Black Authors

Firebird

By: Misty Copeland

Narrated by: Misty Copeland

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In her debut book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose confidence is fragile and who is questioning her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached. Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her exactly how, through hard work and dedication, she too can become Firebird.

Lyrical and... Read more

It Takes Blood and Guts

By: Skin & Lucy O'Brien

Narrated by: Skin

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

'One of the most important females in British music of my lifetime.' Colin Murray 
'A beautiful, raw and exhilarating book that will leave you feeling empowered.' Fearne Cotton
‘The pioneering Skunk Anansie frontwoman’s memories offer a very different take on the Britpop era…Skin’s story is one of a rhomboid peg spurning both the round and... Read more

Smash It!

By: Francina Simone

Narrated by: Zakiya Young

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Refreshingly authentic and bold… Don’t miss this smashing novel from Francina Simone, filled with heart, humor and a heroine to root for!

Olivia “Liv” James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. So she does what any self-respecting hot mess of a girl who wants to SMASH junior year does…

After Liv shows up to a Halloween party... Read more

The Colors of Culture

By: MelindaJoy Mingo

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

How diverse are your friendships?



We are living in a time where fear and mistrust among people of different cultural and ethnic groups is becoming the norm rather than the exception. It appears that cultural and racial divides are expanding rather than shrinking. What can we do?



We can learn to see every human being from God's perspective and... Read more

Die verschwindende Hälfte (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Brit Bennett

Narrated by: Tessa Mittelstaedt

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Zwei Schwestern, die eine ganze Welt trennt Ein kleiner Ort im ländlichen Louisiana. Seine afroamerikanischen Bewohner blicken mit Stolz auf eine lange Tradition und Geschichte, und vor allem auf ihre Kinder, die von Generation zu Generation hellhäutiger zu werden scheinen. Stella und Desiree etwa, Zwillingsschwestern von ganz unterschiedlichem... Read more

A Knock at Midnight

By: Brittany K. Barnett

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • A “powerful and devastating” (The Washington Post) call to free those buried alive by America’s legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity—from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system.

“An essential... Read more

Cinderella Is Dead

By: Kalynn Bayron

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron, read by Bahni Turpin.

"Wholly original and captivating." – Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Girls team up to overthrow the kingdom in this unique and powerful retelling of Cinderella from a stunning new voice that’s perfect for fans of... Read more

Punching the Air

By: Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

Narrated by: Ethan Herisse

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times and USA Today bestseller * Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor * Walter Award Winner * Goodreads Finalist for Best Teen Book of the Year * Time Magazine Best Book of the Year * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the... Read more

I Am Every Good Thing

By: Derrick Barnes

Narrated by: Joshua David Scarlett

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

An upbeat, empowering, important audiobook from the team that created the award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

I am
a nonstop ball of energy.
Powerful and full of light.
I am a go-getter. A difference maker. A leader.

The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He's got big plans, and no doubt... Read more

Kids Off the Block

By: Diane Latiker

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"What can I do?"



That was the question Diane Latiker asked of herself as she watched the teens in her Chicago neighborhood succumb at an alarming rate to gangs and gun violence. Her answer started small, inviting ten kids into her living room to talk about their struggles and dreams. But over the years it grew. With the help of God, her family,... Read more

Micah: The Good Girl #2

By: Ashley Woodfolk

Narrated by: Imani Parks

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love.

Micah Dupree had always liked being the "good girl." She was happy painting, going to church, and acing... Read more

Fifty Words for Rain: A GMA Book Club Pick

By: Asha Lemmie

Narrated by: Robin Eller, Siho Ellsmore, Katharine Lee McEwa...

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller!
 
From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale

Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do... Read more

Lux: The New Girl #1

By: Ashley Woodfolk

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love.

Lux Lawson is on a spree. Ever since her dad left, she's been kicked out of every school that would take... Read more

His Only Wife

By: Peace Adzo Medie

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020
One of BuzzFeed's "29 Books We Couldn’t Put Down This Year"

A Must-Read Novel: The New York Times Book Review * BuzzFeed *  Marie Claire * Parade * Travel + Leisure * Ms. Magazine * Bustle * The Millions * Book... Read more

Scandalous Secrets

By: Synithia Williams

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Don’t miss Scandalous Secrets, the next sexy and irresistible book in Synithia Williams’s Jackson Falls series featuring the Robidoux family!

Coming soon from HQN Books! 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

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

Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

By: Kelly J. Baptist

Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's journal. Adapted from a story that first appeared in Flying Lessons & Other Stories and perfect for fans of The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson.

Isaiah is now the big man of the house. But it's a lot harder than his dad made it look. His... Read more

Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid

By: Mikaila Ulmer

Narrated by: Mikaila Ulmer

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A business memoir from fifteen year-old lemonade entrepreneur and one of TIME Magazine's Top 30 Most Influential Teens, Mikaila Ulmer, and her advice for life and business.

When Mikaila Ulmer was four, she was stung by a bee--twice in one week. She was terrified of going outside, so her parents encouraged her to learn more about bees so she... 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

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

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 Talk

By: Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi, Feodor Chin, Gisela Chípe, Mich...

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful collection of short stories, essays, and poems is a call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racist and advocates for change.

Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators--including Renee Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suarez Changes Gears), and... Read more

Ways to Make Sunshine

By: Renée Watson

Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson.

From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson, the first book in a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit, kindness, and sunshine.

Ryan Hart can be and do anything. Her name means "king", that she is a... Read more