New fiction

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer

A Novel

By: Joseph Earl Thomas
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

An "intoxicating, propulsive...utterly mesmerizing" novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intimate connections through the eyes of a struggling ex-Army grad student (Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!)

After a deployment in the Iraq War, Joseph Thomas is fighting to find his footing. Now a doctoral student and EMS worker,... Read more

Martyr!

A novel

By: Kaveh Akbar
Narrated by: Arian Moayed
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“This novel is so thoroughly modern, and Cyrus is such an American character—a millennial midwesterner with roots in Iran, a man trying to coalesce late-night 7-11 runs, ancient Farsi poetry, ideas of martyrdom, and Craigslist gigs. It's funny, smart, poetic, sad, and slightly weird. And the narration by actor Arian Moayed (from Succession) is... Read more

Ours

A Novel

By: Phillip B. Williams
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 22 hours 47 minutes

“I never expected a poet to deliver such a doorstop as a debut novel, and I never expected to be so engrossed by it. This broad cast of characters all play important roles, and are all brilliantly and tangibly real in their imbalance of good and evil. This is one of the most human novels I've encountered. Read more

When I Think of You

By: Myah Ariel
Narrated by: DeWanda Wise
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

“A deeply moving second-chance romance that's filled with yearning, humor, and passion. When Danny walks back into Kaliya's life and offers her a career-changing opportunity, working with him on his new movie, she must decide if taking her career to the next level is worth working with the man who broke her heart in college. With so many twists,... Read more

The Neighbor Favor

The Greene Sisters: Book #1

By: Kristina Forest
Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Malik Rashad
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

“A sweet romance with an anonymous correspondence premise a la You've Got Mail. I especially loved the peeks into the publishing industry and the hero's book. Read more

While We Were Burning

By: Sara Koffi
Narrated by: Henriette Zoutomou, Karissa Vacker & Louisa Zhu
Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Parasite meets Such a Fun Age in a scorching debut that is as heartbreaking as it is thrilling, examining the intersection of race, class, and female friendship, and the devastating consequences of everyday actions.

After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smith’s picture-perfect life in the Memphis suburbs has spiraled out of... Read more

The Library Thief

A Novel

By: Kuchenga Shenjé
Narrated by: Cora Kirk
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

A strikingly original and absorbing mystery about a white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England and the secrets lurking on the estate where we she works, for fans of Fingersmith and The Confessions of Frannie Langton

The library is under lock and key. But its secrets can't be contained.

1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby,... Read more

The House of Broken Bricks

By: Fiona Williams
Narrated by: Ben Allen, Lee Braithwaite & Jessica Hayles
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Tess is a Londoner whose relationship with Richard transports her from a Jamaican diaspora in the city to the English countryside, where predatory birds hover over fields, buses run twice a day, neighbors barter honey for cider, and no one looks like her. As Tess and Richard settle in, the dramatic arrival of their fraternal twins—one who... Read more

One of Us Knows

A Thriller

By: Alyssa Cole
Narrated by: Susan Dalian
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“Oh, this hooked me so quickly. Kenetria Nash is seven different people in one head and, in turns, body, with dissociative identity disorder likely caused by childhood trauma none of them remember—much like the situation they’re in now. As the plot thickens, they must decide who to trust—both outside and within themselves—while confronting... Read more

Allow Me to Introduce Myself

A Novel

By: Onyi Nwabineli
Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Her life. Her rules. Finally.

Anuri Chinasa has had enough. And really, who can blame her? She was the unwilling star of her stepmother’s social media empire before “momfluencers” were even a thing. For years, Ophelia documented every birthday, every skinned knee, every milestone and meltdown for millions of strangers to fawn over and pick... Read more

Acts of Forgiveness

A Novel

By: Maura Cheeks
Narrated by: Jade Wheeler
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

“A vibrant and moving debut that takes to heart our deferred dreams and the value of remaining hopeful.”—Diane Marie Brown, author of Black Candle Women

How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation’s first federal reparations program?

Every American waits with bated breath to see whether or not... Read more

Colored Television (A GMA Book Club Pick)

A Novel

By: Danzy Senna
Narrated by: Kristen Ariza
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“What happens when "fake it 'til you make it" goes too far and doesn't pan out? Danzy did an exceptional job of developing Jane's voice as she navigates through a disaster of her own making. While I spent most of the novel anxiously waiting for everything to come undone, I could not stop myself from turning the page instead of turning away out of... Read more