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    The Personal Librarian Audiobook By Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray cover art
    • The Personal Librarian

    • By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,482
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,967
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,935

     

    In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Treat For This Academic Librarian!

    • By AlTonya on 07-14-21
    The Personal Librarian

    By: Marie Benedict, and others

    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Audiobook By Honoree Fanonne Jeffers cover art
    • The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

    • An Oprah’s Book Club Novel
    • By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton, Prentice Onayemi
    • Length: 29 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,828
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,662
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,651

    The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the problem of race in America and what he called “Double Consciousness,” a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Great American Novel is finally inclusive.

    • By Margaret on 12-28-21
    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

    By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

    The Fifth Season Audiobook By N. K. Jemisin cover art
    • The Fifth Season

    • The Broken Earth, Book 1
    • By: N. K. Jemisin
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 24,144
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 21,755
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 21,696

    This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Nay-Sayers are Wrong.

    • By Steve Groves on 02-10-20
    The Fifth Season

    By: N. K. Jemisin

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,427
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,445
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,414

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    The Vanishing Half Audiobook By Brit Bennett cover art
    • The Vanishing Half

    • A Novel
    • By: Brit Bennett
    • Narrated by: Shayna Small
    • Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 23,650
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 20,371
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 20,260

    The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern Black community and running away at age 16, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Soap opera material

    • By Sheila S on 06-06-20
    The Vanishing Half

    By: Brit Bennett

    Beloved Audiobook By Toni Morrison cover art
    • Beloved

    • By: Toni Morrison
    • Narrated by: Toni Morrison
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,398
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,718
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,690

    Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Perhaps best read on paper

    • By Mimi on 07-29-06
    Beloved

    By: Toni Morrison

    The Personal Librarian Audiobook By Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray cover art
    • The Personal Librarian

    • By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,482
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,967
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,935

     

    In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Treat For This Academic Librarian!

    • By AlTonya on 07-14-21
    The Personal Librarian

    By: Marie Benedict, and others

    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Audiobook By Honoree Fanonne Jeffers cover art
    • The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

    • An Oprah’s Book Club Novel
    • By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton, Prentice Onayemi
    • Length: 29 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,828
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,662
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,651

    The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the problem of race in America and what he called “Double Consciousness,” a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Great American Novel is finally inclusive.

    • By Margaret on 12-28-21
    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

    By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

    The Fifth Season Audiobook By N. K. Jemisin cover art
    • The Fifth Season

    • The Broken Earth, Book 1
    • By: N. K. Jemisin
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 24,144
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 21,755
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 21,696

    This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Nay-Sayers are Wrong.

    • By Steve Groves on 02-10-20
    The Fifth Season

    By: N. K. Jemisin

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    • By: Maya Angelou
    • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,427
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,445
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,414

    Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • So good.

    • By KG on 07-28-14
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    By: Maya Angelou

    The Vanishing Half Audiobook By Brit Bennett cover art
    • The Vanishing Half

    • A Novel
    • By: Brit Bennett
    • Narrated by: Shayna Small
    • Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 23,650
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 20,371
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 20,260

    The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern Black community and running away at age 16, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Soap opera material

    • By Sheila S on 06-06-20
    The Vanishing Half

    By: Brit Bennett

    Beloved Audiobook By Toni Morrison cover art
    • Beloved

    • By: Toni Morrison
    • Narrated by: Toni Morrison
    • Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,398
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,718
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,690

    Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Perhaps best read on paper

    • By Mimi on 07-29-06
    Beloved

    By: Toni Morrison

    Seven Days in June Audiobook By Tia Williams cover art
    • Seven Days in June

    • By: Tia Williams
    • Narrated by: Mela Lee
    • Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,312
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,947
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,935

    Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and best-selling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning literary author who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Better than the Reviews Say

    • By Akuba on 09-26-21
    Seven Days in June

    By: Tia Williams

    The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club) Audiobook By Nathan Harris cover art
    • The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)

    • A Novel
    • By: Nathan Harris
    • Narrated by: William DeMeritt
    • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,313
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,068
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,057

    In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry—freed by the Emancipation Proclamation—seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Masterful storytelling and an exceptional audio performance

    • By Pamela on 06-18-21
    The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)

    By: Nathan Harris

    Take My Hand Audiobook By Dolen Perkins-Valdez cover art
    • Take My Hand

    • By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
    • Narrated by: Lauren J. Daggett
    • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,296
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,175
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,166

    Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible injustice done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • I loved it.

