Promise That You Will Sing About Me
The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar
By Miles Marshall Lewis
Narrated by: Larry Herron & Miles Marshall Lewis
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
This program includes an introduction read by the author.
A stunning, in-depth look at the power and poetry of one of the most consequential rappers of our time.
Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known for his incredible lyrics and powerful music, he is regarded as...
Will
By Will Smith
Narrated by: Will Smith
Length: 16 hours 16 minutes
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the... Read more »
Entertaining Race
Performing Blackness in America
By Michael Eric Dyson
Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson
Length: 21 hours 3 minutes
This program is read by the author
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop comes Michael Eric Dyson's Entertaining Race.
For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist...
Michael Jordan
The Life
By Roland Lazenby
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 21 hours 7 minutes
The definitive biography of a legendary athlete.
The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing... Read more »
Iron Widow
Iron Widow: Book #1
By Xiran Jay Zhao
Narrated by: Rong Fu
Length: 12 hours 13 minutes
Iron Widow
“Iron Widow is addictive, non-stop, and insane! I LOVE this book so much! Take control of your life. Take control of your body. Make the patriarchy pay through blood and vengeance! This alt-reality world mixes Chinese culture and Pacific Rim, with addictive action, complex characters, and an unstoppable fury. Zetian wants revenge and will bring everything down to achieve it. No one, not men nor monsters, can stand against her will and determination. I can't stop thinking about this book! When are we getting book two?? “But I have no faith in love. Love cannot save me. I choose vengeance.””
Anna, The Well-Read Moose
Freewater
By Amina Luqman-Dawson
Narrated by: Cary Hite & Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
Debut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.
Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he... Read more »
The Guest List
A Novel
By Lucy Foley
Narrated by: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens & Rich Keeble
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
The Guest List
“The Guest List kept me hooked through several epic gooseberry processing sessions. (When I hadn't quite finished, I had to quickly pick more berries to carry me through to the end.) When all the guests arrive for a seemingly idyllic wedding, numerous audio narrators quickly reveal that the skeletons in the bride's and groom's pasts–infidelities, betrayals, and flagrant abuse of societal privilege–present serious obstacles to wedded bliss. This patchwork of revelations build to a stunning crescendo complete with a raging storm and subsequent power outage.”
Kelly, Raven Book Store
You Are Your Best Thing
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
By Tarana Burke & Brené Brown
Narrated by: Tarana Burke, Brené Brown, the Contributors, Mirron Willis, Bahni Turpin, JD Jackson & L Morgan Lee
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.
Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox,... Read more »
On Juneteenth
By Annette Gordon-Reed
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s On Juneteenth provides a historian’s view of the nation’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction... Read more »
Life After Death
A Novel
By Sister Souljah
Narrated by: Nia Long
Length: 16 hours 1 minutes
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
Instant USA TODAY Bestseller
The long-anticipated sequel to Sister Souljah’s million copy New York Times bestseller The Coldest Winter Ever.
Winter Santiaga hit time served. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion... Read more »
These Ghosts are Family
A Novel
By Maisy Card
Narrated by: Karl O’Brian Williams
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel Finalist
Shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
A “rich, ambitious debut novel” (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Stanford Solomon’s shocking,... Read more »
So You Want to Talk about Race
By Ijeoma Oluo
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today’s racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide
In So You Want to Talk about Race, editor-at-large of the Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in...
Read more »The Butterfly Effect
How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America
By Marcus J. Moore
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
This “smart, confident, and necessary” (Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author) first cultural biography of rap superstar and “master of storytelling” (The New Yorker) Kendrick Lamar explores his meteoric rise to fame and his profound impact on a racially fraught America—perfect for fans of Zack O’Malley Greenburg’s Empire State of... Read more »
The Truths We Hold
An American Journey
By Kamala Harris
Narrated by: Kamala Harris
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
A New York Times bestseller
From Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country
Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris's commitment... Read more »
Root Magic
By Eden Royce
Narrated by: Imani Parks
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes
“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 Nation
Walter Dean...
Read more »Aftershocks
By Nadia Owusu
Narrated by: Nadia Owusu
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes
In the tradition of The Glass Castle, this “gorgeous” (The New York Times, Editors’ Choice) and deeply felt memoir from Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu tells the “incredible story” (Malala Yousafzai) about the push and pull of belonging, the seismic emotional toll of family secrets, and the heart it takes to pull through.
“In Aftershocks, Nadia... Read more »
Concrete Rose
By Angie Thomas
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book!
If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang...
Read more »Winterkeep
Graceling Realm
By Kristin Cashore
Narrated by: Xanthe Elbrick
Length: 16 hours 30 minutes
The highly anticipated next book in the New York Times bestselling, award-winning Graceling Realm series, which has sold 1.3 million copies.
For the past five years, Bitterblue has reigned as Queen of Monsea, heroically rebuilding her nation after her father's horrific rule. After learning about the land of Torla in the east, she sends envoys to... Read more »
Your Corner Dark
By Desmond Hall
Narrated by: Karl O'Brian Williams
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
“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 »
Amari and the Night Brothers
Supernatural Investigations: Book #1
By B. B. Alston
Narrated by: Imani Parks
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Amari and the Night Brothers
“This was just fantastic. Amari is such a great main character, smart and gutsy especially as she navigates grief, bullying and a new magical environment. I loved her new found friendship with Elsie as well as this new magical school world. If you loved Harry Potter and Morrigan Crow (from Nevermoor), you will adore this.”
Audrey, Belmont Books