Black Authors

Unequal

By: Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau

Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned, bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson makes his YA debut, with critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau, to deliver an urgent, enlightening account of racial inequality in America.
 
The true story of racial inequality—and resistance to it—is the prologue to our present. You can see it in where we live, where we go to school, where we... Read more

Possessed by Passion

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

They're discovering the healing powers of passion 

Burned-by-love architect Hunter McKay came home to Phoenix to open her own firm, not rekindle her fleeting high school romance with playboy Tyson Steele. But when she runs into the sexy surgeon at a nightclub—and he unleashes that legendary Steele charm—Hunter fears she's headed straight for... Read more

Call Me Miss Hamilton

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Hamilton grew up knowing right from wrong. She was proud to be Black, and when the chance came along to join the Civil Rights Movement and become a Freedom Rider, she was eager to fight for what she believed in. She was arrested again and again?and she did not back down when faced with insults or disrespect. In an Alabama court, a white... Read more

Private Arrangements

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

No man has ever tempted her like this…

Nikki Cartwright can't believe Jonas Steele—the Jonas Steele—has chosen her for a high-profile marketing venture. It could make her career. But when she remembers the kiss they once shared, a kiss so intimate it sent their desire skyrocketing from simmering to blazing, Nikki knows she must guard her heart... Read more

Private Arrangements & Possessed by Passion

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Private Arrangements
No man has ever tempted her like this…

Nikki Cartwright can't believe Jonas Steele—the Jonas Steele—has chosen her for a high-profile marketing venture. It could make her career. But when she remembers the kiss they once shared, a kiss so intimate it sent their desire skyrocketing from simmering to blazing, Nikki knows she... Read more

Tough

By: Terry Crews

Narrated by: Terry Crews

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, the deeply personal story of his lifelong obsession with strength—and how, after looking for it in all the wrong places, he finally found it

Terry Crews spent decades cultivating his bodybuilder physique and bravado. On the outside, he seemed invincible: he escaped his abusive father, went pro in the NFL,... Read more

Real Life, Real Love

By: Gia Casey & Raashaun "DJ Envy" Casey

Narrated by: Gia Casey & Raashaun "DJ Envy" Casey

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

RaaShaun “DJ Envy” and Gia Casey met when they were two teenagers attending the same high school in Queens. They have been together for an astounding twenty-seven years and married for twenty. They have remained together through RaaShaun’s growing celebrity, a devastating (and very public) cheating scandal, and the births of six children. Now, a... Read more

Shelter

By: Lawrence Jackson

Narrated by: Korey Jackson

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

When Lawrence Jackson accepted a new job teaching in Baltimore, he searched for schools for his sons and bought a house. This would be unremarkable but for the fact that he grew up in West Baltimore and his job was at Johns Hopkins, whose vexed relationship to its neighborhood, to the city and its history, provides a point of departure for this... Read more

Empty Vows

By: Mary Monroe

Narrated by: Tracey Conyer Lee & Ruffin Prentiss

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In this scandalous follow-up to the Depression-era tale Mrs. Wiggins, awardwinning and New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe brings even more period drama as a proper church-going woman ensnares a widower living too many secrets—and lies …Forty-something widow Jessie Tucker is beloved throughout Lexington, Alabama, for her kind heart and... Read more

Black Ghost of Empire

By: Kris Manjapra

Narrated by: Robin Miles & Kris Manjapra

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

If the 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which life in the United States has been shaped by the existence of slavery, this “historical, literary masterpiece” (Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy) focuses on emancipation and how its afterlife further codified the racial caste system—instead of obliterating it.

To understand why the shadow of slavery... Read more

One-Shot Harry

By: Gary Phillips

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting historical crime novel about an African American forensic photographer seeking justice for his jazz musician friend.

Los Angeles, 1963: African American Korean War veteran Harry Ingram earns a living as a news photographer and occasional process... Read more

Some of My Best Friends

By: Tajja Isen

Narrated by: Tajja Isen

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A fearless, “funny, poignant, and super-smart” (Ms. magazine) essay collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions.