    • By G'Lon Davis on 06-02-22
    Take My Hand

    By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez

    Their Eyes Were Watching God Audiobook By Zora Neale Hurston cover art
    • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    • By: Zora Neale Hurston
    • Narrated by: Ruby Dee
    • Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,535
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 9,051
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,023

    This poetic, graceful love story celebrates boldly and brilliantly African-American culture and heritage....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Ruby Dee is amazing

    • By Jennifer on 04-20-13
    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    By: Zora Neale Hurston

    An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club) Audiobook By Tayari Jones cover art
    • An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club)

    • A Novel
    • By: Tayari Jones
    • Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 22,614
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 20,287
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 20,249

    Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Loved the Story, but...

    • By Lisa N. Haynes on 03-01-18
    An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club)

    By: Tayari Jones

    The Color Purple Audiobook By Alice Walker cover art
    • The Color Purple

    • By: Alice Walker
    • Narrated by: Alice Walker
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,762
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,294
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,267

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • way better than the movie

    • By Ms. Blacq on 10-13-19
    The Color Purple

    By: Alice Walker

    Homegoing Audiobook By Yaa Gyasi cover art
    • Homegoing

    • A Novel
    • By: Yaa Gyasi
    • Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
    • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,415
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 8,401
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,402

    Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and will live in comfort....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Beautiful and Haunting

    • By Rick on 05-07-19
    Homegoing

    By: Yaa Gyasi

    The Yellow Wife Audiobook By Sadeqa Johnson cover art
    • The Yellow Wife

    • A Novel
    • By: Sadeqa Johnson
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,003
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,655
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,644

    Called “wholly engrossing” by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this “fully immersive” story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • An excellent book!!! Must read!!!

    • By Shenieque on 01-17-21
    The Yellow Wife

    By: Sadeqa Johnson

    Razorblade Tears Audiobook By S. A. Cosby cover art
    • Razorblade Tears

    • A Novel
    • By: S. A. Cosby
    • Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
    • Length: 12 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,444
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,205
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,191

    Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • AMAZING!!!!

    • By shelley on 07-11-21
    Razorblade Tears

    By: S. A. Cosby

    Harlem Shuffle Audiobook By Colson Whitehead cover art
    • Harlem Shuffle

    • A Novel
    • By: Colson Whitehead
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,192
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,942
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,921

    Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • What a rare pleasure

    • By Lisa Braden on 09-27-21
    Harlem Shuffle

    By: Colson Whitehead

    Life After Death Audiobook By Sister Souljah cover art
    • Life After Death

    • By: Sister Souljah
    • Narrated by: Nia Long
    • Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3.5 out of 5 stars 3,590
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 3,201
    • Story
      3 out of 5 stars 3,205

    Winter Santiaga hit time served. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion flow....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • What was that?

    • By denea on 03-02-21
    Life After Death

    By: Sister Souljah

    The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Audiobook By Colson Whitehead cover art
    • The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

    • A Novel
    • By: Colson Whitehead
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
    • Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,268
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,331
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,304

    When Elwood Curtis, a Black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow "delinquent" Turner....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Who spoke for the black boys?

