Black Authors
Listen to audiobooks by Black authors.
A Prayer for the Living
By: Ben Okri
Narrated by: Ben Okri
Length: 4 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Playful, frightening, shockingāthese stories from a writer at the height of his power will make you think, or make you laugh. Sometimes theyāll make you want to look away, but they will always hold your gaze. These are stories set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, and in a printerās shop in Lagos. Characters include a... Read more
View audiobookMighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition)
By: Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe & Jabari ...
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A young reader's adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe.
Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the heart of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of inequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the... Read more
Black Futures
By: Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham
Narrated by: Kimberly Drew, Kevin R. Free, Dominic Hoffman, ...
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
An archive of collective memory and exuberant testimony
A luminous map to navigateĀ an opaqueĀ and disorienting present
An infinite geography of possibleĀ futures
What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of workāessays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and... Read more
Fire from the Rock
By: Sharon Draper
Narrated by: Lisa Renee Pitts
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in the fall of 1957, whether people like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly... Read more
View audiobookConfessions in B-Flat
By: Donna Hill
Narrated by: Aria Addison & Earl Sewell
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Jason Tanner, protĆ©gĆ© of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been by his mentorās side in New York to spread the message of passive resistance. In Harlem, the epicenter of black culture, poet Anita Hopkins tries to capture the message of Malcolm X, which she believes with all her heart: the time is now; enough is enough. When Jason goes to the... Read more
View audiobookClever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money
By: Bola Sokunbi
Narrated by: Bola Sokunbi
Length: 4 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Learn the basics of investing with this approachable guide to the world of finance
Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money is the leading guide for women who seek to learn the basic foundations of personal investing. In a no-nonsense and straightforward style, this book teaches listeners: exactly how investing works and... Read more
Rebel Sisters
By: Tochi Onyebuchi
Narrated by: Nkeki Obi-Melekwe
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
In the epic, action-packed sequel to the "brilliant" (Booklist, starred review) novel War Girls, the battles are over, but the fight for justice has just begun.
It's been five years since the Biafran War ended. Ify is now nineteen and living where she's always dreamed--the Space Colonies. She is a respected, high-ranking medical officer and has... Read more
White Fright
By: Jane Dailey
Narrated by: Kylah Frye
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
A major new history of the fight for racial equality in America, arguing that fear of black sexuality has undergirded white supremacy from the start.
In White Fright, historian Jane Dailey brilliantly reframes our understanding of the long struggle for African American rights. Those fighting against equality were not motivated only by a sense of... Read more
This Book Is Anti-Racist
By: Tiffany Jewell
Narrated by: Tiffany Jewell
Length: 2 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
What is racism?
What is anti-racism?Ā
How can you stand up and take action?
In this engaging audio version of the New York Times best-selling This Book is Anti-Racist, young people will learn how to take action against racism and injustice.Ā The audiobook exploresĀ identity, history, and the language surrounding racism as each chapter naturally... Read more
Concrete Kids
By: Amyra LeĆ³n
Narrated by: Amyra LeĆ³n
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A Goddard CBC's Social Justice Prize NomineeĀ ā¢Ā AĀ YALSA Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults
"I will close my eyes and disappear into the pages of this book for many years to come."--Hanif Abdurraqib (New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in The Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest)
"Amyra's wondrous awe for life in all its terror and splendor... Read more
The Purpose of Power
By: Alicia Garza
Narrated by: Alicia Garza
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
An essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challengesĀ ofĀ our time, from oneĀ ofĀ theĀ countryās leading organizers and a co-creatorĀ ofĀ Black Lives Matter
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āExcellent and provocative . . . a gateway [to] urgent debates.āāKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Time ā¢ Marie Claire ā¢... Read more
When Life Gives You Mangos
By: Kereen Getten
Narrated by: N'Jameh Camara
Length: 4 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Named to Oprah Magazine'sĀ Best Caribbean Books for Your 2021 reading list, imagination and adventure run wild in theĀ most talked about middle grade debut of the year!Ā Ā
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A small village on a Jamaican island.Ā
A girl who doesn't remember the previous summer.Ā
A best friend who is no longer acting like one; aĀ new girl who fills that hole in her... Read more
Snapped
By: Alexa Martin
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani & Cary Hite
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
One of PopSugar's Best Romances of October
With the stakes this high, itās no longer just a game for the Mustangās quarterback in thisĀ romance by the author of Blitzed.
