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The Violin Conspiracy
By: Brendan Slocumb
Narrated by: JD Jackson & Brendan Slocumb
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! âąÂ Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the riseâundeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music worldâwhen a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfatherâs heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world.
âI... Read more
The Saint of Bright Doors
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
Narrated by: Sid Sagar
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel that is revelatory and resonant.
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy.
He walked among invisible... Read more
Black Cake
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman & Simone Mcintyre
Length: 12 hours
Abridged: No
NOW A HULU STREAMING SERIES âą NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âą READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY âąÂ Two estranged siblings delve into their motherâs hidden pastâand how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cakeâin this immersive family saga, âa character-driven, multigenerational story thatâs meant to be savoredâ (Time).... Read more
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How Beautiful We Were
By: Imbolo Mbue
Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, ...
Length: 14 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers.
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People âą ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The... Read more
Transcendent Kingdom
By: Yaa Gyasi
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER âą A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! âą Finalist for the WOMEN'S PRIZE
Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.
Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford... Read more
When No One Is Watching
By: Alyssa Cole
Narrated by: Susan Dalian & Jay Aaseng
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
""I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesnât let go until the final page. This is a terrific read.""Â â Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author
Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a... Read more
D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding
By: Chencia C. Higgins
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Instant I Do could be Kris Zavalaâs big break. Sheâs right on the cusp of really making it as an influencer, so a stint on reality TV is the perfect chance to elevate her brand. And $100,000 wouldnât hurt either. DâVaughn Miller is just trying to break out of her shell. Sheâs sort of neglected to come out to her mom for years, so a big splashy... Read more
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Between the World and Me
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âąÂ NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER âą NAMED ONE OF TIMEâS TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE âąÂ PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST âą NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST âąÂ ONE OF OPRAHâS âBOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGHâ âąÂ NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT
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Hailed by Toni Morrison as ârequired reading,â a bold and personal... Read more
Their Eyes Were Watching God
By: Zora Neale Hurston
Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
âA deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who donât know how to live properly.â âZadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love... Read more
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Razorblade Tears
By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the ThrillerFest 2022 Audiobook of the Year Award!
âLazarre-White's commanding performance is equally riveting. He creates an irresistible listening experienceâ âAudioFile Magazine
âSuperb...Cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our times.â âMichael Connelly,
#1 New York Times bestselling author
A Black father. A... Read more
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
By: Kimberly Lemming
Narrated by: Hazel Addison
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
When a spirited young woman with a penchant for adventure finds herself locked away in a dragonâs tower, she realizes that fate has a peculiar sense of humor when it comes to her romantic prospects in this laugh-out-loud fantasy rom-com, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and The Dragon's Bride.
All children are told fairytales. Some are... Read more
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
By: Talia Hibbert
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
âAbsolutely charming... a flawless balance of humor, heat, sweetness, and depth, and I loved every page.â â Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Bride TestTalia Hibbert, one of contemporary romanceâs brightest new stars, delivers a witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman whoâs tired of being âboringâ and recruits her... Read more
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The Water Dancer (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrated by: Joe Morton
Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âą OPRAHâS BOOK CLUB PICK âą From the National Book Awardâwinning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
âThis potent book about Americaâs most disgraceful sin establishes [Ta-Nehisi Coates] as a first-rate... Read more
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season.
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under... Read more
Ace of Spades
By: Faridah ĂbĂkĂ©-ĂyĂmĂdĂ©
Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge & Tapiwa Mugweni
Length: 13 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes an author's note read by the author.
Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah ĂbĂkĂ©-ĂyĂmĂdĂ© about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.
All you need to know is . . . Iâm here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do.... Read more
On Juneteenth
By: Annette Gordon-Reed
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reedâs On Juneteenth provides a historianâs view of the nationâs long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas
and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction... Read more
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
*2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018* Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily*American Booksellers Association... Read more
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Pet
By: Akwaeke Emezi
Narrated by: Christopher Myers
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
National Book Award Finalist
Stonewall Book Award Winner
"[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut...Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." (The New York Times)
The award-winning, genre-defying novel by the New York Times best-selling author of The Death of Vivek Oji that explores themes of identity and justice and asks: How do you share the... Read more
Friday Black
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrated by: Corey Allen & Carra Patterson
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it's like to be young and black in America. From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By... Read more
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Four Hundred Souls
By: Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain
Narrated by: Various
Length: 14 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of historyâs great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the presentâedited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World on Fire.
The story begins in 1619âa year before the Mayflowerâwhen the White Lion... Read more
Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
OPRAHâS BOOK CLUB PICK âą Instant New York Times Bestseller âą Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.
âNothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.â âVogue âą âA novel of triumph.â âThe Washington Post âą âHarrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.â âPeople
... Read more
The New Jim Crow
By: Michelle Alexander
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 16 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexanderâs The New Jim Crow.
Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been
adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of
the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the
winner of... Read more
Seven Days in June
By: Tia Williams
Narrated by: Mela Lee
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon book club pick is "a heady combination of book love and between-the-sheets love.â (Ruth Ware)
âTia Williamsâs book is a smart, sexy testament to Black joy, to the well of strength from which women draw, and to tragic romances that mature into second chances. I absolutely loved it.â
âJODI... Read more
The Other Black Girl
By: Zakiya Dalila Harris
Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Heather A...
Length: 13 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Now a Hulu Original Series
âRiveting, fearless, and vividly originalâ (Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author), this instant New York Times bestseller explores the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.
Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant... Read more
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