    • By Darwin8u on 02-06-20
    The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

    By: Colson Whitehead

    The Bluest Eye Audiobook By Toni Morrison cover art
    • The Bluest Eye

    • By: Toni Morrison
    • Narrated by: Toni Morrison
    • Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,591
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,988
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,965

    The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Amazing

    • By psiegler on 07-25-18
    The Bluest Eye

    By: Toni Morrison

    The Violin Conspiracy Audiobook By Brendan Slocumb cover art
    • The Violin Conspiracy

    • By: Brendan Slocumb
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Brendan Slocumb
    • Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,065
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 963
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 958

     

    Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. If he’s lucky, he’ll get a job at the hospital cafeteria. If he’s extra lucky, he’ll earn more than minimum wage....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Get this audio!!

    • By Barbara S on 02-09-22
    The Violin Conspiracy

    By: Brendan Slocumb

    Kindred Audiobook By Octavia E. Butler cover art
    • Kindred

    • By: Octavia E. Butler
    • Narrated by: Kim Staunton
    • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,594
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,292
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,258

    Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Past of Slavery Still Moves and Wounds Us

    • By Jefferson on 12-05-10
    Kindred

    By: Octavia E. Butler

    You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty Audiobook By Akwaeke Emezi cover art
    • You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

    • A Novel
    • By: Akwaeke Emezi
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 444
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 412
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 410

    A New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi reimagines the love story in this fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Very well written but...

    • By Sasha on 05-31-22
    You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

    By: Akwaeke Emezi

    Black Girls Must Die Exhausted Audiobook By Jayne Allen cover art
    • Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

    • A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, Book 1)
    • By: Jayne Allen
    • Narrated by: Marcella Cox
    • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 961
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 863
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 859

    The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black woman must rely on courage, laughter, and love—and the support of her two longtime friends—to overcome an unexpected setback that threatens the most precious thing she's ever wanted....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Not What I Expected

    • By R. Cartwright on 10-16-21
    Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

    By: Jayne Allen

    Stories from the Tenants Downstairs Audiobook By Sidik Fofana cover art
    • Stories from the Tenants Downstairs

    • By: Sidik Fofana
    • Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nile Bullock, Sidik Fofana, and others
    • Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      0 out of 5 stars 0
    • Performance
      0 out of 5 stars 0
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      0 out of 5 stars 0

    Set in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it....

    Stories from the Tenants Downstairs

    By: Sidik Fofana

    Pregnant by my Mother's Husband 3 Audiobook By Linette King cover art
    • Pregnant by my Mother's Husband 3

    • By: Linette King
    • Narrated by: Cee Scott
    • Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 68
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 58
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 58

    After killing her own mother, Angela will stop at nothing until the woman who's ruined her life twice has experienced just as much pain as she has. She vows to make Jade's life a living hell....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Very Entertaining!

    • By Tuesday Nichols on 04-25-19
    Pregnant by my Mother's Husband 3

    By: Linette King

    Black Hamptons Audiobook By Carl Weber, La Jill Hunt cover art
    • Black Hamptons

    • By: Carl Weber, La Jill Hunt
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      0 out of 5 stars 0
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      0 out of 5 stars 0
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    When a piece of land comes up for sale in this exclusive community, it sparks a war between the Brittons and the Johnsons. It’s old money versus new money, and neither family seems willing to compromise....

    Black Hamptons

    By: Carl Weber, and others

    The Darkest Child Audiobook By Delores Phillips cover art
    • The Darkest Child

    • By: Delores Phillips
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,482
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 4,045
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,026

    In 1958 Georgia, the shade of a 13-year-old black girl's skin can make the difference in her fate. Tangy Mae is the smartest of her mother's 10 children, but she is also the darkest complected....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • My heart couldn't take it

    • By NIXX1993 on 03-01-18
    The Darkest Child

    By: Delores Phillips

    The Matter of Black Lives Audiobook By Jelani Cobb, David Remnick cover art
    • The Matter of Black Lives

    • Writing from The New Yorker
    • By: Jelani Cobb, David Remnick
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, and others
    • Length: 30 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12

    A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America - including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more - with a foreword by Jelani Cobb....

    The Matter of Black Lives

    By: Jelani Cobb, and others

    Like a Sister Audiobook By Kellye Garrett cover art
    • Like a Sister

    • By: Kellye Garrett
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 309
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