Black Authors

The Son of Mr. Suleman

By: Eric Jerome Dickey

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 16 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Named in USA Today's "5 books not to miss," and New York Post's "The best new books to read"

From New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey—named one of USA Today’s 100 Black Novelists and Fiction Authors You Should Read—comes his final work: an unflinchingly timely novel about history, hearts, and family.
 
It’s the summer of 2019, and... Read more

I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything!

By: Alissa Holder & Zulekha Holder-Young

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a viral video comes the story of one boy's positive energy and how a sunny outlook can turn everything around.

It's a new day and Ayaan has woken up on the wrong side of the bed, where nothing feels quite right. What if he doesn't know the answer at school? What if he messes up? But as he sets out that morning, all it takes is a few... Read more

Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Kwame Onwuachi & Joshua David Stein

Narrated by: Malik Rashad

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This inspiring memoir, now adapted for young adults, chronicles Top Chef star and Forbes and Zagat 30 Under 30 phenom Kwame Onwuachi's incredible and odds-defying fame in the food world after a tough childhood in the Bronx and Nigeria.

Food was Kwame Onwuachi's first great love. He connected to cooking via his mother, in the family's modest Bronx... Read more

The Street

By: Ann Petry

Narrated by: Danielle Deadwyler

Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

With a new introduction from New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork.
The Street tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence,... Read more

Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits

By: A.L. Herbert

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

As the owner of Mahalia’s Sweet Tea, Halia Watkins is famous in Maryland’s Prince George’s County for her
down-home cuisine. But when she has the chance to showcase her talents on national TV, she becomes the star
of a murder mystery that’s too hot to handle!
When Halia is invited to serve as a guest judge on the popular cooking competition show... Read more

KG: A to Z

By: Kevin Garnett

Narrated by: Guy Lockard

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER​

A unique, unfiltered memoir from the NBA champion and fifteen-time all-star ahead of his induction into the Hall of Fame.

Kevin Garnett was one of the most dominant players the game of basketball has ever seen. He was also one of its most outspoken. Over the course of his illustrious twenty-one-year NBA career, he elevated... Read more

Do Better

By: Rachel Ricketts

Narrated by: Rachel Ricketts

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
San Francisco Chronicle’s 10 Books to Pick * HelloGiggles’ 10 Books to Pick Up for a Better 2021 * PopSugar’s 23 Exciting New Books * Book Riot’s 12 Essential Books About Black Identity and History * Harper’s Bazaar’s 60+ Books You Need to Read in 2021

“A clear, powerful, direct, wise, and extremely helpful treatise on... Read more

Black Magic

By: Chad Sanders

Narrated by: Chad Sanders

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A “daring, urgent, and transformative” (Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead) exploration of Black achievement in a white world based on honest, provocative, and moving interviews with Black leaders, scientists, artists, activists, and champions.

“I remember the day I realized I couldn’t play a white guy as well as a... Read more

Professional Troublemaker

By: Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
From the New York Times bestselling author of I'm Judging You, a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear--that everlasting hater--and audaciously step into lives, careers, and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is known for her trademark wit, warmth, and... Read more

Harlem

By: Eric Jerome Dickey

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Available for the first time as an audiobook, New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey’s thrilling short story Harlem

“People called me Harlem. I dubbed myself after that dangerous neighborhood that I’d never seen. I read life is rough in Harlem, and a black man isn’t expected to live to see twenty-five. I was twenty-three. The clock... Read more

The Freedom Race

By: Lucinda Roy

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Length: 19 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"Adjoa Andoh's heartfelt narration enriches this speculative story set in a near-future America after a second civil war." -AudioFile Magazine

The Freedom Race, Lucinda Roy’s explosive first foray into speculative fiction, is a poignant blend of subjugation, resistance, and hope.

The second Civil War, the Sequel, came and went in the United States... Read more

A Chorus Rises

By: Bethany C. Morrow

Narrated by: Cherise Boothe & Eboni Flowers

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Narrator Eboni Flowers creates the perfect voice for the charismatic Naema in this thoughtful story meshing magic and media." -- AudioFile Magazine

THE LATEST NOVEL FROM YA SENSATION BETHANY C. MORROW

Meet Naema Bradshaw: a beautiful Eloko, once Portland-famous, now infamous, as she navigates a personal and public reckoning where confronting the... Read more

How We Can Win

By: Kimberly Jones

Narrated by: Kimberly Jones

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A breakdown of the economic and social injustices facing Black people and other marginalized citizens inspired by political activist Kimberly Jones' viral video, “How Can We Win.”

