Black Authors
Listen to audiobooks by Black authors.
James
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view ā¢ From the āliterary iconā (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure is the basis for Cord Jeffersonās critically acclaimed film American... Read more
View audiobookThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINE
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023
āA murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming,... Read more
All the Sinners Bleed
By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 13 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense!
"Lazarre-White masterfully portrays people of multiple races, old and young. He also delivers Cosby's reflections on family, grief, and faith with genuine introspection and without distracting from the tense plotlines...This is a gripping, timely taleābeautifully told." āAudioFile (Earphones... Read more
Maame
By: Jessica George
Narrated by: Heather Agyepong
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick
One of BookPage's Best Audiobooks of 2023
"The patchwork elements cooperate with one another both on the page and in the audiobook, thanks to Heather Agyepongās elegant narration." āNew York Times
"Maame is a deeply funny yet emotional novel that comes alive with narration. A great pick for the... Read more
Chain Gang All Stars
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch & L...
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARĀ ā¢ FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION ā¢Ā A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICKĀ ā¢ NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢Ā Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from Americaās own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York... Read more
View audiobookBefore I Let Go
By: Kennedy Ryan
Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan & Jakobi Diem
Length: 13 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
āReal, raw, magnificentāBefore I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read.ā āColleen Hoover, #1Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author
Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldnāt solve or save everything.
It couldnāt save their marriage.
Yasmen... Read more
So Let Them Burn
By: Kamilah Cole
Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Kamali Minter
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine whoās forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homelandāperfect for fans ofĀ Iron WidowĀ andĀ The Priory of the Orange Tree.Ā
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Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island... Read more
The Vanishing Half
By: Brit Bennett
Narrated by: Shayna Small
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST *Ā NPR *Ā PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE*Ā VANITY FAIR * GLAMOURĀ
2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALISTāBennettās tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but itās especially reminiscent of Toni... Read more
Parable of the Sower
By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler paints a stunning portrait of an all-too-believable near future. As with Kindred and her other critically-acclaimed novels, Parable of the Sower skillfully combines startling visionary and socially realistic concepts. God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose... Read more
View audiobookA Promised Land
By: Barack Obama
Narrated by: Barack Obama
Length: 29 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the makingāfrom the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE ā¢ NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND PEOPLE
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post ā¢... Read more
There's Always This Year
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ A āpowerfulā (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and homeāfrom the author ofĀ the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America
āMesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book Iāve ever read but one of the most moving books Iāve ever read, period.āāSteve James, director of Hoop Dreams
Growing... Read more
Caste (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Isabel Wilkerson
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 15 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ OPRAHāS BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ āAn instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.āāDwight Garner, The New York Times
The Pulitzer Prizeāwinning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows... Read more
The City We Became
By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 16 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But... Read more
How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ From the National Book Awardāwinning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes aĀ āgroundbreakingā (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselvesānow updated, with a new preface.
āThe most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.āāThe... Read more
The Fifth Season
By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 15 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times)
This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.
It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent,... Read more
Legendborn
By: Tracy Deonn
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 18 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!
Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award
Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonnās YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and ābraids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief,... Read more
Becoming
By: Michelle Obama
Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Length: 19 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
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#1Ā NEW YORK TIMESĀ BESTSELLER ā¢ WATCH THEĀ EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ā¢ OPRAHāS BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢Ā NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNERā¢ ONE OFĀ ESSENCEāS 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment,... Read more
Me and White Supremacy
By: Layla F. Saad
Narrated by: Layla F. Saad
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Based off the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy teaches listeners how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never... Read more
View audiobookNo Gods, No Monsters
By: Cadwell Turnbull
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a BEST BOOK OF 2021 by the New York Times, NPR, the New York Public Library, Audible, Tor.com, Book Riot, Library Journal, and Kirkus!Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Open Book AwardāRivetingā¦[A] tender, ferocious book.āāNew York TimesāBeautifully fantastical.āāNPRāMasterful.āāChicago TribuneOne October morning, Laina gets the news that her... Read more
View audiobookStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Jason Reynolds
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller!
A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America
This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.
The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep... Read more
Quietly Hostile
By: Samantha Irby
Narrated by: Samantha Irby
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ā¢ A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha IrbyĀ "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of awkward experiences.... Quietly Hostile will delight established fans and newcomers alike (Parade).
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āBrilliant and one... Read more
Razorblade Tears
By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the ThrillerFest 2022 Audiobook of the Year Award!
āLazarre-White's commanding performance is equally riveting. He creates an irresistible listening experienceā āAudioFile Magazine
āSuperb...Cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our times.ā āMichael Connelly,
#1 New York Times bestselling author
A Black father. A... Read more
The Light We Carry
By: Michelle Obama
Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
2024 GrammyĀ® Award Winner ā¢ #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERĀ ā¢Ā In an inspiring follow-up to herĀ acclaimedĀ memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in todayās highly uncertain world.
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There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to lifeās big... Read more
Such a Fun Age
By: Kiley Reid
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
A Best Book of the Year:
The Washington PostĀ ā¢Ā Chicago TribuneĀ ā¢Ā NPRĀ ā¢ VogueĀ ā¢Ā ElleĀ ā¢Ā Real SimpleĀ ā¢Ā InStyleĀ ā¢Ā Good Housekeeping ā¢ ParadeĀ ā¢ SlateĀ ā¢Ā Vox ā¢Ā Kirkus Reviews ā¢Ā Library Journal ā¢Ā BookPage
Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Reese's Book Club PickĀ
"The most provocative page-turner of the year."... Read more
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