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This American Woman Audiobook By Zarna Garg cover art
This American Woman
  • This American Woman

  • A One-in-a-Billion Memoir
  • By: Zarna Garg
  • Narrated by: Zarna Garg
  • Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 257
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 252
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 252

Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir, spilling all the chai on her wild ride from escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Book of 2025!

  • By BMR on 06-24-25

By: Zarna Garg

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • 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 9,655
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 8,506
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8,473

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

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Emotional & Powerful

  • By Miss Toni on 06-30-13

By: Maya Angelou

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  • By: Rebecca Skloot
  • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 16,845
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 13,826
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 13,865

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell

  • By Cynthia on 08-10-13

By: Rebecca Skloot

Around the Way Girl Audiobook By Taraji P. Henson cover art
Around the Way Girl
  • Around the Way Girl

  • A Memoir
  • By: Taraji P. Henson
  • Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
  • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 9,577
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 8,389
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 8,342

Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson reads her inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Around My way, Your Way & Every Woman's way

  • By Yolanda on 10-26-16

By: Taraji P. Henson

The Fire Next Time Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
The Fire Next Time
  • The Fire Next Time

  • By: James Baldwin
  • Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
  • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 8,949
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 7,704
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 7,654

James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful

  • By Darwin8u on 09-17-15

By: James Baldwin

The Salt Path Audiobook By Raynor Winn cover art
The Salt Path
  • The Salt Path

  • A Memoir
  • By: Raynor Winn
  • Narrated by: Raynor Winn
  • Length: 9 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 386
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 344
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 342

The true story of a couple who lost everything and embarked on a transformative journey walking the South West Coast Path in England, The Salt Path is ultimately a portrayal of home - how it can be lost, rebuilt, and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • Not happy…..

  • By Debbie Frizzell on 09-12-21

By: Raynor Winn

This American Woman Audiobook By Zarna Garg cover art
This American Woman
  • This American Woman

  • A One-in-a-Billion Memoir
  • By: Zarna Garg
  • Narrated by: Zarna Garg
  • Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 257
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 252
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 252

Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir, spilling all the chai on her wild ride from escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Book of 2025!

  • By BMR on 06-24-25

By: Zarna Garg

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • 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 9,655
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 8,506
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8,473

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

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Emotional & Powerful

  • By Miss Toni on 06-30-13

By: Maya Angelou

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

  • By: Rebecca Skloot
  • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 16,845
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 13,826
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 13,865

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell

  • By Cynthia on 08-10-13

By: Rebecca Skloot

Around the Way Girl Audiobook By Taraji P. Henson cover art
Around the Way Girl
  • Around the Way Girl

  • A Memoir
  • By: Taraji P. Henson
  • Narrated by: Taraji P. Henson
  • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 9,577
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 8,389
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 8,342

Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson reads her inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Around My way, Your Way & Every Woman's way

  • By Yolanda on 10-26-16

By: Taraji P. Henson

The Fire Next Time Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
The Fire Next Time
  • The Fire Next Time

  • By: James Baldwin
  • Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
  • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 8,949
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 7,704
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 7,654

James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful

  • By Darwin8u on 09-17-15

By: James Baldwin

The Salt Path Audiobook By Raynor Winn cover art
The Salt Path
  • The Salt Path

  • A Memoir
  • By: Raynor Winn
  • Narrated by: Raynor Winn
  • Length: 9 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 386
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 344
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 342

The true story of a couple who lost everything and embarked on a transformative journey walking the South West Coast Path in England, The Salt Path is ultimately a portrayal of home - how it can be lost, rebuilt, and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • Not happy…..

  • By Debbie Frizzell on 09-12-21

By: Raynor Winn

Problem Child Audiobook By Terrell Carter, Stacy Thunes cover art
Problem Child
  • Problem Child

  • By: Terrell Carter, Stacy Thunes
  • Narrated by: Terrell Carter
  • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 404
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 374
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 374

Problem Child is the unbelievably true story of Terrell Carter, an American musician and actor who grew up in Buffalo, New York, in a dysfunctional family, each member crazier than the next....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Worth the wait . . .

