2024 NAACP Image Award Nominees

Medgar and Myrlie

Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

By: Joy-Ann Reid
Narrated by: Joy-Ann Reid
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

#1 New York Times BestsellerNAACP Image Award WinnerFrom Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's extraordinary activism after her husband's assassination in the driveway of their Mississippi home.“Medgar... Read more

Clutch Time

A Shot Clock Novel

Shot Clock: Book #2

By: Caron Butler & Justin A. Reynolds
Narrated by: Nile Bullock
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds deliver another superstar performance in this companion novel to Shot Clock about KO, a budding AAU basketball star as he attempts to find redemption on the court and reconnection with his incarcerated father.Kofi “KO” Douglas knows how to handle pressure. After all, he is... Read more

Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers

By: Zora Neale Hurston & Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are introduced to the remarkable and true-life story of Cudjo Lewis, one of the last survivors of the Atlantic human trade, in an adaptation of the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Barracoon.This is the life story of Cudjo Lewis, as... Read more

One of Us Knows

A Thriller

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

“A creepy castle on a secluded island, post-pandemic hangover, childhood trauma and a murder mystery. It's a lot, in a good way. Read more

I Did a New Thing

30 Days to Living Free

A Feeding the Soul Book

By: Tabitha Brown
Narrated by: Tabitha Brown
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“America’s Mom” Tabitha Brown presents an inspirational guide for encouraging positive changes in your life—one day and one challenge at a time.I did a new thing today!Years ago, Tabitha Brown started a 30-day personal challenge that she called “I Did a New Thing!” The challenge was simple. Every day she would do... Read more

Grown Women

A Novel

By: Sarai Johnson
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year · NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Debut Literary Work“This is a tender, deeply perceptive tale of what kin owes kin, and how we might work to mend old wounds together.”—ElleIn this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational... Read more

What You Leave Behind

A Novel

By: Wanda M. Morris
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt & Lynnette R. Freeman
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who after the mysterious disappearance of a local landowner and the death of his sister just months before, uncovers a conspiracy that dates back to Reconstruction and persists in half the United States today.Deena Wood’s life has fallen apart in the... Read more

The Jazzmen

How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America

By: Larry Tye
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet.This is the story of... Read more

You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)

A Lil TJ Book (56th NAACP Image Award Winner for Children’s Literature)

By: Taraji P. Henson
Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
Length: 14 minutes

56th NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work – Children (2025)#1 New York Times Bestseller!From award-winning actress and mental-health advocate Taraji P. Henson, You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!) shows kids the great things that can happen when we approach others and ourselves with empathy, patience, and love.In this... Read more

American Wings

Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky

By: Sherri L. Smith & Elizabeth Wein
Narrated by: Karen Murray
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies.

In the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Americans. But what hope did a Black person have of learning to fly in a country... Read more

Do It Anyway

Don't Give Up Before It Gets Good

By: Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Narrated by: Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

“Are you ready to embrace bold faith and unwavering resilience? In Do It Anyway, Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Tasha Cobbs Leonard shares her powerful testimony of holding on to God through life’s toughest moments. With raw honesty and practical wisdom, Tasha invites you to: ✨ Dream big and pursue what feels impossible. ✨ Trust God’s... Read more

Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself

A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us

By: Chanté Griffin
Narrated by: Chanté Griffin
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Discover a boundless love for your Black Neighbor with this inspiring and actionable guide to moving toward racial healing.

“Griffin’s work invites us to embark on a transformative journey toward a more inclusive and loving Christian community.”—J. W. Buck, PhD, author of Everyday Activism

Jesus calls you to love your neighbor, and in the fight... Read more

A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit

The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune

Significations

By: Noliwe Rooks
Narrated by: Danielle Lee James
Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America’s towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberation

When Mary McLeod Bethune died, tributes in newspapers around the country said the same thing: she should be on the Mount... Read more

Lovely One

A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Narrated by: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Length: 18 hours 26 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her “vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational” (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.

“A billowingly triumphant American tale.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

A NEW YORK TIMES... Read more

Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi
Narrated by: Ariel Blake
Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

“A satisfying tale of a woman who marries a powerful man, but decides she likes the power better. For literary and fantasy fans, or for readers of mythology retellings like Circe looking to expand beyond Europe. Ariel Blake's performance of the tonal Yorùbá makes this an absolute treat to listen to, and Òdòdó's slow desire for power is a... Read more

Love & Whiskey - Abridged

By: Fawn Weaver
Narrated by: Fawn Weaver
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR 

BONUS CHAPTER NOT INCLUDED IN HARDCOVER EDITION 
Love & Whiskey is the true story of Jack Daniel, Nearest Green, the man, and Uncle Nearest, the whiskey company Fawn Weaver founded to honor and amplify Green's legacy. But it’s not the whole story. A bonus chapter in the audiobook edition... Read more

Neighbors and Other Stories

By: Diane Oliver
Narrated by: Emana Rachelle
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful place in the canon, Oliver’s insightful stories... Read more

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

By: Tia Williams
Narrated by: Mela Lee & Preston Butler
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

“An intriguing, genre-bending, leap-year love story that is stacked and packed with creativity and vitality, with sparkling historical fiction, steamy contemporary romance, time-addling magical realism, dark drama, and characters who are hilarious, powerful, misplaced, wise, awkward, desperate, passionate, generous, and nuanced. It celebrates... Read more

Black Star

By: Kwame Alexander
Narrated by: Angel Pean, Dominic Hoffman, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton & Aaron Goodson
Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

The riveting second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Door of No Return trilogy stars Kofi’s granddaughter, Charley, who’s set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball but who soon has to contend with the tensions about to boil over in her segregated town.You can’t protect her from knowing. The truth is all we have.
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This Is the Honey

An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets

By: Kwame Alexander
Narrated by: Mahogany L. Brown & Joel Damany Steingold
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by Why Fathers Cry at Night author and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander. In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a... Read more