Black Authors

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

By: Lola Shoneyin

Narrated by: Lola Shoneyin

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX SERIES!Award-winning author Lola Shoneyin delivers an irresistible and entertaining story of marriage, family, power, and heartache set in modern-day Nigeria in her debut novel.

When Baba Segi woke up with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife’s... Read more

The Ugly Cry

By: Danielle Henderson

Narrated by: Danielle Henderson

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“They say comedy equals tragedy plus time: This very funny account of an often miserable childhood is proof.” --People

“What a strong, funny, heartbreaking memoir, with a voice that is completely its own (written by a woman who very much seems to be completely her own, as well.) I loved it.”--Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of... Read more

An Abolitionist's Handbook

By: Patrisse Cullors

Narrated by: Ariel Blake

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The audiobook features an introduction written and read by Prentis Hemphill as well as an exclusive bonus conversation with the author and adrienne maree brown.

In AN ABOLITIONIST’S HANDBOOK, Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future. Filled with relatable pedagogy on the... Read more

A Prayer for the Living

By: Ben Okri

Narrated by: Ben Okri

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Playful, frightening, shocking—these stories from a writer at the height of his power will make you think, or make you laugh. Sometimes they’ll make you want to look away, but they will always hold your gaze.

These are stories set in London, in Byzantium, in the ghetto, in the Andes, and in a printer’s shop in Lagos. Characters include a... Read more

Entertaining Race

By: Michael Eric Dyson

Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson

Length: 21 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop

For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist minister. He has presented a rich and resourceful set of... Read more

Blood Grove

By: Walter Mosley

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Walter Mosley's infamous detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new mystery to solve on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California.

Ezekiel "Easy" Porterhouse Rawlins is an unlicensed private investigator turned hard-boiled detective always willing to do what it takes to get things done in the racially charged, dark underbelly of Los... Read more

A Shot in the Moonlight

By: Ben Montgomery

Narrated by: Zeno Robinson & Ben Montgomery

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in its timelessness.”(Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad )
 
After moonrise on the cold night of January... Read more

Do Not Disturb

By: Michela Wrong

Narrated by: Michela Wrong

Length: 18 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the twentieth century.

We think we know the story of Africa’s Great Lakes region. Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels... Read more

Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail

By: Deborah D. Douglas

Narrated by: Deborah D. Douglas, Bree Newsome Bass & Rebecca...

Length: 17 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom. From witnessing eye-opening landmarks to celebrating triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
Flexible Itineraries: Travel the entire trail through the South, or take shorter trips with... Read more

What's Mine and Yours

By: Naima Coster

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

An instant New York Times bestseller!

A USA Today bestseller!

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Amazon • Esquire • Marie Claire • Refinery29 • Kirkus • Redbook • Ms. Magazine • The Millions • Undomesticated Magazine • Paperback Paris

"A once-every-few-years reading experience."—Mary Beth Keane, New York... Read more

Maverick

By: Jason L Riley

Narrated by: Brad Sanders

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative thinkers. Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture. His bold and... Read more

Miseducated

By: Brandon P. Fleming

Narrated by: Brandon P. Fleming & Landon Woodson

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring memoir of one man’s transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate—all by the age of twenty-seven.

Brandon P. Fleming grew up in an abusive home and was shuffled through school, his passing grades a nod to his skill on the basketball court, not his presence in... Read more

Stamped (For Kids)

By: Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds

Narrated by: Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This chapter book edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds is an essential introduction to the history of racism and antiracism in America
 
RACE. Uh-oh. The R-word. 
But actually talking about race is one of the most important things to learn how to do.

Adapted from the groundbreaking... Read more

The Dating Playbook

By: Farrah Rochon

Narrated by: Rebecca Lee

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

When a personal trainer agrees to fake date her client, all rules are out the window in this delightful romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of The Boyfriend Project!

When it comes to personal training, Taylor Powell kicks serious butt. Unfortunately, her bills are piling up, rent is due, and the money situation is dire. Taylor... Read more

Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

By: Nichole Perkins

Narrated by: Nichole Perkins

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily).

Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show Frasier, her role as a... Read more

The Sweetest Remedy

By: Jane Igharo

Narrated by: Sandra Okuboyejo

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn't know were missing, from Jane Igharo, the acclaimed author of Ties That Tether.
 
Hannah Bailey has never known her father, the... Read more

Single Black Female

By: Tracy Brown

Narrated by: Eboni Flowers

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Tracy Brown's Single Black Female is a taut, edgy, deftly spun novel about four friends grappling with the dramatic twists and turns of life, love and what it means to “make it” in America.

Ivy Donovan is a successful stylist, entrepreneur, and single mom who has been loyal to her sons’ father, Michael, who’s serving a lengthy prison sentence.... Read more

Why?

By: Taye Diggs

Narrated by: Taye Diggs

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by Taye Diggs. It contains sound design.

A conversation about race.

"Daddy?"
"Yes, my sweet boy."
"Why are those people shouting?"
"Our people are shouting because we need to be heard. We need to be heard."

Why? is a question asked by children daily, and in this stirking and timely story, it begins a straightforward and... Read more

Carefree Black Girls

By: Zeba Blay

Narrated by: Zeba Blay

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Kirkus Review's Best Books About Being Black in America

"Powerful... Calling for Black women (in and out of the public eye) to be treated with empathy, Blay’s pivotal work will engage all readers, especially fans of Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism." —Kirkus (Starred)

This program is read by the author.

An empowering and celebratory portrait of... Read more

Her Honor

By: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell

Narrated by: LaDoris Hazzard Cordell

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

In Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts.

Judge Cordell, the first African American woman... Read more

The Marriage He Demands

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wilds of Wyoming ranch country, he needs something only she can give him. What price is too high to pay? Find out in this sizzling contemporary romance from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson!

This ranching heir wants it all, including the woman who stands in his way!
Businessman Cash Outlaw has inherited almost all of his... Read more

Beasts of Prey

By: Ayana Gray

Narrated by: Keylor Leigh, Tovah Ott & Ronald Peet

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In this blockbuster fantasy series, perfect for fans of Firekeeper’s Daughter and Iron Widow, fate binds two Black teenagers together as they journey into a magical jungle to hunt down a vicious monster.

“Rich in magic and mythos, Beasts of Prey is a feast for all the senses.” —Renée Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Beautiful

An... Read more

We Are Not Broken

By: George M Johnson

Narrated by: George M Johnson

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

George M. Johnson, activist and bestselling author ofAll Boys Aren't Blue, returns with a striking memoir that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory.

This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul -- four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold one another close through early... Read more

Race Against Time

By: Keith Boykin

Narrated by: Keith Boykin

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A Cold Civil War has engulfed the nation.

After a deadly pandemic, shocking incidents of police brutality, a racial justice crisis, and the fall of a dangerous demagogue, America remains more divided than at any time in decades. At the heart of this national crisis is the fear of a darkening America—a country in which there is no longer a... Read more