Books To Read After Watching “Sinners”

Junie: A GMA Book Club Pick

A Novel

By: Erin Crosby Eckstine
Narrated by: Angel Pean
Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms.

“An enrapturing tale of survival . . . Eckstine has poured a ton of heart into her characters.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“The richly textured... Read more

Remembrance

By: Rita Woods
Narrated by: Ella Turenne
Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Remembrance by Rita Woods is a breakout historical debut with modern resonance, perfect for the many fans of The Underground Railroad and Orphan Train.

Remembrance…It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy…if you... Read more

Lone Women

A Novel

By: Victor LaValle
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

“Victor LaValle gets better and better with every new novel. A master of literary horror, he takes literal monsters and ghosts - in this case in the historical context of early 20th century Montana homesteaders - and uses them to reflect back on our contemporary society and all of its metaphorical monsters and ghosts. In the harsh and solitary... Read more

The Last Dreamwalker

By: Rita Woods
Narrated by: Nedra Marie Taylor
Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

From Hurston/Wright Legacy Award-winning author Rita Woods, The Last Dreamwalker tells the story of two women, separated by nearly two centuries yet inextricably linked by the Gullah-Geechee Islands off the coast of South Carolina—and their connection to a mysterious and extraordinary gift passed from generation to generation.

In the wake of her... Read more

Daughter of the Merciful Deep

By: Leslye Penelope
Narrated by: Shayna Small
Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantasy that shines a light on the drowned Black towns of the American South. 

“Our home began, as all things do, with a wish.”

Jane Edwards hasn’t spoken since she was eleven years old, when armed riders expelled her family from their hometown... Read more

The Monsters We Defy

By: Leslye Penelope
Narrated by: Shayna Small
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance.

Washington D. C., 1925

Clara Johnson talks to spirits, a gift that saved her during her darkest moments in a... Read more

The Undertakers

A Murder & Magic Novel

By: Nicole Glover
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 14 hours 35 minutes

Nicole Glover delivers the second book in her exciting Murder & Magic series of historical fantasy novels featuring Hetty Rhodes and her husband, Benjy, magic practitioners and detectives living in post–Civil War PhiladelphiaNothing bothers Hetty and Benjy Rhodes more than a case where the answers, motives, and the murder itself feel a bit... Read more

The Conductors

A Murder & Magic Novel

By: Nicole Glover
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

“A seamless blending of magic, mystery, and history . . . Glover’s worldbuilding, characters, and attention to historical detail create a delightfully genre-bending debut!” — Tananarive Due, American Book Award winner, author of Ghost Summer: StoriesFrom a bold new voice in speculative fiction comes a vibrant historical fantasy of magic and... Read more

The Improvisers

A Murder and Magic Novel

A Murder & Magic Novel: Book #3

By: Nicole Glover
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

For fans of Nghi Vo, P. Djèlí Clark, and Alix E. Harrow: a new stand-alone set in the world of the critically acclaimed Murder and Magic series during Prohibition. The Improvisers is the tale of Velma, a barnstorming pilot and former magic bootlegger, who pursues dangerous enchanted items and a mystery that crosses the US and cuts through... Read more

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

By: Tananarive Due
Narrated by: William DeMeritt & Jasmin Walker
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings of horror, science fiction, and suspense—all genres she wields masterfully. From the mysterious, magical town of Gracetown to the
aftermath of a pandemic to the reaches of the far future, Due’s stories all share a sense of dread and fear balanced... Read more

Ghost Summer

Stories

By: Tananarive Due
Narrated by: Tananarive Due, Robin Miles & Janina Edwards
Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Whether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, American Book Award winner and Essence bestselling author Tananarive Due’s work is both riveting and enlightening. In her debut collection of short fiction, Due takes us to Gracetown, a small Florida town that has both literal and figurative ghost;... Read more

The Reformatory

A Novel

By: Tananarive Due
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 20 hours 51 minutes

“This was hands down my favorite book of the year! Tananarive Due has written a powerful southern horror novel set in Florida during the Jim Crow era. Twelve year old Robbie Stephens is sent to the segregated Gracetown School for Boys for protecting his sister against the advances of the white son of the most powerful man in town. Not only does... Read more

Trinity

A Novel

By: Zelda Lockhart
Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

“Such fun! Friends to lovers in the best way, low angst and no third act breakup because their friendship never waivers. Beautifully crafted. Read more

Zeal

A Novel

By: Morgan Jerkins
Narrated by: January LaVoy & Shayna Small
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

“An absolutely stunning love story about family and how important it is to record your own history, spanning so many generations and lifetimes. This is what historical fiction is meant to be! Read more

On the Rooftop

A Novel

By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

A Reese’s Book Club Pick“An utterly original and brilliant story.” –Reese WitherspoonA stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters’ ambitions for their own lives—set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San FranciscoAt home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The... Read more

Ring Shout

By: P. Djèlí Clark
Narrated by: Channie Waites
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

“The emotionally charged, wild ride of Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark was one I did not want to end. Clark pulled me into the life of Maryse and her band of monster hunters and held me hostage. With beautiful language, deep characters, and a fully immersive world, this story of vengeance and self-forgiveness unfolds. By the end, I was in tears.... Read more