Black Authors

Black Skinhead

By: Brandi Collins-Dexter

Narrated by: Brandi Collins-Dexter

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

For fans of Bad Feminist and The Sum of Us, Black Skinhead sparks a radical conversation about Black America and political identity.

In Black Skinhead, Brandi Collins-Dexter, former Senior Campaign Director for Color Of Change, explores the fragile alliance between Black voters and the Democratic party. Through... Read more

Eternally Yours

By: Patrice Caldwell

Narrated by: Patrice Caldwell, Katie Koster, Catherine Ho, A...

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Give in to this irresistible paranormal romance anthology filled with tales of the mortal and the monstrous. In Eternally Yours, fifteen of today’s bestselling writers explore love in its many forms . . .

Contributors include Kalynn Bayron, Kendare Blake, Kat Cho, Melissa de la Cruz, Hafsah Faizal, Sarah Gailey, Chloe Gong, Alexis Henderson, Adib... Read more

Tears of My Mother

By: Wendy Osefo

Narrated by: Wendy Osefo

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

When star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Potomac Dr. Wendy Osefo was growing up, her mother was her everything. But when she became a mother herself, everything changed. In this “exquisitely-drawn portrait of the intense bond that only a mother can have with a daughter” (Katie Haufner, author of Mother Daughter Me), Wendy explores how her... Read more

Your Purpose Is Calling

By: Dharius Daniels

Narrated by: Dr. Dharius Daniels

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Discover exactly who you were created to be and what you were created to do by learning to see yourself the way God sees you. The key to understanding, embracing, and unleashing your God-given uniqueness is possessing an accurate picture of your true identity. After all, if you don't know who you are, how could you ever know... Read more

The Vanquishers

By: Kalynn Bayron

Narrated by: Ecstasia Sanders

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron, read by Ecstasia Sanders.

In the world of the Vanquishers, vampires were history . . . until now.

"A sharp vampire tale full of bite, heart, and humor." —Rena Barron, author of the Maya and the Rising Dark series

"Boog and her friends will capture your heart in an instant." —Mark Oshiro, author... Read more

Prank Day

By: Kel Mitchell

Narrated by: Kel Mitchell

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.From actor, producer, and comedian Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon's All That and the film Good Burger, this laugh-aloud novel for kids follows Chase as he masterminds a series of epic pranks only to discover that they've all become real on April 2nd. When his tricks become reality in hilarious and disastrous ways, Chase must come... Read more

People Person

By: Candice Carty-Williams

Narrated by: Danielle Vitalis

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the “brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel” (Oprah Daily) Queenie returns with another witty and insightful “treat” (Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession) of a novel about the power of family—even when they seem like strangers.

If you could choose your family...you wouldn’t choose the Penningtons.

Dimple Pennington... Read more

Lead to Win

By: Carla A. Harris

Narrated by: Carla A. Harris

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of Expect To Win and Strategize To Win steps out with dynamic strategies for leaders of today and tomorrow.

Work has undergone a sea change, introducing a new matrix of concerns and questions for leaders and potential leaders. What does it take to lead effectively now? What does leadership even mean?
 
In this much-needed book,... Read more

A Visible Man

By: Edward Enninful

Narrated by: Edward Enninful

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers.

When Edward Enninful became the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, few in the world of fashion wanted to confront how it failed to represent the world we live in. But Edward, a champion of inclusion throughout his life, rapidly changed that.
 
Now,... Read more

The Two Lives of Sara

By: Catherine Adel West

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Ms. Magazine, The Root, Popsugar, Bustle, and many more!

“An utterly absorbing and dazzling novel about the stories we tell to stay alive and the secrets we keep to protect ourselves.” — Nancy Jooyoun Kim, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee
 

In 1960s Memphis, a young mother... Read more

Rules of Engagement

By: Stacey Abrams & Selena Montgomery

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.

Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when... Read more

Magnolia Flower

By: Zora Neale Hurston & Ibram X. Kendi

Narrated by: Sheryl Lee Ralph

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi. Magnolia Flower follows a young Afro Indigenous girl who longs for freedom.Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of... Read more

Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution

By: Sherri Winston

Narrated by: Latonya Williams

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution by Sherri Winston, read by Latonya Williams.

