Black Authors

Reading for Our Lives

By: Maya Payne Smart

Narrated by: Maya Payne Smart

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning journalist and literacy advocate provides a clear, step-by-step guide to helping your child thrive as a reader and a learner.

When her child went off to school, Maya Smart was shocked to discover that a good education in America is a long shot, in ways that few parents fully appreciate. Our current approach to literacy offers too... Read more

The Playa's Handbook

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

There’s not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa’s Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include:
 
*Never give a woman the key to... Read more

Mademoiselle Revolution

By: Zoe Sivak

Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers

Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution.

Sylvie de Rosiers, as the daughter of a rich planter and an... Read more

Star of His Heart

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Drop-dead-gorgeous Ethan Chambers loves his life as Hollywood's most eligible—and elusive—bachelor. Plus, the talented actor has just gotten an offer he can't refuse: a starring role on TV's hit medical drama. But it's the show's sultry makeup and wardrobe director who's got his pulse racing—and making him think twice about staying... Read more

Extreme Devotion

By: The Voice of the Martyrs

Narrated by: Preston Butler

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Are you up for a challenge? Then open this book and read just one of the 365 true accounts of men and women who were totally sold out for Christ. See if it isn’t unlike any other devotional you have ever read. There has always been a price for following Christ, and many have paid the ultimate price. The Voice of the Martyrs, co-authors of the... Read more

Twice as Perfect

By: Louisa Onomé

Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onomé, Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with an estranged older brother, helping her cousin plan a big Nigerian wedding, and pressure from her parents about her future.

She thinks the only things worth doing are those that will lead to success.

For seventeen-year-old Adanna Nkwachi, life is... Read more

Big Girl

By: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Exquisitely compassionate and witty, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers and desires of Black womanhood, as told through the unforgettable voice of Malaya Clondon.



In her highly anticipated debut novel, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the perils—and undeniable beauty—of insatiable longing.



Growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem,... Read more

The House on Blueberry Lane

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"If there's one thing Jackson knows how to do, it's how to pluck those heartstrings."—BookPage

All he needs is a second chance

All she wants is no strings attached

The biggest mistake of Jaye Colfax’s life was letting Velvet Spencer leave. For three years, they were together exclusively and it was great—at least for Jaye. But Velvet wanted more.... Read more

Along the Shore

By: Rochelle Alers

Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Set on a charming North Carolina island, the latest novel in national bestselling author Rochelle Alers’ unforgettable, heartfelt Book Club series tells of one woman whose past comes calling—even as a new beginning beckons …Cherie Renee Thompson is finally ready to dive into change. After two summers vacationing on Coates Island, she’s now a... Read more

My Mother's Gift

By: Steffanie Edward

Narrated by: Simone McIntyre

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

When Erica gets a phone call to say her mother, Ione, is ill in St. Lucia, she knows she must go to her. Though the island–the place of her mother’s birth–is somewhere that Erica has never seen as her homeland. Even when the plane touches down in the tropical paradise, with its palm trees swaying in the island breeze, the sound of accents so... Read more

The Accidental Pinup

By: Danielle Jackson

Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Rival photographers are forced to collaborate on a body-positive lingerie campaign, but they might have to readjust their focus when sparks fly.

Photographer Cassie Harris loves her job—her company Buxom Boudoir makes people look beautiful and feel empowered with her modern twist on classic pinup photography. Cassie’s best friend, Dana, is about... Read more

Walking in Tall Weeds

By: Robin W. Pearson

Narrated by: Robin Eller

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning author Robin W. Pearson comes a new Southern family drama about one family who discovers their history is only skin-deep and that God’s love is the only family tie that binds.

Paulette and Fred Baldwin find themselves wading through a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Their only son, McKinley, now works... Read more

The Binding Room

By: Nadine Matheson

Narrated by: Diveen Henry

Length: 17 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

“Matheson’s voice is exciting, urgent… and, now more than ever, vital.”—A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

Detective Anjelica Henley confronts a series of ritualistic murders in this heart-pounding thriller about race, power and the corrupt institutions that threaten us

When Detective Anjelica Henley is... Read more

In Bed with Her Boss

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

D'marcus Armstrong was demanding, autocratic and cranky as a boss. But as the star of her feverish nighttime fantasies, the man was simply divine. Still, Opal Lockhart had no chance with Detroit's self-made millionaire. What would a high roller like him want with a buttoned-up, naive secretary like her?

