Black Authors

Lead to Win

By: Carla A. Harris

Narrated by: Carla A. Harris

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of Expect To Win and Strategize To Win steps out with dynamic strategies for leaders of today and tomorrow.

Work has undergone a sea change, introducing a new matrix of concerns and questions for leaders and potential leaders. What does it take to lead effectively now? What does leadership even mean?
 
In this much-needed book,... Read more

Running While Black

By: Alison Mariella Désir

Narrated by: Alison Mariella Désir

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimagine the industry

“Runners know that running brings us to ourselves. But for Black people, the simple act of running has never been so simple. It is a declaration of the right to move through the world. If running is claiming public space, why, then,... Read more

Rules of Engagement

By: Stacey Abrams & Selena Montgomery

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.

Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when... Read more

We Rise

By: Michelle Obama, Barbara Jordan, Rosa Parks, Fan...

Narrated by: Michelle Obama

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This rare compilation includes memorable speeches delivered by celebrated African American women from both the past and present. Spanning decades and elucidating the fight for equality, these speeches not only represent important moments of Black history but reveal the struggle from a female perspective. The live recordings in this captivating... Read more

Moving Against the System

By: David Austin

Narrated by: Chimwemwe Miller

Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black... Read more

The ABCs of Black History

By: Rio Cortez

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“In rhyming couplets, Cortez leads readers on a journey through Black life that acknowledges pain and struggle while building confidence with examples of triumph. It’s a tricky maneuver when writing for children, but Cortez pulls it off.” – The New York Times"A uniquely crafted ABC book that portrays some of the most... Read more

Your Purpose Is Calling

By: Dharius Daniels

Narrated by: Dr. Dharius Daniels

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Discover exactly who you were created to be and what you were created to do by learning to see yourself the way God sees you. The key to understanding, embracing, and unleashing your God-given uniqueness is possessing an accurate picture of your true identity. After all, if you don't know who you are, how could you ever know... Read more

Killing Comparison

By: Nona Jones

Narrated by: Piper Jones

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.It's time to leave behind the discontent of comparative thinking and discover a free and joyful life in the security of God’s love.If you find yourself filled with feelings of insecurity, sure that others are better off or more worthy than you are…then you’re in good company! In today’s image-driven world, nearly all of us... Read more

Prank Day

By: Kel Mitchell

Narrated by: Kel Mitchell

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.From actor, producer, and comedian Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon's All That and the film Good Burger, this laugh-aloud novel for kids follows Chase as he masterminds a series of epic pranks only to discover that they've all become real on April 2nd. When his tricks become reality in hilarious and disastrous ways, Chase must come... Read more

Gather Me

By: Glory Edim

Narrated by: Glory Edim

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A “dramatic [and] ingeniously crafted” (Los Angeles Times) memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.

“A beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever-growing love for words and for... Read more

Muggsy

By: Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues & Jake Uitti

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. Twenty years after receiving his first basketball as a toddler, he stood proud—at five-foot-three—as the starting point guard for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA.... Read more

One-Shot Harry

By: Gary Phillips

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting historical crime novel about an African American forensic photographer seeking justice for his jazz musician friend.

Los Angeles, 1963: African American Korean War veteran Harry Ingram earns a living as a news photographer and occasional process... Read more

The Other Mother

By: Rachel Harper

Narrated by: January LaVoy & William DeMeritt

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A page-turning generational saga about a young man's search for a parent he never knew, and a moving portrait of motherhood, race, and the truths we hide in the name of family. Jenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami, who arrives at Brown University on a scholarship—but also to learn more about his late father,... 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

Never Too Soon

By: Tamika Christy

Narrated by: LK Burton

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Book 2 in the Anaya's World series.

Things are looking up for Anaya Goode after the deaths of her brother and mother. She is the youngest (and highest paid) executive in Alameda County. She is in an adoring relationship with the love of her life, her natural twists are on point, and she runs a six-minute mile. What else matters?

When Anaya is... Read more

Laws of Depravity

By: Eriq La Salle

Narrated by: Eriq La Salle

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

THIRTY YEARS.
THIRTY-SIX PRIESTS BUTCHERED.
HIS BLOODIEST MASTERPIECE IS YET TO COME.

Every ten years, for the past thirty years, a dozen clergymen are killed, brutally murdered in twisted scenes emulating the deaths of Jesus and his disciples. It is the work of a serial killer known as the Martyr Maker. And in 2011, he set his mark on New York... Read more

Laws of Wrath

By: Eriq La Salle

Narrated by: Eriq La Salle

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

There are those who fight the devil within them. And those who worship it.

The butchered body of a cross-dresser is found in a dumpster in Chinatown, New York. Nothing out of the ordinary for the NYPD, except, this time, the victim is Detective Phee Freeman’s brother. At first the slaying looks like the random act of a vicious killer, but when it... Read more

The Two Lives of Sara

By: Catherine Adel West

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Ms. Magazine, The Root, Popsugar, Bustle, and many more!

“An utterly absorbing and dazzling novel about the stories we tell to stay alive and the secrets we keep to protect ourselves.” — Nancy Jooyoun Kim, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee
 

In 1960s Memphis, a young mother... Read more

How to Heal Our Racial Divide

By: Derwin L. Gray

Narrated by: Derwin L. Gray

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Why must everything be so black and white? Like many of us, Derwin Gray is weary of the racial divide in our society. He longs to see hurts healed, wrongs corrected, and trust replace distrust.

The good news is that the Bible has a lot to say about how to heal our persistent racial divides. In this book, popular Bible teacher Derwin Gray walks us... Read more

My Selma

By: Willie Mae Brown

Narrated by: Karen Chilton & Willie Mae Brown

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

"Karen Chilton conveys both powerful joy and profound grief in her narration of Willie Mae Brown's stories about growing up in Selma, Alabama, during the Civil Rights movement."- AudioFile

The preface and afterword are read by the author.

Combining family stories of the everyday and the extraordinary as seen through the eyes of her... Read more

Shackled

By: Mariam Ibraheem & Eugene Bach

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER!!! Christian Book Award 2023 (audio)!!!

Sentenced to Death for Her Beliefs 

Mariam Ibraheem was born in a refugee camp in Sudan. Her Muslim father died when she was six, and her mother raised her in the Christian faith. After a traumatic childhood, Mariam became a successful businessperson, married the man she loved, and had a beautiful... Read more

Heart and Hustle

By: Patricia Bright

Narrated by: Patricia Bright

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Patricia Bright is killing it right now’ Glamour ‘One of Britain’s biggest YouTube stars’ Huffington Post ‘I’m going to show you how to hustle like I do, using your head and heart. All it takes is three steps…’ YOUR BRAND: how you can use who you are to... Read more

Black Skin

By: Dija Ayodele

Narrated by: Dija Ayodele

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate skincare guide for Black women Dija Ayodele takes you through the lifetime of skin, sharing transformative essentials from how to work out your skintype to the dos and don’ts for your everyday routine. She explains the best ingredients for your skin and your budget, and the issues that... Read more

black girl, no magic

By: Kimberly McIntosh

Narrated by: Kimberly McIntosh

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ‘Witty, fresh and full of life’ Liv Little Kimberly McIntosh has lived a full life, with a loving family, messy friendships, mind-expanding travel and all-night... Read more