Elliot Reed is living her best lifeāor pretending to. She owes it to her dadās memory to be happy and make the most of her new job as Strategic Communications Manager for the... Read more
The Dead Are Arising
By: Les Payne & Tamara Payne
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prizeāwinning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known MalcolmXāall living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders... Read more
View audiobookRoadmap to Reconciliation 2.0
By: Brenda Salter McNeil
Narrated by: Brenda Salter McNeil
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
We can see the injustice and inequality in our lives and in the world.Ā We are ready to rise up. But how, exactly, do we do this? How does one reconcile? What we need is a clear sense of direction. Based on her extensive consulting experience with churches, colleges and organizations, Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil has created a roadmap to show us... Read more
View audiobookThe Butterfly Effect
By: Marcus J. Moore
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
This āsmart, confident, and necessaryā (Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author) first cultural biography of rap superstar and āmaster of storytellingā (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and his profound impact on a racially fraught AmericaĀāperfect for fans of Zack OāMalley Greenburgās Empire State of... Read more
View audiobookThe Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness
By: Gucci Mane
Narrated by: Guy Lockard
Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
GUCCI MANE READS THE INTRODUCTION!
From the platinum selling recording artist and New York Times bestselling author of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane comes THE GUCCI MANE GUIDE TO GREATNESSāan unprecedented look at Gucci Maneās secrets to success, health, wealth, and self-improvement.
From Gucci: āI live by the principles in this book. I wanted... Read more
August Snow
By: Stephen Mack Jones
Narrated by: Luis Moreno
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
August Snow, an ex-police detective who was fired from the Detroit PD, brought down the entire corrupt department and the mayor with a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. The son of an AfricanAmerican cop and a Mexican-American painter, August Snow is
most at home in Detroitās Mexicantown neighborhood, where he grew upāthe neighborhood heās now returned... Read more
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)
By: Kwame Mbalia
Narrated by: Amir Abdullah
Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in theĀ New York TimesĀ best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy by Kwame Mbalia. Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there's no rest for the weary when his grandmother... Read more
View audiobookHeart Talk: Reflections
By: Cleo Wade
Narrated by: Cleo Wade
Length: 1 hour 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Based on Cleo Wadeās bestselling book, Heart Talk, these pages string together gentle prompts, words of encouragement, and inquiries into the body, mind, and soul.
Inspired by her conversations with the thousands of fans she has met on her nationwide sold-out tours, Heart Talk: The Journal is a space to share your own truths alongside hers.
As... Read more
Dear Justyce
By: Nic Stone
Narrated by: Dion Graham & Nic Stone
Length: 4 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
An NPR Best Book of the Year * The stunning sequel to the critically acclaimed,Ā #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. An incarcerated teen writes letters to his best friend about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.
An unflinching look into the tragically flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile... Read more
Bunheads
By: Misty Copeland
Narrated by: Misty Copeland
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
The first in a series of books inspired by premier ballerina and author Misty Copeland's own early experiences in ballet.
From prima ballerina andĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling author Misty Copeland comes the story of a young Misty, who discovers her love of dance through the balletĀ CoppĆ©lia--a story about a toymaker who devises a villainous plan to... Read more
Rise Up
By: Al Sharpton
Narrated by: Al Sharpton & Leon Nixon
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
āThis man is a gift from God to the world. This book is a gift from Al Sharpton to us. Letās appreciate them both.āāMichael Eric Dyson
Beginning with a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson,Ā Rise UpĀ is a rousing call to action for our nation, drawing on lessons learned from Reverend Al Sharptonās unique experience as a... Read more
A Little Bit of Karma
By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
The secrets and lies that exist within a seemingly perfect marriage are explored in this āsecond-chance tale of romantic suspenseā (Booklist) from the nationally bestselling and award-winning author of The Stolen Daughter.
Meet Shannon and Jay Lovejoyāthe rich and successful power couple who, to the millions of fans of their call-in radio show,... Read more
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