“So if I played four hundred rounds of Monopoly with you and I had to play and give you every dime that I made, and then for fifty years, every time that I played, if... Read more

Childhood

By: Andre Alexis

Narrated by: Yanna Mcintosh

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

National Bestseller

Winner of the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Childhood is renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunning first novel.

Originally published in 1998, Childhood introduced many readers to the virtuosic... Read more

Instructions for Dancing

By: Nicola Yoon

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"A charming, wholehearted love story that's sure to make readers swoon."—Entertainment Weekly

"Nicola Yoon writes from the heart in this beautiful love story."—Good Morning America

“It’s like an emotional gut punch—so beautiful and also heart-wrenching."—US Weekly

In this romantic page-turner from the... Read more

Race, Work, and Leadership

By: Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo & David A...

Narrated by: David Sadzin & Machelle Williams

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Race, Work, and Leadership is a rare and important compilation of essays that examines how race matters in people's experience of work and leadership. What does it mean to be black in corporate America today? How are racial dynamics in organizations changing? How do we build inclusive organizations?



Inspired by and developed in conjunction with... Read more

Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money

By: Bola Sokunbi

Narrated by: Bola Sokunbi

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn the basics of investing with this approachable guide to the world of finance



Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money is the leading guide for women who seek to learn the basic foundations of personal investing. In a no-nonsense and straightforward style, this book teaches listeners: exactly how investing works and... Read more

J.D. and the Family Business

By: J. Dillard

Narrated by: Tivia Lynnell

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Eight-year-old kid barber J.D. joins forces with his sister, who has beauty shop dreams, in this hilarious chapter book series.

J.D. is a barber battle champion. He's graduated from home haircuts to having a regular chair at the neighborhood shop, Hart and Son, and he's making enough money to keep his candy jar stocked and his comic book... Read more

Pen Pal (Prison Letters From A Free Spirit On Slow Death Row)

By: Tiyo Attallah Salah-El

Narrated by: Carl Weathers, Jack Daniel, Wendy Shapero, Lanc...

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Tiyo Attallah Salah-El died in 2018 on “Slow Death Row” while serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania prison. He was a man with a dizzying array of talents and vocations: author, scholar, teacher, musician, and activist: he was the founder of the Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons. He was also, as is apparent from the letters written over... Read more

Grandma's Purse

By: Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Narrated by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Spend the day with a grandma and granddaughter in this charming picture book, adapted for audio, about the magic found in their favorite accessory—a perfect gift this Mother's Day!

When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, she always brings warm hugs, sweet treats...and her purse. You never know what she'll have in there—fancy jewelry, tokens... Read more

Just Like Me

By: Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Narrated by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to readers of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids poring over it to find a poem that's just for them.

I am a canvas
Being painted on
By the words of my family
Friends
And community

From Vanessa Brantley-Newton, the... Read more

A Manifesto

By: Harry R. Jackson

Narrated by: Charles Louis

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

More than in any time in our nation’s history, there’s a greater opportunity now for minority populations to let their voices be heard, influence society, and reshape the role of government in their lives.

This is not the time for violence, nor is it the time to demand more handouts from governments that have failed to give minorities what they... Read more

A Blessing

By: Bonita C. Stewart & Jacqueline Adams

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A Blessing presents a fresh, bold analysis of African American female leadership. An unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America's social, political, psychological and economic history, it is armed with data that should be empowering for today's "unicorns."



The book offers a "playbook" to help Black unicorns "team up" and find... Read more

Lives Like Mine

By: Eva Verde

Narrated by: Jessica Alade

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Mother.
                To three small children, their heritage dual like hers.
 
Daughter.
                To a mother who immigrated to make a better life but has been rejected by her chosen country.
 
Wife.
                To a man who loves her but who will not defend her to his intolerant family.
 
Woman…
                Whose roles now define... Read more