Black Authors

Blacktop Wasteland

By: S. A. Cosby

Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Books of 2020

"Narrator Adam Lazarre-White's voice exudes confidence and depth; his performance is an example of how the best audiobooks deliver pure storytelling." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

A husband, a father, a son, a business owner…And the best getaway driver east of the Mississippi.

This... Read more

Antiracist Baby

By: Ibram X. Kendi

Narrated by: Shayna Small & Guy Lockard

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist comes a fresh new audiobook that empowers parents and children to uproot racism in our society and in ourselves, now with added discussion prompts to help listeners recognize and reflect on bias in their daily lives.

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Feed Your Mind

By: Jen Bryant

Narrated by: David Sadzin

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

August Wilson (1945–2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic everyday voice of Black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from both... Read more

This Is Major

By: Shayla Lawson

Narrated by: Shayla Lawson

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From a fierce and humorous new voice comes a relevant, insightful, and riveting collection of personal essays on the richness and resilience of black girl culture—for readers of Samantha Irby, Roxane Gay, Morgan Jerkins, and Lindy West. Shayla Lawson is major. You don’t know who she is. Yet. But that’s okay. She is on a mission to move black... Read more

Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool

By: Craig Robinson & Adam Mansbach

Narrated by: Sullivan Jones

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the third book in this laugh-out-loud series about a class clown faking his way through middle school from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight.

Life couldn't be better for Jake.... Read more

This Promise of Change

By: Jo Ann Allen Boyce & Debbie Levy

Narrated by: Donna Allen

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy, read by Donna Allen.

Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor
Winner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Honor Recipient
A NYPL Top Ten of 2019
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book... Read more

Beautifully Distinct

By: Trillia Newbell, Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, Lil...

Narrated by: Carla Mercer-Meyer, Sarah Zimmerman, Erin Benne...

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspires women to engage with life and culture in a God-honoring way.

How should we listen to, and think in a gospel way about, the ordinary things we come across in modern life? Things we watch, read, eat, and do. There are so many voices saying so many different things that the temptations are to either disengage completely, or find ourselves... Read more

The Seaside Cafe

By: Rochelle Alers

Narrated by: Shari Peele

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Set on breathtaking Coates Island, off the coast of North Carolina, bestselling author Rochelle Alers’new series debut brings together three book-loving women whose summer will offer a chance to rewritetheir own stories …For three decades, the Seaside Café has served delicious meals to locals and island tourists alike. KayanaJohnson has moved... Read more

The Stolen Daughter

By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Narrated by: Carra Patterson

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley delivers a poignant, page-turning novel about the power—and fragility—of family, personal identity, and the choices we are called on to make …Raised by a widowed mother, Jill Reed has come a long way from her difficult youth. But while she may not have had money, Jill never doubted she was rich in... Read more

One Tough Out

By: Jaime Aron & Rod Carew

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

For 19 seasons, Rod Carew was a maestro in the batter's box. Uncoiling from his crouched stance, he seemed to guide the ball wherever he wanted on the way to a whopping seven batting titles and a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. If only everything in life had been as easy as he made hitting look. In One Tough Out: Fighting Off Life’s... Read more

Pale

By: Edward A. Farmer

Narrated by: Stephanie Weeks

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“Some things just don’t keep well inside this house …”The summer of 1966 burned hot across America but nowhere hotter than the cotton fields of Mississippi. Finding herself in a precarious position as a black woman living alone, Bernice accepts her brother Floyd’s invitation to join him as a servant for a white family and she enters the web of... Read more

The Chiffon Trenches

By: André Leon Talley

Narrated by: André Leon Talley

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the pages of Vogue to the runways of Paris, this “captivating” (Time) memoir by a legendary style icon captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat moments.

