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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store weaves a compelling tale of community, resilience, and the power of human connection across racial and cultural divides. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store won the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Fiction and was hailed as one of the best novels of the year by major publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and TIME.
Featured Article: The Best Black Audiobook Narrators to Listen to Right Now
A skilled performer has the ability to take the written word to new heights, infusing an author’s work with empathy, warmth, and excitement. And representation matters just as much for audio as it does for any visual medium: listeners should feel and hear themselves in art driven by powerful performers and authentic deliveries. We’ve gathered a few of the best Black audiobook narrators in the business and their can't-miss performances.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,989
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Performance11,079
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Story11,077
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE...
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Multiple Stories Obfuscate Narrative
- By Stephnsea on 08-12-23
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-08-23
- Language: English
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The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,051
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Performance2,667
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Story2,664
The New York Times bestselling story from the author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride...
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Awesome
- By Michael on 05-30-17
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The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-25-14
- Language: English
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The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,279
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Performance2,018
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Story2,012
Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction From the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who...
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Abolition Huck Finn arouses interest in history
- By Abram H on 12-13-13
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The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 08-20-13
- Language: English
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Deacon King Kong
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,728
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Performance5,874
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Story5,833
Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Gotham Book Prize One of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year" Oprah's Book Club Pick New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times...
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Masterpiece
- By Linda G McDonough on 05-17-20
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Deacon King Kong
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-03-20
- Language: English
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Five-Carat Soul
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Nile Bullock, Prentice Onayemi, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall253
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Performance226
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Story225
One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017 “A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best.” —New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of...
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Listen. Just listen.
- By J.S.K. on 12-26-17
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Five-Carat Soul
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Nile Bullock, Prentice Onayemi, Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-26-17
- Language: English
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Miracle at St. Anna
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Ted Daniel
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance113
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Story113
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, and Deacon King Kong James McBride’s powerful memoir, The Color of Water, was a groundbreaking literary phenomenon that transcended racial and religious boundaries, garnering...
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Interesting take on history
- By Lucinda L on 09-17-25
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Miracle at St. Anna
- Narrated by: Ted Daniel
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-11-25
- Language: English
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Kill 'Em and Leave
- Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall272
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Performance244
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Story244
“You won’t leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling.”—The Boston Globe From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Five-Carat Soul Kill...
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A Captivating Narrative of a Complex Man
- By Kindle Customer on 04-10-16
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Kill 'Em and Leave
- Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 04-05-16
- Language: English
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Song Yet Sung
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Leslie Uggams
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall281
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Performance238
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Story238
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave named Liz Spocott breaks free from her captors and escapes into the...
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Spellbinding
- By Roberta on 11-05-09
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Song Yet Sung
- Narrated by: Leslie Uggams
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-09-09
- Language: English
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L'épicerie du paradis sur terre [The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store]
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Olivier Dote-Doevi
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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En 1972, des ouvriers de Pottstown, Pennsylvanie, découvrent des restes humains au fond d’un puits. À Chicken Hill, quartier pauvre où se côtoient Juifs et noirs américains, l’identité du squelette et la manière dont il est arrivé là sont deux secrets bien gardés.
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L'épicerie du paradis sur terre [The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store]
- Narrated by: Olivier Dote-Doevi
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 02-27-25
- Language: French
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El pájaro carpintero
- Una novela
- By: James McBride, Miguel Sanz Jiménez - translator
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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"Nací y fui un hombre de color, no lo olvidéis, pero viví como una mujer de color durante diecisiete años." Henry Cebolla Shackleton es un pícaro niño esclavo en cuyo camino se cruza el legendario abolicionista John Brown, «el más americano de todos nosotros», en palabras de Henry David...
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El pájaro carpintero
- Una novela
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 12-15-26
- Language: Spanish
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Himmel & Erde
- Narrated by: Oliver Dupont
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-23-24
- Language: German
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Die Farbe von Wasser
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Adisat Semenitsch, Oliver Dupont
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Die Farbe von Wasser erzählt die Geschichte James McBrides, der in den sechziger Jahren – den Zeiten von Malcolm X und Martin Luther Kings – an der ...
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Die Farbe von Wasser
- Narrated by: Adisat Semenitsch, Oliver Dupont
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 10-21-24
- Language: German
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