  • By JPALJ on 12-07-22

By: Terrell Carter, and others

The Color of Water Audiobook By James McBride cover art
The Color of Water
  • 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
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,973
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 2,602
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 2,599

The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Awesome

  • By Michael on 05-30-17

By: James McBride

Contesting: The Name It & Claim It Game Audiobook By Helene Hadsell cover art
Contesting: The Name It & Claim It Game
  • Contesting: The Name It & Claim It Game

  • WINeuvers for WISHcraft
  • By: Helene Hadsell
  • Narrated by: Carolyn Wilman
  • Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 53
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 48
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 48

Helene Hadsell was "the woman who won every contest prize she desired". In Contesting: The Name It & Claim It Game, she shares her winning secrets in the vibrant, warm, and folksy manner that was uniquely her....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • Just personal stories - too many boring details, not informative

  • By Alicia on 04-16-24

By: Helene Hadsell

Frederick Douglass Audiobook By David W. Blight cover art
Frederick Douglass
  • Frederick Douglass

  • Prophet of Freedom
  • By: David W. Blight
  • Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
  • Length: 36 hrs and 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,589
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,312
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,299

The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • The sound of rollerskating in sand

  • By Rico X Ludovici on 02-06-19

By: David W. Blight

How to Say Babylon Audiobook By Safiya Sinclair cover art
How to Say Babylon
  • How to Say Babylon

  • A Memoir
  • By: Safiya Sinclair
  • Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair
  • Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 576
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 551
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 551

With echoes of Educated and The Glass Castle, How to Say Babylon is a “lushly observed and keenly reflective chronicle” (The Washington Post), brilliantly recounting the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid religious upbringing and navigate the world on her own terms.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The ability of Safia to both tell a gut wrenching story while making beautiful art with her words.

  • By Grandchampion on 07-21-24

By: Safiya Sinclair

The Worlds I See Audiobook By Dr. Fei-Fei Li cover art
The Worlds I See
  • The Worlds I See

  • Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
  • By: Dr. Fei-Fei Li
  • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
  • Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 294
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 276
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 276

The Worlds I See is the moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent

  • By J McC on 02-10-24

By: Dr. Fei-Fei Li

The Girl with Seven Names Audiobook By Hyeonseo Lee, David John cover art
The Girl with Seven Names
  • The Girl with Seven Names

  • A North Korean Defector’s Story
  • By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
  • Narrated by: Josie Dunn
  • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 2,598
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 2,297
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 2,282

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom....

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Did not like narrator

  • By Linda H. Andreae on 10-09-19

By: Hyeonseo Lee, and others

Sea People Audiobook By Christina Thompson cover art
Sea People
  • Sea People

  • The Puzzle of Polynesia
  • By: Christina Thompson
  • Narrated by: Susan Lyons
  • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,082
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 935
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 932

A thrilling, intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Long Lost History

  • By Than on 04-19-19

By: Christina Thompson

The Other Wes Moore Audiobook By Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword cover art
The Other Wes Moore
  • The Other Wes Moore

  • One Name, Two Fates
  • By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
  • Narrated by: Wes Moore
  • Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3,276
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,770
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,782

From the governor of Maryland, the true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Insightful lesson in self-determination

  • By Aneesah on 02-04-13

By: Wes Moore, and others

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Audiobook By Issa Rae cover art
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
  • The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

  • By: Issa Rae
  • Narrated by: Issa Rae
  • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 9,078
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 7,876
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 7,833

"My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Loved

  • By Jamila on 02-25-15

By: Issa Rae

Misbehaving at the Crossroads Audiobook By Honoree Fanonne Jeffers cover art
Misbehaving at the Crossroads
  • Misbehaving at the Crossroads

  • Essays & Writings
  • By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
  • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
  • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Performance
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Story
    0 out of 5 stars 0

The National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of Phillis makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and thought-provoking work that explores the journeys and possibilities of Black women throughout American history and in contemporary times.

By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

The Original Black Elite Audiobook By Elizabeth Dowling Taylor cover art
The Original Black Elite
  • The Original Black Elite

  • Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
  • By: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
  • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
  • Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 226
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 197
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 194

From New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor comes this riveting chronicle of a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the Black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Our History

  • By Deidre Jackson on 02-23-19

By: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

Rain of Gold Audiobook By Victor Villaseñor cover art
Rain of Gold
  • Rain of Gold

  • By: Victor Villaseñor
  • Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz
  • Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 495
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 443
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 444

Rain of Gold is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny that pulses with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa's revolution to the days of Prohibition in California....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Thank you Victor again!

  • By cynthia g on 09-24-20

By: Victor Villaseñor

E.A.R.L. Audiobook By DMX cover art
E.A.R.L.
  • E.A.R.L.