In this “inspiring, determined work of personal narrative and cultural criticism” (Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives), essayist and award-winning voice actor Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of... Read more

Perfect Fit

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Sage Dunbar is dealt a shattering double blow when she discovers that her fiancé has depleted her bank accounts and her father has been having an affair. Reeling with shock, she accepts a job promotion that involves relocating to Anchorage, Alaska. She never expects to cross paths with a man who will challenge everything she thought she knew... Read more

The Little Book of Rootwork

By: Paris Ajana

Narrated by: Ella Turenne

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Rootwork, also known as hoodoo or conjure, is an African American folk magic influenced by a blend of African beliefs, traditions, and cultures. This book includes step-by-step guidance for over 80 rituals, spells, and techniques that can help manifest your goals and transform your life. Written by a descendant of African American and Filipino... Read more

Constructing a Nervous System

By: Margo Jefferson

Narrated by: Karen Murray

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From "one of our most nuanced thinkers on the intersections of race, class, and feminism" (Cathy Park Hong, New York Times bestselling author of Minor Feelings) comes a memoir "as electric as the title suggests" (Maggie Nelson, author of On Freedom).

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, TIME... Read more

The Romantic Agenda

By: Claire Kann

Narrated by: Adrienne Walker

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

One of...
Parade's Best Romance Books of All Time
NPR's Books to Celebrate Pride Month
Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated LGBTQ Reads of 2022
Goodreads' Most Anticipated April Romances
Betches' Books To Add To Your Spring 2022 Reading List

Joy is in love with Malcolm.
But Malcolm really likes Summer.
Summer is in love with love.
And Fox is Summer’s... Read more

Things They Lost

By: Okwiri Oduor

Narrated by: Christel Mutombo

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vogue and Vulture

“Alternately whimsical, sweet, and dark,” this astonishing debut novel about a lonely girl waiting for her mother “brim[s] with uncompromisingly African magical realism” (The New York Times).

Ayosa is a wandering spirit—joyous, exuberant, filled to the brim with longing. Her only companions in... Read more

Muggsy

By: Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues & Jake Uitti

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. Twenty years after receiving his first basketball as a toddler, he stood proud—at five-foot-three—as the starting point guard for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA.... Read more

Business Not As Usual

By: Sharon C. Cooper

Narrated by: Marcella Cox

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman learns the hard way about mixing business with pleasure in this hilarious new romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author Sharon C. Cooper.

I am beautiful. I am confident. I am lovable. I am a lottery winner.

This is the mantra that will get Dreamy Daniels through each day until she makes it big. So what if she lives in a seedy part of... Read more

The Trayvon Generation

By: Elizabeth Alexander

Narrated by: Elizabeth Alexander

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

*Named one of TIME magazine's Most Anticipated Titles of 2022*

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author and poet comes a galvanizing meditation on the power of art and culture to illuminate America's unresolved problem with race.

In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 and following the murders of George... Read more

How to Heal Our Racial Divide

By: Derwin L. Gray

Narrated by: Derwin L. Gray

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Why must everything be so black and white? Like many of us, Derwin Gray is weary of the racial divide in our society. He longs to see hurts healed, wrongs corrected, and trust replace distrust.

The good news is that the Bible has a lot to say about how to heal our persistent racial divides. In this book, popular Bible teacher Derwin Gray walks us... Read more

The Making of a Man (and why we're so afraid to talk about it)

By: Obioma Ugoala

Narrated by: Obioma Ugoala

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A POWERFUL MEMOIR AND MANIFESTO CHALLENGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BLACK MAN IN BRITAIN

“A blisteringly honest take on contemporary Britishness that manages to be both nuanced and shocking. Highly recommended.” Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)
 
You’re a black man. 
 
Aggressive. Athletic. 
Feared. Fetishised. 
Policed. Politicised.
 
It’s... Read more

When Our Worlds Collided

By: Danielle Jawando

Narrated by: Kenton Thomas & Danielle Henry

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE AND THE JHALAK CHILDREN'S AND YA PRIZE 2023.

A powerful coming-of-age story about chance encounters, injustice and how the choices that we make can completely change our future. The second YA novel from multi-award-winning Danielle Jawando, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Gayle Foreman, Jennifer Niven and Nikesh... Read more

The Secret Sunshine Project

By: Benjamin Dean

Narrated by: Amanda Shodeko

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-warming story of kindness, courage and love in all its forms from the award-winning author of Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Elle McNicoll, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf.

‘A huge, shining kaleidoscope of joy’– L.D. Lapinski, author of THE STRANGEWORLDS TRAVEL AGENCY

Bea’s family are happy. Like,... Read more