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She Would Be King
- A Novel
- By: Wayétu Moore
- Narrated by: Wayétu Moore
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 874
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 783
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 780
Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful example of magical realism.
- By Danielle on 10-07-18
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She Would Be King
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Wayétu Moore
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 09-11-18
- Language: English
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The Water Dancer (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Joe Morton
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,752
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,148
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,064
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her - but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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We Must Always Remember
- By Cammie on 09-28-19
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The Water Dancer (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Joe Morton
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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Queenie
- By: Candice Carty-Williams
- Narrated by: Shvorne Marks
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,722
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,305
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup from her White long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Black Womans Burden
- By LATOYA LEWIS on 05-20-19
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Queenie
- Narrated by: Shvorne Marks
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-19-19
- Language: English
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The Bluest Eye
- By: Toni Morrison
- Narrated by: Toni Morrison
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,346
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,615
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,589
The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By psiegler on 07-25-18
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The Bluest Eye
- Narrated by: Toni Morrison
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-19-11
- Language: English
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How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
- Stories
- By: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Shayna Small, Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 716
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 640
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights listeners with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great! One quibble with the audiobook editing
- By L on 03-05-19
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How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
- Stories
- Narrated by: Shayna Small, Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, Ron Butler, Kevin Stillwell, Je Nie Fleming, Jeanette Illidge
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 11-27-18
- Language: English
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The Darkest Child
- By: Delores Phillips
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,481
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,967
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,947
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....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Darkest Child
- By Beguiling on 04-02-18
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The Darkest Child
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 01-30-18
- Language: English
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for colored girls who have considered suicide - when the rainbow is enuf
- By: Ntozake Shange
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 288
Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the 20th century....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Audible--please try again
- By knitica on 01-06-11
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for colored girls who have considered suicide - when the rainbow is enuf
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 11-02-10
- Language: English
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Born a Colored Girl
- By: Michael Edwin Q
- Narrated by: Alan Scott, Nita McKeethen, John Kantor, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Two slaves, a mother and daughter, separated during the Civil War never to see each other again....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book ever
- By christine smith on 10-02-19
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Born a Colored Girl
- Narrated by: Alan Scott, Nita McKeethen, John Kantor, Eric McKeethen, Scott Nicewarmer, Germaine Brown, Michael Edwin Q
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 08-28-19
- Language: English
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The Healing
- A Novel
- By: Jonathan Odell
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 710
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 619
The pre-Civil War South comes brilliantly to life in this masterfully written novel about a mysterious and charismatic healer readers won’t soon forget....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am a HEALER too
- By Dream on 05-19-12
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The Healing
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-21-12
- Language: English
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,454
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,841
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,817
This poetic, graceful love story celebrates boldly and brilliantly African-American culture and heritage....
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfection
- By Mel on 04-06-15
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-26-04
- Language: English
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If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Novel
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,684
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,246
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,234
Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and is imprisoned....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrator did her thing, I love it!!!
- By Vicky on 03-22-16
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If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 02-01-16
- Language: English
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Grace
- A Novel
- By: Natashia Deón
- Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,934
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,774
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,772
For a runaway slave in the 1840s South, life on the run can be just as dangerous as life under a sadistic master. That's what 15-year-old Naomi learns after she escapes....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not a fan
- By Laurie on 12-02-16
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Grace
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-14-16
- Language: English
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Homegoing
- A Novel
- By: Yaa Gyasi
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,328
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,206
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....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Novel in Stories
- By Daryl on 06-19-16
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Homegoing
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-07-16
- Language: English
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
- A Novel
- By: Jesmyn Ward
- Narrated by: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chris Chalk, Rutina Wesley
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,998
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,523
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,503
An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle, Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississippi's past and present....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lyric & sensual writing, devastating story
- By Margaret on 11-13-17
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chris Chalk, Rutina Wesley
- Series: Bois Sauvage
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-05-17
- Language: English
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Riot Baby
- By: Tochi Onyebuchi
- Narrated by: Tochi Onyebuchi
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 430
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Story4 out of 5 stars 373
Rooted in the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is as much an intimate family story as a global dystopian narrative. It burns fearlessly toward revolution and has quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I...wasn’t...ready
- By Amazon Customer1 on 04-28-20
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Riot Baby
- Narrated by: Tochi Onyebuchi
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-21-20
- Language: English
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