Black Authors

Wings of Ebony

By: J. Elle

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times bestseller!
“A remarkable, breathtaking, earthshaking, poetic thrillride.” —Daniel José Older, New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper

​In this riveting, keenly emotional debut fantasy, a Black teen from Houston has her world upended when she learns about her godly ancestry and must save both the human and god... Read more

Just as I Am

By: Cicely Tyson

Narrated by: Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis & Robin Miles

Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony""Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been... Read more

A Shot in the Moonlight

By: Ben Montgomery

Narrated by: Zeno Robinson & Ben Montgomery

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in its timelessness.”(Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad )
 
After moonrise on the cold night of January... Read more

The Devil You Know

By: Charles M. Blow

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA New York Times Editor’s Choice | A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of the Year?The Inspiration for the HBO Original Documentary South to Black PowerFrom journalist and New York Times bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful manifesto and call to action, ""a must-read in the effort to dismantle deep-seated... Read more

Beyond Temptation & Risky Pleasures

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Beyond Temptation

Sexy millionaire Morgan Steele will settle for nothing less than the perfect woman. And when he lays his arrogant eyes on sultry Lena Spears, he believes he’s found her. There’s only one problem, the lady in question seems totally immune to his charm.

Morgan is determined to convince the sassy career woman that he’s Mr. Right. He... Read more

Ida B. the Queen

By: Michelle Duster

Narrated by: Michelle Duster

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi. In 2020, she won a Pulitzer Prize.

Ida B. Wells committed herself to the needs of those who did not have power. In the eyes of the FBI, this made her a “dangerous negro agitator.” In the annals of history, it makes her an icon.

... Read more

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

By: Lola Shoneyin

Narrated by: Lola Shoneyin

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX SERIES!Award-winning author Lola Shoneyin delivers an irresistible and entertaining story of marriage, family, power, and heartache set in modern-day Nigeria in her debut novel.

When Baba Segi woke up with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife’s... Read more

Your Corner Dark

By: Desmond Hall

Narrated by: Karl O'Brian Williams

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of those tales that ties you up, turns you inside-out, wrings you like a wet cloth.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down

American Street meets Long Way Down in this searing and gritty debut novel that takes an unflinching look at the harsh realities of gang life in Jamaica and how far a teen is willing to go... Read more

The Rib King

By: Ladee Hubbard

Narrated by: Korey Jackson & Adenrele Ojo

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ladee Hubbard’s voice is a welcome original.” —Mary GaitskillUpstairs, Downstairs meets Parasite: The acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage in America in this intricately woven and... Read more

Solid Soul & Night Heat

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Solid Soul

In the real world there was no way flower shop owner Kylie Hagan would ever meet up with millionaire Chance Steele. But the world of single parents and teenage hormones brought them together the first time—and a simmering passion they both tried to deny wouldn't keep them apart for long.

Chance made her think of hot, sultry Southern... Read more

In Search of the Color Purple

By: Salamishah Tillet

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Walker made history in 1982 when she became the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, both for The Color Purple. Published in the Reagan Era amid a severe backlash to civil rights, the jazz-age novel tells the story of an African-American woman haunted by domestic and sexual violence. Prominent academic... Read more

Solid Soul

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In the real world there was no way flower shop owner Kylie Hagan would ever meet up with millionaire Chance Steele. But the world of single parents and teenage hormones brought them together the first time — and a simmering passion they both tried to deny wouldn't keep them apart for long.

Chance made her think of hot, sultry Southern nights.... Read more

Night Heat

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A corporate takeover is derailed by a passionate night neither expected in this sizzling Steele story from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson!

Sebastian Steele was the kind of man women dreamed about.

He was drop-dead gorgeous, wickedly charming and fabulously wealthy. So why wouldn’t Jocelyn Mason accept his offer to help run her... Read more

C Is for Country

By: Lil Nas X

Narrated by: Lil Nas X

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Parents who play Grammy winner Lil Nas X's 12-times platinum single Old Town Road on repeat will want to take their kids and ride on over to this audiobook written and narrated by the music mega-star!
 
A is for adventure. Every day is a brand-new start! 
B is for boots—whether they're big or small, short or tall. 
And C is for country.
 
Join... Read more

Wrath

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo & Landon Woodson

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning author of The Personal Librarian delivers an unforgettable story of a marriage caught at the crossroads of passion and rage—the inspiration for four Lifetime original movies.

Chastity Jeffries and Xavier King come from very different backgrounds, though they have one thing in common: they’re both living with family secrets.... Read more

One of the Good Ones

By: Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jordan Cobb & Carolyn Smith

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

"One of the Good Ones is magic.” —Damon Young, author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker

A shockingly powerful exploration of the lasting impact of prejudice and the indomitable spirit of sisterhood that will have readers questioning what it truly means to be an ally, from sister-writer duo Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, authors of... Read more

Root Magic

By: Eden Royce

Narrated by: Imani Parks

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“A poignant, necessary entry into the children’s literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!” —Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread NationWalter Dean... Read more

How to Fight Racism

By: Jemar Tisby

Narrated by: Jemar Tisby

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2022 ECPA Christian Book Award for Faith & CultureHow do we effectively confront racial injustice? We need to move beyond talking about racism and start equipping ourselves to fight against it.In this follow-up to the New York Times Bestseller the Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby offers an array of actionable items to confront... Read more

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

By: Nikki Grimes

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Janina Edwards, Karole Foreman & ...

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes, read by Bahni Turpin, Karole Foreman, Zakiya Young and Janina Edwards.

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance.

For... Read more

Class Act

By: Jerry Craft

Narrated by: Nile Bullock, Jesus Del Orden, Guy Lockard, Mar...

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. The audiobook was a 2020 Audie Awards Finalist for Middle Grade and named an Audible Best Audiobook of the Year. This time, it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center... Read more

Salvage the Bones

By: Jesmyn Ward

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, read by January LaVoy.

Winner of the National Book Award
A New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century
An Atlantic Great American Novel of the Last 100 Years

"A taut, wily novel, smartly plotted and voluptuously written . . . Jesmyn Ward makes beautiful music, plays deftly with her reader’s... Read more

Men We Reaped

By: Jesmyn Ward

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward, read by January LaVoy.

Named a Best Book of the Century by The New York Times Book Review and New York Magazine

The two-time National Book Award winner and author of Salvage the Bones and Let Us Descend, contends with the deaths of five young men dear to her, and the risk of being a Black man in... Read more

I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything!

By: Alissa Holder & Zulekha Holder-Young

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a viral video comes the story of one boy's positive energy and how a sunny outlook can turn everything around.

It's a new day and Ayaan has woken up on the wrong side of the bed, where nothing feels quite right. What if he doesn't know the answer at school? What if he messes up? But as he sets out that morning, all it takes is a few... Read more

The Tradition

By: Jericho Brown

Narrated by: Jericho Brown

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry



Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award



Jericho Brown's daring book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. Brown's poetic concerns are both broad and intimate, and at their very core a distillation of the incredibly human: What... Read more