Black Authors
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![James by Percival Everett](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593821251_1120.jpg)
![James by Percival Everett](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593821251_1120.jpg)
James
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
In development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg • A Best Book of the Year of the Year so Far for 2024: The New York Times Book Review,... Read more
![The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593684122_1120.jpg)
![The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593684122_1120.jpg)
The 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
WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION
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
“A murder... Read more
![The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris](http://covers.libro.fm/9781984885722_1120.jpg)
![The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris](http://covers.libro.fm/9781984885722_1120.jpg)
The Truths We Hold
By: Kamala Harris
Narrated by: Kamala Harris
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times bestseller
From Vice President Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders, comes a book about the core truths that unite us and how best to act upon them.
"A life story that genuinely entrances." —Los Angeles Times
“An engaging read that provides insights into the influences of [Harris’s]... Read more
![Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler](http://covers.libro.fm/9781440761577_1120.jpg)
![Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler](http://covers.libro.fm/9781440761577_1120.jpg)
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 audiobook![The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers](http://covers.libro.fm/9780062942975_1120.jpg)
![The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers](http://covers.libro.fm/9780062942975_1120.jpg)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton & Prentice Onayemi
Length: 29 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today Bestseller • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021 • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times • Time • Washington Post • Oprah Daily • People • Boston... Read more
View audiobook![How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi](http://covers.libro.fm/9781984832214_1120.jpg)
![How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi](http://covers.libro.fm/9781984832214_1120.jpg)
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 • From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves—now updated, with a new preface.
“The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.”—The... Read more
![The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781478900832_1120.jpg)
![The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781478900832_1120.jpg)
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
![The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett](http://covers.libro.fm/9780525637141_1120.jpg)
![The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett](http://covers.libro.fm/9780525637141_1120.jpg)
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 * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR
2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST“Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni... Read more
![A Promised Land by Barack Obama](http://covers.libro.fm/9780525633723_1120.jpg)
![A Promised Land by Barack Obama](http://covers.libro.fm/9780525633723_1120.jpg)
A 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 making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • 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 •... Read more
![The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781549119736_1120.jpg)
![The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781549119736_1120.jpg)
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
![Caste (Oprah's Book Club) by Isabel Wilkerson](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593339800_1120.jpg)
![Caste (Oprah's Book Club) by Isabel Wilkerson](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593339800_1120.jpg)
Caste (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Isabel Wilkerson
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 15 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows... Read more
![Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593669136_1120.jpg)
![Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593669136_1120.jpg)
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 YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York... Read more
View audiobook![What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250260635_1120.jpg)
![What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250260635_1120.jpg)
What Happened to You?
By: Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry] are both capable, likable narrators who are sincerely engaged with their subject matter...The performances of these two humanitarians make this a must-hear for anyone recovering from their traumatic past." —AudioFile
This program is read by the authors.
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the... Read more
![Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797161518_1120.jpg)
![Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797161518_1120.jpg)
Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.
“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —Vogue • “A novel of triumph.” —The Washington Post • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —People
... Read more
![How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797157115_1120.jpg)
![How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797157115_1120.jpg)
How to Say Babylon
By: Safiya Sinclair
Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
Length: 16 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
A New York Times Notable Book
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
A Best Book of 2023 by the New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, Shelf Awareness, Goodreads, Esquire, The Atlantic, NPR, and Barack Obama
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning... Read more
![Becoming by Michelle Obama](http://covers.libro.fm/9780525633686_1120.jpg)
![Becoming by Michelle Obama](http://covers.libro.fm/9780525633686_1120.jpg)
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
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER• ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment,... Read more
![How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith](http://covers.libro.fm/9781549123412_1120.jpg)
![How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith](http://covers.libro.fm/9781549123412_1120.jpg)
How the Word Is Passed
By: Clint Smith
Narrated by: Clint Smith
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
This compelling #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America—and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives.
Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that... Read more
![Finding Me by Viola Davis](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063037342_1120.jpg)
![Finding Me by Viola Davis](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063037342_1120.jpg)
Finding Me
By: Viola Davis
Narrated by: Viola Davis
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2023 Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording!Audie Award Winner for Audiobook of the Year!Narrated by Viola DavisIn my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central... Read more
View audiobook![The Trees by Percival Everett](http://covers.libro.fm/9781666195347_1120.jpg)
![The Trees by Percival Everett](http://covers.libro.fm/9781666195347_1120.jpg)
The Trees
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone
Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance... Read more
![Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi](http://covers.libro.fm/9781549184253_1120.jpg)
![Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi](http://covers.libro.fm/9781549184253_1120.jpg)
Stamped: 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
![There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593821893_1120.jpg)
![There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593821893_1120.jpg)
There's Always This Year
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “powerful” (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America
“Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I’ve ever read but one of the most moving books I’ve ever read, period.”—Steve James, director of Hoop Dreams
Growing... Read more
![The 1619 Project by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman & Jake Silverstein](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593452288_1120.jpg)
![The 1619 Project by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman & Jake Silverstein](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593452288_1120.jpg)
The 1619 Project
By: Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman & Jake Silverstein
Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Full Cast
Length: 18 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • Marie Claire
In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of... Read more
![Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler](http://covers.libro.fm/9781449801311_1120.jpg)
![Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler](http://covers.libro.fm/9781449801311_1120.jpg)
Parable of the Talents
By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd, Sisi Aisha Johnson & Peter J...
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Best-selling author Octavia E. Butler's acclaimed novels have won numerous awards, and she is a recipient of a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Parable of the Talents was selected as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of horrifying... Read more
View audiobook![All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250897626_1120.jpg)
![All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250897626_1120.jpg)
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 tale—beautifully told." —AudioFile (Earphones... Read more
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