  • The Autobiography of DMX
  • By: DMX
  • Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
  • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 573
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 523
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 523

Raised in the ghetto, abandoned as a child, addicted to drugs and women all his life but still able to produce four consecutive number one hip-hop albums in a row...this is the life and times of the darkest and most dangerously introspective hip-hop artist ever....

  • 1 out of 5 stars
  • Not a good listen

  • By Ty on 03-24-22

By: DMX

Hidden Figures Audiobook By Margot Lee Shetterly cover art
Hidden Figures
  • Hidden Figures

  • The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
  • By: Margot Lee Shetterly
  • Narrated by: Robin Miles
  • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 9,626
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8,571
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8,594

The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Story of a History Obscured

  • By Cynthia on 09-18-16

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

Revolutionary Suicide Audiobook By Huey P. Newton, Fredrika Newton - introduction cover art
Revolutionary Suicide
  • Revolutionary Suicide

  • By: Huey P. Newton, Fredrika Newton - introduction
  • Narrated by: C.T. Hayes, Fredrika Newton
  • Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 65
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 59
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 59

Tracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton's famous and oft-quoted autobiography is as much a manifesto as a portrait of the inner circle of America's Black Panther Party.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent read!

  • By Orlando S. on 04-22-25

By: Huey P. Newton, and others

Burro Genius Audiobook By Victor Villaseñor cover art
Burro Genius
  • Burro Genius

  • A Memoir
  • By: Victor Villaseñor
  • Narrated by: Robert Fass
  • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 163
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 139
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 138

When Victor Villaseñor stood at the podium and looked at the group of teachers amassed before him, he became enraged. He had never spoken in public before. His mind was flooded with childhood memories filled with humiliation....

  • 2 out of 5 stars
  • The VERY WORST NARRATOR EVER!

  • By DIANE ELLIS on 02-20-20

By: Victor Villaseñor

A Piece of Cake Audiobook By Cupcake Brown cover art
A Piece of Cake
  • A Piece of Cake

  • A Memoir
  • By: Cupcake Brown
  • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,761
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 2,417
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,414

Before she turned 20, Cupcake Brown survived the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, and much more....

  • 2 out of 5 stars
  • Religious

  • By Nancy on 02-16-13

By: Cupcake Brown

My Grandfather's Son Audiobook By Clarence Thomas cover art
My Grandfather's Son
  • My Grandfather's Son

  • A Memoir
  • By: Clarence Thomas
  • Narrated by: Clarence Thomas
  • Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 775
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 694
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 695

Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful read

  • By Amazon Customer on 10-17-21

By: Clarence Thomas

Letter to My Daughter Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
Letter to My Daughter
  • Letter to My Daughter

  • By: Maya Angelou
  • Narrated by: Maya Angelou
  • Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 2,224
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1,849
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1,837

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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wisdom that not only experience can give...

  • By Theodore on 09-17-11

By: Maya Angelou

Up from Slavery Audiobook By Booker T. Washington cover art
Up from Slavery
  • Up from Slavery

  • By: Booker T. Washington
  • Narrated by: Noah Waterman
  • Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 5,797
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 5,128
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 5,107

Booker T. Washington fought his way out of slavery to become an educator, statesman, political shaper and proponent of the "do it yourself" idea....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Best Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need

  • By Gillian on 02-10-17

By: Booker T. Washington

Michael Jordan Audiobook By Roland Lazenby cover art
Michael Jordan
  • Michael Jordan

  • The Life
  • By: Roland Lazenby
  • Narrated by: Bob Souer
  • Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,463
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,159
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,152

The definitive biography of a legendary athlete. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball - hitting nothing but net....

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • horrible naration

  • By Hiro on 03-27-18

By: Roland Lazenby

In the Country We Love Audiobook By Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford cover art
In the Country We Love
  • In the Country We Love

  • My Family Divided
  • By: Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford
  • Narrated by: Diane Guerrero
  • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3,326
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3,040
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3,029

The star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this country....

  • 2 out of 5 stars
  • Moves very slowly

  • By Laura S. on 07-23-16

By: Diane Guerrero, and others

Heavy Audiobook By Kiese Laymon cover art
Heavy
  • Heavy

  • By: Kiese Laymon
  • Narrated by: Kiese Laymon
  • Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 6,122
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 5,535
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 5,511

A personal narrative that illuminates national failures, Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family....