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

Member of the 2023 Notable Books for a Global Society (NGBS) List

From the beloved author of President of the Whole Fifth Grade, a story about a young Black girl who summons the... Read more

The Rancher Returns

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A rancher comes home to a passionate hero’s welcome—from a perfect stranger!

Discover New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson’s The Westmoreland Legacy…

Returning from active duty to find his ranch being dug up by a beautiful stranger isn’t the homecoming navy SEAL Gavin Blake expected. Dr. Layla Harris is convinced there’s buried... Read more

A Taste of Magic

By: J. Elle

Narrated by: Imani Parks

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents A Taste of Magic by J. Elle, read by Imani Parks.

“An enchanting adventure that will leave readers hungry for more.” – Kwame Mbalia, #1 New York Times bestselling author

New York Times bestselling author J. Elle makes her middle grade debut in this magical new series about a Black girl who learns she's a witch and must save her... Read more

Black Hamptons

By: La Jill Hunt & Carl Weber

Narrated by: Michael Rishawn, Chante Ellison, Dylan Ford, Eb...

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

When a piece of land comes up for sale in this exclusive community, it sparks a war between the Brittons and the Johnsons. It’s old money versus new money, and neither family seems willing to compromise. Will the tension between them shatter any hopes of a peaceful summer?Hidden away near the end of Long Island, New York, is a community where... Read more

No More Playas

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa. His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa’s Handbook, caused a major uproar among black women and men, and shot to the top of the bestseller list.
 
Then he met Dr. Asia Fowler, a colleague whose views on love are... Read more

Golden Ax

By: Rio Cortez

Narrated by: Rio Cortez

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Poetry
Longlisted for the 2023 PEN Open Book Award
Finalist for the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award

“Outstanding . . . the poetry in these pages is intelligent, lyrical, as invested in the past as the present and future with witty nods to pop culture.” —Roxane Gay, author of... Read more

Afterlives

By: Abdulrazak Gurnah

Narrated by: Damian Lynch

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022

A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ”

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, THE NEW YORKER, BOOKPAGE, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS

“Superb. . . . A celebration of a place and time when people held onto their own ways, and basked in ordinary joys even as... Read more

Strictly Confidential Attraction

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

"I need you, Alli."

Did Mark mean what Alison Lind hoped? Was her boss declaring his passion for her? Did he really feel the same way she secretly felt for him? Apparently not. Instead of asking her to be his lover, he was asking her to be temporary nanny to his baby niece. Not an ounce of desire in sight. Or was there? Living together, spending... Read more

Perish

By: LaToya Watkins

Narrated by: Jeremy Michael Durm, Keyonni James, Chanté McCo...

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“Watkins’s prose is effortless and forthright. . . . This is an impressive feat of storytelling. . . . It’s a difficult read and a tender story of silences and secrets. It’s a novel about coming home, despite that home being broken. And it’s a brave triumph of a novel that readers won’t forget long after finishing it.”
—The New York Times Book... Read more

The Mamas

By: Helena Andrews-Dyer

Narrated by: Helena Andrews-Dyer

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Can white moms and Black moms ever truly be friends? Not just mom friends, but like really real friends? And does it matter?

“Utterly addictive . . . Through her sharp wit and dynamic anecdotal storytelling, Helena Andrews-Dyer shines a light on the cultural differences that separate Black and white mothers.”—Tia Williams, New York Times... Read more

Uncommon Influence

By: Tony Dungy & Lauren Dungy

Narrated by: Tony Dungy, Lauren Dungy & Santiago Mellado

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Lauren and Tony Dungy have impacted countless people through the years with their generosity and care for others. But the Dungys’ influence isn’t the result of their achievements, fame, or finances. Instead, it stems from the proactive, intentional choices they make every day―choices that have positioned them to live a life of profound... Read more

The Playa's Handbook

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

There’s not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa’s Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include:
 
*Never give a woman the key to... Read more