Real Life
A Novel
By Brandon Taylor
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE
AND THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD PRIZE
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE
“A blistering coming of age story” —O: The Oprah Magazine
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Public Library, Vanity Fair, Elle, NPR, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Harper's... Read more »
Boys of Alabama
A Novel
By Genevieve Hudson
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
In this bewitching debut novel, a sensitive teen, newly arrived in Alabama, falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. While his German parents don't know what to make of a South pining for the past, shy Max thrives in the thick heat. Taken in by the football team, he learns how to catch a spiraling ball, how to point a... Read more »
The Dead are Arising
The Life of Malcolm X
By Les Payne & Tamara Payne
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes
Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm Xall living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders... Read more »
Homegoing
A novel
By Yaa Gyasi
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 13 hours 10 minutes
Homegoing
“AN EXCELLENT LISTEN. ”
Julia, The Bookloft
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
By Betty Smith
Narrated by: Kate Burton
Length: 15 hours 1 minutes
The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century.
From the moment she entered the world, Francie needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric behavior-such as her... Read more »
Down Along with That Devil's Bones
A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy
By Connor Towne O'Neill
Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Down Along with That Devil's Bones
“The past won’t go anywhere — especially the racist past endorsed by the contemporary enablers of the Nathan Bedford Forrest mythology. O’Neill’s combination of historical research on the ‘Southern Cause’ and Jim Crow racism, combined with visits to the most contentious monuments to slavery, bring this work to visceral life. Down Along with That Devil’s Bones brings to mind Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic, but there’s much less to laugh about as O’Neill gives us the endless monumental horror of a country’s refusal to shake free from the roots of a long racist history.”
Brian Lampkin, Scuppernong Books
The Big Sleep
A Philip Marlowe Novel
By Raymond Chandler
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
The iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).
A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping,... Read more »
The Vanishing Half
A Novel
By Brit Bennett
Narrated by: Shayna Small
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
The Vanishing Half
“The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett definitely lives up to the glowing reviews it has been receiving. The story reveals an interesting perspective on this history of race in the United States, while also telling a universal story of difficult decisions that change the course of life forever. Bennett doesn't offer pretty bows to tie up her narrative, but a realistic portrait of what we will sacrifice on behalf of our futures.”
Tina, Leaves Book and Tea Shop