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Misbehaving at the Crossroads Audiobook By Honoree Fanonne Jeffers cover art
Misbehaving at the Crossroads
  • Misbehaving at the Crossroads

  • Essays & Writings
  • By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
  • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
  • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
  • Unabridged
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is at a crossroads. Traditional African/Black American cultures present the crossroads as a place of simultaneous difficulty and possibility. In contemporary times, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the phrase “intersectionality” to explain the unique position of Black women in America. In many ways, they are at a third crossroads: attempting to fit into notions of femininity and respectability primarily assigned to White women, while inventing improvisational strategies to combat oppression.

By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Bibb Country Audiobook By Lonnae O’Neal cover art
Bibb Country
  • Bibb Country

  • Unearthing My Family Secrets of Land, Legacy—and Lettuce
  • By: Lonnae O’Neal
  • Narrated by: Lonnae O’Neal
  • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
  • Unabridged
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Five years ago, Lonnae O’Neal grabbed some seeds for her backyard garden, including seeds for Bibb lettuce. She had no idea how deeply she’d wind up digging, or how far she would travel. Lonnae’s fourth great-grandmother, Keziah, was enslaved by the Kentucky Bibb family, including John Bigger Bibb, who developed the Bibb lettuce strain, which remains a culinary darling more than 150 years later.

By: Lonnae O’Neal

How I Found Myself in the Midwest Audiobook By Steve Grove cover art
How I Found Myself in the Midwest
  • How I Found Myself in the Midwest

  • A Memoir of Reinvention
  • By: Steve Grove
  • Narrated by: Steve Grove
  • Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
  • Unabridged
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Just after turning forty, Steve Grove left Silicon Valley as a Google executive to move to his home state of Minnesota with his wife and fellow tech exec, Mary Grove, and their one-year-old twins. Gone from the Midwest for two decades, Grove returned home with fresh eyes. Yearning to put down new roots, he traded his career at Google for a position in state government with Governor Tim Walz. Far from working at a fast-paced tech company, Grove’s shift to leading a large government bureaucracy brought a sequence of struggles and triumphs vividly portrayed with both humor and affection.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • A love story full of hope

  • By Jefffrey A. Redmon on 06-25-25

By: Steve Grove

Toni at Random Audiobook By Dana A. Williams cover art
Toni at Random
  • Toni at Random

  • The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship
  • By: Dana A. Williams
  • Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
  • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
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An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon’s profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important period in American publishing and literature.

By: Dana A. Williams

Homework Audiobook By Geoff Dyer cover art
Homework
  • Homework

  • A Memoir
  • By: Geoff Dyer
  • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
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The only child of a sheet-metal worker and a dinner lady who worked at the canteen of the local school, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of the Depression and the Second World War. But far from being a story of hardship overcome, this loving memoir is a celebration of opportunities afforded by the post-war settlement, of which the author was an unconscious beneficiary. The crux comes at the age of eleven with the exam that decided the future of generations of British schoolkids: secondary modern or the transformative possibilities of grammar school?

By: Geoff Dyer

Deep House Audiobook By Jeremy Atherton Lin cover art
Deep House
  • Deep House

  • The Gayest Love Story Ever Told
  • By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
  • Narrated by: Jeremy Atherton Lin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
  • Unabridged
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It’s 1996, and Jeremy Atherton Lin has met the boy of his dreams—a mumbling, starry-eyed Brit—just as, amid a media frenzy, US Congress prepares the Defense of Marriage Act, denying same-sex couples federal rights including immigration. The pair steals away to remote forests and vast deserts, London fashion shows and Berlin sex clubs, dinner parties, back alleys, East Village hotel rooms, and San Francisco dives. Finding no other way to stay together, they shack up illicitly among unlikely allies in a “city of refuge.”

By: Jeremy Atherton Lin

Misbehaving at the Crossroads Audiobook By Honoree Fanonne Jeffers cover art
Misbehaving at the Crossroads
  • Misbehaving at the Crossroads

  • Essays & Writings
  • By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
  • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
  • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
  • Unabridged
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is at a crossroads. Traditional African/Black American cultures present the crossroads as a place of simultaneous difficulty and possibility. In contemporary times, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the phrase “intersectionality” to explain the unique position of Black women in America. In many ways, they are at a third crossroads: attempting to fit into notions of femininity and respectability primarily assigned to White women, while inventing improvisational strategies to combat oppression.

