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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, International bestselling, & Award-winning author of ACE OF SPADES and WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE. In 2024 she was a world book day author with her title THE DOOMSDAY DATE and she also has a Marvel Spider-Verse story coming out this year where she writes a new Spider-Verse character known as Spider-UK/Zarina Zahari. Faridah is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs, and a graduate from a university in Scotland where she received a BA in English Literature. She also has an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London. When she isn’t spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found examining the deeper meanings in Disney channel original movies.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 129,969 ratings · 25,427 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ace of Spades 4.13 avg rating — 100,174 ratings — published 2021 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Sleeping Girls Lie 3.98 avg rating — 20,772 ratings — published 2024 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ace of Spades Sneak Peek 4.18 avg rating — 2,949 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Goodreads Author), Adiba Jaigirdar (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 2,427 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doomsday Date 3.29 avg rating — 738 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Much Ado About Persephone: A Where Sleeping Girls Lie Pride Story 4.16 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	PRIDE & PROMISES: An Ace of Spades Pride Story 3.45 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heirs 4.02 avg rating — 62 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Goodreads Author), Steve Cole, Eoin Colfer 4.22 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spider-Man: Stories from the Spider-Verse by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Goodreads Author), David Betancourt, Preeti Chhibber (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ace of Spades (2 books)
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According to the calendar, we’re already halfway through 2024. That means it’s time for our annual midyear check-in, where we suss out...

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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé has read A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sangu is back with another wonderfully written cosy witchy fantasy and I couldn't be happier. This was probably the book I anticipated most this year and so I saved it for the autumn/winter months for optimism cosiness! ...more
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My first T. Kingfisher book but most certainly not my last, I found Kingfisher's writing style so refreshing ...more
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Ouch... it's like Dostoevsky peered into the soul of everything person in their mid-to-late 20s and said "good luck, kid, it might not get better" Thanks for that Fyodor ...more
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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé rated a book it was amazing Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, #2) by Rachel Reid	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am indeed as obsessed with this book and its tv adaptation as everyone else, what a time to be alive
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I am indeed as obsessed with this book and its tv adaptation as everyone else, what a time to be alive
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Gorgeously written and I also loved the blend of so many genres at once
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“I stop myself from apologizing-because what would I even be sorry for? Existing too loud?”
― Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

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“Growing up, I realized quite quickly that people hate being called racist more than they hate racism itself.”
― Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

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“They say love and hate are the same, just at different ends of the blade”
― Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

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Faridah’s Quotes

“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimeter the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
― James Baldwin

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“They're your parents. They're meant to love you because. Never in spite.”
― Patrick Ness, Release

tags: family, love, parents

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“When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

tags: death, inspirational, voice

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“They say terrible things are done in darkness, but terrible things are also done in a light too blinding for anyone else to look at directly.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

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