Black History
Fiction
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Invisible Man
- A Novel
- By: Ralph Ellison
- Narrated by: Joe Morton
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Ralph Elllison's Invisible Man is a monumental novel, one that can well be called an epic of 20th-century African-American life....
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Masterfully written; perfectly narrated
- By Imhokhai on 03-04-13
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Invisible Man
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Joe Morton
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-21-10
- Language: English
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Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black in a Two-Story White House
- By: Harriet Wilson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the autobiographical novel by Harriet Wilson, the first African-American to publish a novel in North America. Originally published in 1859, it was rediscovered in 1982....
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Finally a Truthful account of Northern Slavery
- By Carrie Choat on 02-07-17
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Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black in a Two-Story White House
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 08-30-10
- Language: English
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The Book of Night Women
- By: Marlon James
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book of Night Women is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the 18th century....
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twenty stars
- By Denise on 09-21-10
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The Book of Night Women
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 02-24-09
- Language: English
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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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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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A Story All Should Hear
- By Avid Reader on 02-01-19
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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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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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Pay attention
- By Amazon Customer on 11-13-19
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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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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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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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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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Strikingly Beautiful
- By Mozart on 02-05-16
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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
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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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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
- 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
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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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My heart couldn't take it
- By NIXX1993 on 03-01-18
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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: Thandie Newton
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the 20th century....
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Doesn't Work Well as Audio Book
- By Robert on 01-16-11
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for colored girls who have considered suicide - when the rainbow is enuf
- Narrated by: Thandie 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
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Two slaves, a mother and daughter, separated during the Civil War never to see each other again....
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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
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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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In the remembering this book brought me to tears
- By Marjo on 04-09-13
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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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This poetic, graceful love story celebrates boldly and brilliantly African-American culture and heritage....
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Ruby Dee is amazing
- By Jennifer on 04-20-13
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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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Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and is imprisoned....
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Exquisite Narration
- By Laurel Futures on 06-08-18
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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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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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Excellent story of several women's journey
- By Lillian Rodriguez on 11-19-16
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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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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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Beautiful and Haunting
- By Rick on 05-07-19
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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
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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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4.16 Stars
- By james on 01-09-18
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chris Chalk, Rutina Wesley
- 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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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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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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