Black Authors

The Girl With Stars in Her Eyes

By: Xio Axelrod

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese & Tamika Simone

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Her name's Antonia "Toni" Bennette (yeah, she's heard all the jokes before) and she's not a rock star. Neither are the Lillys—not yet. But the difference between being famous and being almost famous can be a single wrong note... or the start of something that'll change your life forever. Growing up in dive bars up and down the East Coast, Toni... Read more

Triumph of Hope

By: Ruth Elias

Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Ruth Elias, a Jewish woman who was taken to Auschwitz while several months pregnant, recounts her challenging and unthinkable story of confronting perhaps the most agonizing choice so that she and her newborn infant would not die. Taken for Nazi medical experimentation, she confronted the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele and saved the life of not only... Read more

Black Hamptons

By: Carl Weber & La Jill Hunt

Narrated by: Ace Bentley, Chanté Ellison, Dylan Ford, Ebony ...

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

When a piece of land comes up for sale in this exclusive community, it sparks a war between the Brittons and the Johnsons. It’s old money versus new money, and neither family seems willing to compromise. Will the tension between them shatter any hopes of a peaceful summer?

Hidden away near the end of Long Island, New York, is a community where... Read more

Who Wants that Perfect Love Story Anyway

By: Natavia Stewart

Narrated by: Dylan Ford & Georgie Kimble

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Camren is what you call a plus-size diva, but she’s having a hard time getting her baby’s father to love her. When she comes across some devastating news, she runs into the arms of another man—Royal, the brother of her best friend, Jamie. Jamie and Ashaun's marriage is on the rocks because Ashaun had a baby with another woman. He caters to her... Read more

Who Wants that Perfect Love Story Anyway 2

By: Natavia Stewart

Narrated by: Dylan Ford & Georgie Kimble

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Cam and Royal are on the ins and outs. Royal is fed up with Koran and Camren’s games. Is he willing to throw in the towel? Will Camren figure out who she wants before it's too late? Jamie and Ashaun were getting on the right track until they were startled with news that put pressure on their marriage. Ashaun is tired of being married, and Jamie... Read more

Every Man a King

By: Walter Mosley

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter Mosley, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up (National Book Foundation). When friend of the family and multi-billionaire Roger Ferris comes to Joe with... Read more

I Am Still With You

By: Emmanuel Iduma

Narrated by: Emeka Emecheta

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“Powerful and transcendent" —Chigozie Obioma 

"Both epic and intimate" —​Margo Jefferson

A deeply moving, lyrical journey through the author’s homeland of Nigeria, in search of the truth about his disappeared uncle and the history of a war that shaped him, his family, and a nation

In inimitable, rhythmic prose, the author and winner of the... Read more

Friday I'm in Love

By: Camryn Garrett

Narrated by: Jade Wheeler

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A love letter to romantic comedies, sweet sixteen blowouts, Black joy, and queer pride.

“A perfect ode to romantic comedies, wrapped in a dazzling rainbow dress.” —Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl

Mahalia... Read more

Why Am I Like This?

By: Kobe Campbell

Narrated by: Kobe Campbell

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Why does our past pain continue to affect our present?Though many of us can point to patterns of brokenness in our lives, we don’t know why they're there. No matter how hard we work, we can’t seem to outrun the very things that break our hearts. That's because our everyday setbacks are rooted in our unaddressed wounds.In Why... Read more

The Urgent Life

By: Bozoma Saint John

Narrated by: Bozoma Saint John

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Urgent Life shines a bright light on the intricacies of the shadows she’s been in, and illuminates the beauty of her urgent life.” —Serena Williams

From iconic leader Bozoma Saint John, comes a memoir of grief, and one woman's drive to thrive in the face of loss

When Bozoma Saint John's husband, Peter, died of cancer, she made one big... Read more

Microjoys

By: Cyndie Spiegel

Narrated by: Cyndie Spiegel

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Bighearted and hopeful. Unflinchingly honest and healing. A profound compendium of intimate, inspiring essays and thoughtful prompts that will keep you afloat in difficult times and sustain you in the everyday.
 
Microjoys are a practice of uncovering joy and finding hope at any moment. They are accessible to everyone, despite all else. When we... Read more

Drama Free

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

Narrated by: Nedra Glover Tawwab

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a road map for understanding and moving past family struggles—and living your life, your way.

    Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life’s challenges. For... Read more

You Are Only Just Beginning

By: Morgan Harper Nichols

Narrated by: Morgan Harper Nichols

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author with eleven audiobook-exclusive bonus poems!Find the inspiration you need to embrace your next adventure in life with confidence.It can be difficult and scary to take that first step into your future and surrender to the unknown. This illustrated collection of poetry and essays will empower you to strike out on your journey... Read more

It All Adds Up

By: Devon Kennard

Narrated by: Devon Kennard

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Gain access to the ultimate playbook to help you win at your financial game.Money is a game of survival, and you can’t get ahead with the outdated playbook of the American Dream. Don’t let rising debt, stagnant wages, and increased inflation make it impossible to create financial stability. Create investment opportunities to... Read more

Change Starts with You

By: Sam Acho

Narrated by: Sam Acho & Gabe Wicks

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Injustice, division, and suffering may loom large in this broken world, but you have the power to stand up for truth, unity, and healing. Join writer, motivational speaker, humanitarian, and NFL veteran Sam Acho as he gives you the courage you need to be a changemaker.When gold is put into a crucible over a fire, the... Read more

Above Ground

By: Clint Smith

Narrated by: Clint Smith

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A remarkable poetry collection from Clint Smith, the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Critics Circle award-winning author of How the Word Is Passed.

Clint Smith’s vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world.... Read more

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It

By: Jeremie Harris

Narrated by: Jeremie Harris

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2024 NON-FICTION KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS OF CANADA AWARD

An entertaining and accessible dive into the riveting world described by quantum mechanics, from physicist, AI risk expert, and Hollywood “alternative reality” consultant Jérémie Harris.

Are human beings immortal? Are... Read more

Eartha & Kitt

By: Kitt Shapiro & Patricia Weiss Levy

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In this unique combination of African-American, music, and cultural history, we come to know one of the greatest stars the world has ever seen—Eartha Kitt—as revealed by the person who knew her best, her daughter. Eartha, who was a mix of Black, Cherokee, and white, identified as Black, but Kitt, her biological daughter by a white man, is blonde... Read more

Dovey Undaunted

By: Tonya Bolden

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Dovey Johnson Roundtree was most famous for her successful defense of an indigent Black man accused of the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer, a prominent white Washington, DC, socialite, in 1965. Despite her triumph in this high-profile case, Roundtree continued to represent the poor and the underserved. She was the first lawyer to bring a... Read more

Death in a Promised Land

By: Scott Ellsworth

Narrated by: Pat Grimes

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Widely believed to be the most extreme incidence of white racial violence against African Americans in modern United States history, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resulted in the destruction of over one thousand black-owned businesses and homes as well as the murder of between fifty and three hundred black residents. Exhaustively researched and... Read more

Confessions in B-Flat

By: Donna Hill

Narrated by: Aria Addison & Earl Sewell

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Jason Tanner, protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been by his mentor’s side in New York to spread the message of passive resistance. In Harlem, the epicenter of black culture, poet Anita Hopkins tries to capture the message of Malcolm X, which she believes with all her heart: the time is now; enough is enough. When Jason goes to the... Read more

Dirty Plays

By: Emma Salah

Narrated by: Trei Taylor

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Aidan Thomas is staying at his brother’s apartment while his own home is being remodeled, but the apartment isn’t as vacant as he was led to believe. Pushed out of her own place by a rent increase, Letty Garcia, his sister’s gorgeous best friend, is staying there too. The involuntary cohabitation is a temporary solution, one they can both endure... Read more

When the Smoke Clears

By: Kenya Wright

Narrated by: Theodore Rose & Kentra Lynn

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Just released from the mental hospital for shooting her ex-husband, Kassie is in no mood to date men. Now a newly single mother, she’s focused on raising her son. She also has to get her career as an author back on track and rediscover her passion for romance writing. She has things to do. But Lorenzo comes into her life, a gorgeous firefighter... Read more

My Name Is Ona Judge

By: Suzette D. Harrison

Narrated by: Tovah Ott & Aure Nash

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

New Hampshire, 1796. “My name is Ona Judge, and I escaped from the household of the President of the United States. I was the favored maid of George and Martha Washington, but they deemed me a slave and thought me property, and I hear ten dollars is offered as reward for my capture. Now I must write the truth that I have lived, and tell my... Read more