“The Chiffon Trenches honestly and candidly captures fifty sublime years of fashion.”—Manolo Blahnik

NAMED ONE OF... Read more

Dirty Minds

By: Kenya Wright

Narrated by: Ellis Evans & Shari Peele

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The Corsican has kidnapped Emily. Lethally passionate, Kazimir will stop at nothing to get his lover back. Meanwhile, the Corsican is finding it difficult to hold on to this cunning woman. Paris will never be the same again. Will Kazimir save his mouse? Or will France blow up in flames? Warning: This novel will leave you raw and restless as... Read more

It's About Damn Time

By: Arlan Hamilton & Rachel L. Nelson

Narrated by: Arlan Hamilton

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“A hero’s tale of what’s possible when we unlock our potential, continue the search for knowledge, and draw on our lived experiences to guide us through the darkest moments.”—Stacey Abrams

From a Black, gay woman who broke into the boys’ club of Silicon Valley comes an empowering guide to finding your voice, working your way into any room you... Read more

Grand

By: Charles Johnson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Charles Johnson reflects on the joys of being a grandparent in this warm, inspiring collection of wisdom and life lessons—the ideal gift for any new parent or grandparent

An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has held... Read more

Dirty Hearts

By: Kenya Wright

Narrated by: Ellis Evans & Shari Peele

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The war has ended. Kazimir hopes to spend quiet time with Emily, but there are more enemies creeping within the shadows—new dangers that threaten the couple’s happiness. Can the Lion and Mouse have their happy ending? Or are they destined to fight a battle that one of them may not survive? Read more

Riot Baby

By: Tochi Onyebuchi

Narrated by: Tochi Onyebuchi

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor’s son murdered in a drive-by shooting. Things that haven’t happened yet. Kev, born while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his sister from a power that could destroy her. But when Kev is incarcerated, Ella must decide what it means to watch her... Read more

The House of Deep Water

By: Jeni McFarland

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Adenrele Ojo, Johnathan McClai...

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of The Mothers and Olive Kitteridge, in this stunning and perceptive debut novel three women learn what it means to come home--and to make peace with the family, love affairs, and memories they'd once left behind.

"Here are voices from the heartland rendered real, raw, and aching. . . . Reminiscent of Celeste Ng's Little Fires... Read more

Box

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

What have I to fear? My master broke every promise to me. I lost my beloved wife and our dear children. All, sold South. Neither my time nor my body is mine. The breath of life is all I have to lose. And bondage is suffocating me. Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box; he “entered the world a slave.” He was put to work... Read more

What Lane?

By: Torrey Maldonado

Narrated by: Torrey Maldonado

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"If you are wondering how to begin confronting Anti-Black racism in your classroom, start with What Lane?"--School Library Journal: The Classroom Bookshelf

"STAY IN YOUR LANE." Stephen doesn't want to hear that--he wants to have no lane.

Anything his friends can do, Stephen should be able to do too, right? So when they dare each other to sneak... Read more

Genesis Begins Again

By: Alicia D. Williams

Narrated by: Alicia D. Williams

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“Reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” —The New York Times

“One of the best books I have ever read…will live in the hearts of readers for the rest of their lives.” —Colby Sharp, founder of Nerdy Book Club

“An emotional, painful, yet still hopeful adolescent journey…one that needed telling.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“I really... Read more

Navigate Your Stars

By: Jesmyn Ward

Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the power of perseverance from the beloved, New York Times bestselling, and two-time National Book Award–winning Jesmyn Ward.

For Tulane University’s 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the... Read more

A Woman's Influence

By: Tony A. Gaskins & Sheri Gaskins

Narrated by: Tony A. Gaskins

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From celebrity life coach and motivational speaker, Tony Gaskins Jr. and his wife, Sheri, comes an essential guide with hard-hitting truths about a woman’s undeniable influence on a relationship—and the power she has to change her man for the better.

Tony Gaskins has inspired others by sharing his truth—drawing millions of followers online and... Read more

Conjure Women

By: Afia Atakora

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and for the conjuring of curses—are at the heart of this dazzling first novel
 
WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • NPR • Parade • Book Riot • PopMatters

“Lush, irresistible . . . It took me into the hearts of... Read more