklyn Based, The End of the World Review, Exile in Bookville, Lit Reactor, BookPage, i-D
A FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Barack Obama
A BEST BOOK FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS: AV Club, Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine/The Strategist, The Rumpus

WINNER of the NBCC John Leonard Prize, the Kirkus Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER

"So delicious that it feels illicit . . . Raven Leilani's first novel reads like summer: sentences like ice that crackle or melt into a languorous drip; plot suddenly, wildly flying forward like a bike down a hill." --Jazmine Hughes, The New York Times Book Review

"An irreverent intergenerational tale of race and class that's blisteringly smart and fan-yourself sexy." --Michelle Hart, O: The Oprah Magazine

No one wants what no one wants.
And how do we even know what we want? How do we know we're ready to take it?

Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties--sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage--with rules.

As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren't hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and invited into Eric's home--though not by Eric. She becomes a hesitant ally to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie may be the only Black woman young Akila knows.

Irresistibly unruly and strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp and slyly comic, sexually charged and utterly absorbing, Raven Leilani's Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life--her hunger, her anger--in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent, and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way.
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Capri A. Diana
Grantham, US
★★★★★ 5
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Format: Hardcover
Great book
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2015
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kevinjoel
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★★★★★ 5
Si buscas ser un hombre superior, compralo, Lee y aplica
Format: Paperback
Si estás en esta pagina, analizando los comentarios te adelanto que no es casualidad que estas leyendo este comentario. El camino del hombre superior es el libro que necesitas para transformarte en tu mejor versión.
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José Farias
Draper, US
★★★★★ 5
A Wake-Up Call Every Man Needs
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This book is a game changer. The Superior Men is direct, unapologetic, and packed with truth. It challenges you to step up, take ownership of your life, and embrace discipline, strength, and purpose. In a world that often tries to water down masculinity, this book reminds you of what it truly means to be a man. I found myself highlighting entire pages. It doesn’t waste time with fluff—it gets straight to the point and hits hard. If you’re serious about leveling up mentally, physically, and spiritually, this book belongs on your shelf. Highly recommend to any man ready to rise above mediocrity and live with intention.
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Engel
Phoenix, US
★★★★★ 5
Todos los hombres a partir de los 16 deberían leerlo
Format: Paperback
Así como dice, una guía espiritual, he visto como varias figuras públicas en Youtube recomiendan esta obra. No unicamente recomiendo esto a los hombres, considero también que las mujeres lo analicen y entiendan sus principios. Hablando del contenido, este explica muy bien conceptos que se han ido perdiendo en nosotros los hombres, su rol como persona masculina, su deseo de libertad y el mismo deseo sexual hacia las mujeres femeninas. Gracias a este libro pude descubrir una nueva área que no había visto dentro de mi, y me ha ayudado a darle rumbo a mi propósito de vida.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2024
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Edmarie Robles
San Leandro, US
★★★★★ 5
Must read!
Format: Paperback
Un libro excelente. Para ayudar a la transformacion personal de los.hombres. Se lo compré a mi hijo y es estupendo
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2025

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