Enter the Lockhart sisters—for some... Read more

Miss Aldridge Regrets

By: Louise Hare

Narrated by: Georgina Campbell

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Super cinematic and every bit as Agatha Christie-esque as its sounds... ifyou like murder mysteries, pick this one up!”
 
-Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers


Named A Most Anticipated Mystery of Summer by Betches, Essence, Crime Reads and more!

The glittering RMS Queen Mary. A nightclub singer on the run. An... Read more

The Light Always Breaks

By: Angela Jackson-Brown

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt & Neill Thorne

Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

As 1947 opens, Eva Cardon is the twenty-four-year-old owner of Washington, D.C.’s, most famous Black-owned restaurant. When her path crosses with Courtland, a handsome white senator from Georgia, both find themselves drawn to one another—but the danger of a relationship between a Black woman and a white man from the South could destroy them and... Read more

Black Looks

By: Bell Hooks

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogates old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness. Her focus is on spectatorship—in particular, the way blackness and black people are experienced in literature, music, television, and especially film—and her aim is to... Read more

Harlem Sunset

By: Nekesa Afia

Narrated by: Shayna Small

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a 2022 People Magazine best book of the summer!

A riveting Harlem Renaissance Mystery featuring Louise Lloyd, a young Black woman working in a hot new speakeasy when she gets caught up in a murder that hits too close to home...

Harlem, 1927. Twenty-seven-year-old Louise Lloyd has found the perfect job! She is the new manager of the Dove, a... Read more

Grandma, Granddad, We Want to Praise God

By: Vanessa Fortenberry

Narrated by: Val Franco

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The power and purity of a child's praise is unmatched.

In the third book of this lauded series, Families Growing in Faith, Grandma, Granddad, We Want to Praise God follows inquisitive children who learn from their loving grandparents that praising God brings joy.

Grandparents and their grandchildren, as well as parents, guardians, and caregivers... Read more

Good Morning, Love

By: Ashley M. Coleman

Narrated by: Angel Pean

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of My (Not So) Perfect Life and Jasmine Guillory’s While We Were Dating, a disarmingly fun debut novel follows Carlisa Henton as her life comes undone after a chance meeting with a rising pop star.

Carlisa “Carli” Henton is a musician and songwriter hoping to follow in her father’s musical footsteps. But, biding her time until she makes... Read more

I Don't Care If You Like Me, I Like Me

By: Rhonda R. McCullough & Bernie Mac

Narrated by: Rhonda R. McCullough & Reggie Reg

Length: 16 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen up y’all. Bernie Mac is back, and this here is his page-a-day prescription for a better life and career. You wanna be successful, don’t ya? All you gotta do is read one page a day. So come on, let’s start your edumacation right now.Are y’all ready to get yourself together? It’s time for you to start livin’ your best life, and all you... Read more

The Ballad of Perilous Graves

By: Alex Jennings

Narrated by: Gralen Bryant Banks

Length: 17 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Funny, wild, witty, and profound.”―Victor LaValle

"A wild and wonderful debut, teeming with music, family and art."—New York Times

"Magical, lyrical, gritty, otherworldly…hype like Bayou Classic in the 90s."—P. Djèlí Clark New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2022! Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022! Apple Best Audiobook... Read more

This Wicked Fate

By: Kalynn Bayron

Narrated by: Jordan Cobb

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron, read by Jordan Cobb.

An instant New York Times bestseller!

Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate to save the ones you love?

Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she’ll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. To locate the missing piece,... Read more

Cashing Out

By: Julien Saunders & Kiersten Saunders

Narrated by: Julien Saunders & Kiersten Saunders

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolutionary financial and career path to break free from corporate America's grasp, make peace with your finances, and build wealth on your own terms

When it comes to our finances, we’re told to follow the same script as our white colleagues: work hard, make money, save, and invest. Yet despite putting in twice the effort, you end up making... Read more