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Tilt

By: Emma Pattee

Narrated by: Ariel Blake

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Set over the course of a single day, an electrifying debut novel from “a powerful new literary voice” (Vogue) following one woman’s journey across a transformed city, carrying the weight of her past and a fervent hope for the future.

Last night, you and I were safe. Last night, in another universe, your father and I stood fighting in the kitchen.
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Colored Television (A GMA Book Club Pick)

By: Danzy Senna

Narrated by: Kristen Ariza

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant dark comedy about love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial- identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of Caucasia

Jane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year,... Read more

Sky Full of Elephants

By: Cebo Campbell

Narrated by: Leon Nixon, Erin Ruth Walker & Janina Edwards

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bold and imaginative.” —Tananarive Due
“This stunning allegory will spark much discussion.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A truly powerful and riveting story.” —Booklist

In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?

One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of... Read more

Go Tell It on the Mountain

By: James Baldwin

Narrated by: Joe Morton & Roxane Gay

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

James Baldwin's haunting coming-of-age story, with a new introduction by Roxane Gay.

Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain was James Baldwin's first major work, based in part on his own childhood in Harlem. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and... Read more

Flamboyants

By: George M. Johnson

Narrated by: George M. Johnson

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and features music from Josephine Baker, Gladys Bentley, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Waters to enhance the listening experience.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance.

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Lady in the Lake

By: Laura Lippman

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

SOON TO BE A SERIES FROM APPLE TV!A New York Times Bestseller2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Thriller/SuspenseThe revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the... Read more