Work of Fiction

The Million Dollar Divorce

By: RM Johnson
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Monica has just discovered she is not able to conceive, and her husband, Nate, wants a divorce so he can start the family he's always dreamed of. However, he does not want Monica to get half of his considerable fortune, so he hatches a plot that will cause her to violate the fidelity clause of their prenuptial agreement. Will he be able to... Read more

The Million Dollar Deception

By: RM Johnson
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Essence best-selling author RM Johnson's follow-up to his popular Million Dollar Divorce is an explosive, sexy novel filled with betrayal. Now that they are together, Monica wonders if the younger Lewis is the right man for her. Lewis senses Monica drifting and promises to get his life and career in order. But scheming ex-husband Nate is just as... Read more

The Million Dollar Demise

By: RM Johnson
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Starting with a bang and never slowing down, this shocking novel concludes Essence best-selling author RM Johnson's provocative trilogy. Now that Nate Kenny has ex-wife Monica back in his arms, it's time to give marriage a second chance. Yet those plans are shattered when Nate and Monica are gunned down in their home. Nate recovers, but Monica... Read more

Invisible Life

A Novel

Invisible Life Trilogy

By: E. Lynn Harris
Narrated by: Mirron Willis
Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

The remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming-of-age story out of the controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS

Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler's life, but there were other, more terrifying issues for him to confront. Being black was tough... Read more

House of Cotton

A Novel

By: Monica Brashears
Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

A stunning, contemporary Black southern gothic novel about what it means to be a poor woman in the God- fearing south. The perfect audiobook if you loved The Other Black Girl and Luster.

“Every page, every scene, every sentence of Monica Brashears’s debut novel House of Cotton dazzles and surprises. An intense, enthralling, and deeply satisfying... Read more

The Attic Child

A Novel

By: Lola Jaye
Narrated by: Lola Jaye, Lucian Msamati & Nneka Okoye
Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

“Lola Jaye's heart-rending story thoughtfully explores the lives of two children from two eras who experience emotional trauma at a young age. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Celestine and Lowra's internal struggle and their resilience in the face of such difficult issues. Jay's novel encourages readers to understand the plights of those who... Read more

Flags on the Bayou

A Novel

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Michael Crouch, Dana Gourrier, Marin Ireland, January LaVoy & Ray Porter
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Winner of the 2024 Edgar Award for Best Novel!

From American master James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters—enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers—are caught in the maelstrom.

In the fall of 1863, the Union army is... Read more

Rules of Engagement

By: Stacey Abrams & Selena Montgomery
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.

Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when... Read more

In Every Mirror She’s Black

A Novel

By: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Narrated by: Sara Powell & Rosemarie Akwafo
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people.



Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the US to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation's largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco... Read more

Forever a Hustler's Wife

Hustler's Wife: Book #1

By: Nikki Turner
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

The high priestess of the hood, Nikki Turner, is back with the novel fans have been feenin’ for: the sequel to her #1 bestselling novel, A Hustler’s Wife.

Des, Virginia’s slickest gangsta, is about to become a dad when he is charged with the murder of his own attorney. But with Yarni, his gorgeous wife (and a brilliant lawyer), now calling the... Read more

Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)

A Novel

By: James McBride
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

“An amazing cast of characters and compelling storyline coupled with fantastic dialogue delivers a dynamic novel. One one level this is a great story, but on so many other levels it touches on the Great Migration and class and society - and also how regular folks cross many divides to simply just support each other through life. A great audiobook... Read more

Hold You Down

A Novel

By: Tracy Brown
Narrated by: Patryce Williams
Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind…

New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s.

Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they... Read more

Don't Cry for Me

A Novel

By: Daniel Black
Narrated by: Daniel Black
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

“A complex read told by a father whose made a lifetime of mistakes. Is a deathbed too late to seek forgiveness? Read more

God Don't Like Ugly

GOD: Book #1

By: Mary Monroe
Narrated by: Denise Burse
Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

The riveting first book in the acclaimed God series sweeps readers back to the streets, porches, and parlors of civil rights–era Ohio to bring to life the beginning of an enduring friendship between two girls from opposite sides of the track …

Annette Goode is a shy, awkward, overweight child with a terrible secret.

Frightened and ashamed,... Read more

Before We Were Wicked

By: Eric Jerome Dickey
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

From New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, “one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century”* comes a novel about the how one chance meeting can change everything in this thrilling, sexy tale of star-crossed lust.

They say the love of money is the root of all evil, but for Ken Swift, it's the love of a... Read more

Black Candle Women

A Novel

By: Diane Marie Brown
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show

“If you like Practical Magic… you will love Black Candle Women.” —Jenna Bush Hager

Named a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. Magazine, TODAY.com, Reader’s Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiot

A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four... Read more

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

A Novel

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: Book #1

By: Jayne Allen
Narrated by: Marcella Cox
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

“It’s a good thing that this is only the first book of a trilogy, because after getting to know Tabitha, you won’t want to leave her at the end. . . . Written intimately as if you’re peering into the mind of a close friend, this book is a true testament to the stresses on women today and how great girlfriends (and grandmothers) are often the key... Read more

Summer on Sag Harbor

A Novel

Summer Beach: Book #2

By: Sunny Hostin
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin spirits readers away to the warm beaches of Sag Harbor in the second novel of her bestselling Summer series.Olivia Jones, hard-working and accomplished, has, against the odds, blazed an enviable career path in the finance world. But behind the veneer... Read more

Homegoing

A novel

By: Yaa Gyasi
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

“AN EXCELLENT LISTEN. Read more

The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)

A Novel

By: Nathan Harris
Narrated by: William DeMeritt
Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

An Instant New York Times bestseller / An Oprah’s Book Club Pick

In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning “miraculous debut” (Washington Post) about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever

In the waning days of the... Read more