Jendella Benson books

Jendella Benson is a British-Nigerian novelist and short story writer, author of Hope and Glory (2022) and a contributor to the Comma Singles short fiction series.

Comma Singles Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Fewer Things 2011 Buy
The Cave 2011 Buy
The Skirt 2012 Buy
Hitting Trees with Sticks 2012 Buy
Crosswords 2013 Buy
A Wolf 2013 Buy
The Truth 2013 Buy
Sports Leader 2013 Buy
Earthquakes 2013 Buy
Tamagotchi 2013 Buy
The Truck to Berlin 2013 Buy
The Virgin and the Soldier 2013 Buy
Red Enters the Eye 2013 Buy
An Industrial Evolution 2013 Buy
Mr Carlton 2013 Buy
A Paris Story 2013 Buy
The Bicycle Express 2013 Buy
The Flight into Egypt 2013 Buy
Abulafia 2013 Buy
Everything Is Moving, Everything Is Joined 2013 Buy
The Pitch 2013 Buy
Morphogenesis 2013 Buy
The Heart of Denis Noble 2013 Buy
What Kind of Dog 2013 Buy
Crystal Night 2013 Buy
My Soul to Keep 2017 Buy
Red Lights 2017 Buy
Many Years Ago, I Was Standing In A Meydan 2017 Buy
The War of All Against All 2017 Buy
Easy on The Rose’s 2017 Buy
The Pardon List 2018 Buy
The Mastiff 2018 Buy
Heavy Clay Soil: A story from the Midlands Rising 2018 Buy
A Fiery Flag Unfurled in Coleman Street 2018 Buy
Trying Lydia 2018 Buy
Banner Bright 2018 Buy
Kick-Start: A story on the National Blind March 2018 Buy
For the Tape 2018 Buy
There Are Five Ways Out Of This Room 2018 Buy
Spun 2018 Buy
Rivers of Blood 2018 Buy
May Hobbs 2018 Buy
The Stars are in the Sky 2018 Buy
Exterior Paint 2018 Buy
The Beckhams are in Betty’s 2018 Buy
The Opposite of Drowning 2018 Buy
Never Going Underground 2018 Buy
Conrad Street 2018 Buy
The Turd Tree 2018 Buy
Expectant Management 2018 Buy
Withen 2018 Buy
Bed 45 2018 Buy
The Poison Tree 2018 Buy
The Abandoned Person’s Tale 2018 Buy
The Gardens of Babylon 2018 Buy
The Widening Gyre 2018 Buy
Kindling 2018 Buy
The Sea-God 2018 Buy
Into Tiny Pieces 2018 Buy
The Hare’s Declaration 2018 Buy
The Birds of Kipsala Island 2018 Buy
Bird of Paradise 2018 Buy
The Slow Man 2018 Buy
The Beginner’s Guide to Smuggling 2018 Buy
Storyteller 2018 Buy
Return Ticket 2018 Buy
The Child in the Lock 2018 Buy
Benzene Dreams 2018 Buy
From Above 2018 Buy
The Tank 2018 Buy
The Biggest Bridge in the World 2018 Buy
Inertia 2018 Buy
Flypaper 2018 Buy
The Dependant’s Tale 2018 Buy
Testicular Cancer vs. the Behemoth 2018 Buy
The Appellant’s Tale 2018 Buy
Change for Low Rixham 2018 Buy
The Lover’s Tale 2018 Buy
The Sayer of the Sooth 2019 Buy
The Longhand Option 2019 Buy
Passing 2019 Buy
Living in Hope 2021 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Kindling 2018 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Hope and Glory 2022 Buy
All That We’ve Got 2024 N/A

Jendella Benson is a British-Nigerian writer whose debut novel, Hope and Glory (2022), tells the story of a young woman who returns to her family in South London after her father’s sudden death. The novel explores family secrets, generational conflict, and the British-Nigerian experience.

Her second novel, All That We’ve Got (2024), continues her focus on contemporary British life and family dynamics. She has also contributed to the Comma Singles series with the short story Kindling (2018), part of a large multi-author collection of individual short stories published by Comma Press.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Jendella Benson written?

Jendella Benson has written 85 books across three series.

What was Jendella Benson's first book?

Jendella Benson’s first book is Fewer Things, published in 2011.

What is Jendella Benson best known for?

Benson is best known for Hope and Glory (2022), her debut novel about a young British-Nigerian woman returning to her family in South London after the death of her father. She has also contributed the short story Kindling to the Comma Singles series.

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