Mrs. Wiggins
Mama Ruby
By: Mary Monroe
Narrated by: Shari Peele
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
Reminiscent of her captivating, scandalous Mama Ruby series, New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe crafts a story set in the Deep South during the Depression, in this tale of a woman determined to have a respectable life—no matter what it costs to keep it …
The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew... Read more
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By: Delores Phillips
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 15 hours 22 minutes
A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with a new introduction In 1958 Georgia, the shade of a 13-year-old black girl's skin can make the difference in her fate. Tangy Mae is the smartest of her mother's ten children, but she is also the darkest-complected. The Quinns-all different skin shades, all with unknown fathers-live with... Read more
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A Memoir
By: Viola Davis
Narrated by: Viola Davis
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“A powerful story about self-understanding and determination to seizing the life you want. Read more
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A Novel
By: NoViolet Bulawayo
Narrated by: Chipo Chung
Length: 16 hours 10 minutes
2022 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST
“Manifoldly clever…brilliant… ‘Glory’ is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folklore. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny.” —Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book Review
"Genius."—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds
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By: Ijeoma Oluo
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in AmericaA 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 divideIn So You Want to Talk about Race,... Read more
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How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
By: Anna Malaika Tubbs
Narrated by: Anna Malaika Tubbs
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
This program is read by the author.
Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them.
In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates... Read more
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A Novel
By: Abi Daré
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“This year is overflowing with phenomenal debuts — including this one from Abi Daré. It tells the story of Adunni, a young girl in Nigeria whose dreams and ambition focus in on one thing: education. In a city where girls like her are looked down upon and considered unworthy, she comes to find that change can begin with even the smallest of... Read more
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A novel
By: Yaa Gyasi
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“Gifty immigrated from Ghana, grew up in Alabama, and is working on a PhD in neuroscience at Stanford, where she experiments with mice. She has always felt she wasn’t cool enough or white enough, and tries to prove her value through her brilliance. She tells her raw and powerful story of racism, addiction, mental illness, and especially faith and... Read more
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By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“This was my first time reading Octavia Butler. To say I was unprepared for the character study and journey she would take me on would be a great understatement. Dana, a black woman living in 1970s California mysteriously travels back in time (repeatedly) to the antebellum South and must find a way to stay put in her own time with as little... Read more
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What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
By: Heather McGhee
Narrated by: Heather McGhee
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“I recommend this because it digs deeper into some of the harmful systemic practices that are or were in place for Black people in the US. It shows how not only does it affect Black people and other marginalized communities but those practices affect everyone. I also appreciated the perspective and how these facts and personal stories are told so... Read more
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By: Nnedi Okorafor
Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria.
Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt . . . natural, and that's putting... Read more
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A Novel
The Brown Sisters: Book #1
By: Talia Hibbert
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“Get a Life, Chloe Brown is the ultimate book candy! Chloe, a Black British thirty-something web designer, has been living in her family home ever since a diagnosis of fibromyalgia upended her life several years prior. After years of semi-hermithood, a near-death experience prompts her to make a list of things she’d like to do in order to “get a... Read more
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By: Maya Angelou
Narrated by: Maya Angelou
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“A lot can be said about this autobiography - it is one of the best I have ever read. The stories are personal and well accounted for, and the reader has no choice but to regard her life and strength through hardship so inspiring. Before reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, I had a good idea of Angelou through her poetry and lectures. Her... Read more
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By: Zora Neale Hurston
Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“This book is a masterpiece. Zora Neale Hurston explores stages in a woman’s life so powerfully. Ruby Dee’s audiobook narration is the best audiobook narration I’ve ever heard. She expresses so much emotion and personality. She brings the characters to life and she savors every perfectly chosen word of the text. Read more
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A Memoir
By: Ashley C. Ford
Narrated by: Ashley C. Ford
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
"Ashley C. Ford brings listeners into her life in this outstanding coming-of-age story...Listeners will cheer as Ford attends college and weep as she visits her father in prison, and when he is finally released." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
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Lessons Learned While Becoming Brave
By: Patty Chang Anker
Narrated by: Patty Chang Anker & Alysia Reiner
Length: 12 hours 39 minutes
One woman’s quest to conquer her fears and embrace life—and to inspire others to do the same
Patty Chang Anker grew up eager to please and afraid to fail. But after thirty-nine years, she decided it was time to stop being a chicken. Motivated initially to become a better role model for her two young daughters, she vowed to face the fears that had... Read more
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Earthseed: Book #1
By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“A definite classic! This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author pairs well with 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale. Read more
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The Legendborn Cycle
By: Tracy Deonn
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 18 hours 54 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“If you haven't picked this up yet—this is your sign to do so NOW! Bree Matthews, the main female character, is one of the best fantasy protagonists of all time. You will love her with your entire heart after finishing this—as well as other characters in the series. While it's a fantasy, there's mysteries littered throughout the novel and plot... Read more
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The Origins of Our Discontents
By: Isabel Wilkerson
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 15 hours 10 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“This is an important and beautifully written book examining the links and common elements between the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany. Highly recommended. Read more
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Legacy of Orisha: Book #1
By: Tomi Adeyemi
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 17 hours 44 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“A sprawling fantasy teeming with deep and meaningful magic. One of the things I like most about this debut is that it raises very real and important issues of our time through multiple character's perspectives. No character is one-dimensional, and every character must learn from failure and introspection to become who they were meant to be. Read more
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