By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Bibb Country Audiobook By Lonnae O’Neal cover art
Bibb Country
  • Bibb Country

  • Unearthing My Family Secrets of Land, Legacy—and Lettuce
  • By: Lonnae O’Neal
  • Narrated by: Lonnae O’Neal
  • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
  • Unabridged
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Five years ago, Lonnae O’Neal grabbed some seeds for her backyard garden, including seeds for Bibb lettuce. She had no idea how deeply she’d wind up digging, or how far she would travel. Lonnae’s fourth great-grandmother, Keziah, was enslaved by the Kentucky Bibb family, including John Bigger Bibb, who developed the Bibb lettuce strain, which remains a culinary darling more than 150 years later.

By: Lonnae O’Neal

How I Found Myself in the Midwest Audiobook By Steve Grove cover art
How I Found Myself in the Midwest
  • How I Found Myself in the Midwest

  • A Memoir of Reinvention
  • By: Steve Grove
  • Narrated by: Steve Grove
  • Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
  • Unabridged
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Just after turning forty, Steve Grove left Silicon Valley as a Google executive to move to his home state of Minnesota with his wife and fellow tech exec, Mary Grove, and their one-year-old twins. Gone from the Midwest for two decades, Grove returned home with fresh eyes. Yearning to put down new roots, he traded his career at Google for a position in state government with Governor Tim Walz. Far from working at a fast-paced tech company, Grove’s shift to leading a large government bureaucracy brought a sequence of struggles and triumphs vividly portrayed with both humor and affection.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • A love story full of hope

  • By Jefffrey A. Redmon on 06-25-25

By: Steve Grove

Toni at Random Audiobook By Dana A. Williams cover art
Toni at Random
  • Toni at Random

  • The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship
  • By: Dana A. Williams
  • Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
  • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon’s profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important period in American publishing and literature.

By: Dana A. Williams

Homework Audiobook By Geoff Dyer cover art
Homework
  • Homework

  • A Memoir
  • By: Geoff Dyer
  • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
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The only child of a sheet-metal worker and a dinner lady who worked at the canteen of the local school, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of the Depression and the Second World War. But far from being a story of hardship overcome, this loving memoir is a celebration of opportunities afforded by the post-war settlement, of which the author was an unconscious beneficiary. The crux comes at the age of eleven with the exam that decided the future of generations of British schoolkids: secondary modern or the transformative possibilities of grammar school?

By: Geoff Dyer

Deep House Audiobook By Jeremy Atherton Lin cover art
Deep House
  • Deep House

  • The Gayest Love Story Ever Told
  • By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
  • Narrated by: Jeremy Atherton Lin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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It’s 1996, and Jeremy Atherton Lin has met the boy of his dreams—a mumbling, starry-eyed Brit—just as, amid a media frenzy, US Congress prepares the Defense of Marriage Act, denying same-sex couples federal rights including immigration. The pair steals away to remote forests and vast deserts, London fashion shows and Berlin sex clubs, dinner parties, back alleys, East Village hotel rooms, and San Francisco dives. Finding no other way to stay together, they shack up illicitly among unlikely allies in a “city of refuge.”

By: Jeremy Atherton Lin

Fantasies of Nina Simone Audiobook By Jordan Alexander Stein cover art
Fantasies of Nina Simone
  • Fantasies of Nina Simone

  • By: Jordan Alexander Stein
  • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
  • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
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In Fantasies of Nina Simone, Jordan Alexander Stein examines the space between our collective and individual fantasies about Simone the performer, civil rights activist, and icon, and her own fantasies about herself. Stein outlines how Simone gave voice to personal fantasies through releasing dozens of covers of her white male contemporaries.

By: Jordan Alexander Stein

Hilos de vida Audiobook By Clare Hunter, Noemí Jiménez Furquet - traductor cover art
Hilos de vida
  • Hilos de vida

  • Una historia del mundo a través del ojo de una aguja
  • By: Clare Hunter, Noemí Jiménez Furquet - traductor
  • Narrated by: Pepa Zaragoza
  • Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
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Una historia mundial de la costura, el bordado y las personas que han utilizado aguja e hilo para hacer oír su voz. En la Argentina de los años 1970, las madres marchaban con pañuelos en la cabeza bordados con los nombres de sus hijos "desaparecidos".

By: Clare Hunter, and others

God's Secret Listener Audiobook By John Butterworth cover art
God's Secret Listener
  • God's Secret Listener

  • By: John Butterworth
  • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
  • Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
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1980s Albania. The world's most isolated country and "the first atheistic state." Captain Dosti knows that by secretly listening to a Christian radio station he could put his life and the life of his whole family at risk. And yet, he cannot resist. This inspiring story of Berti's journey from Captain Dosti to Pastor Dosti gives us a glimpse of the explosive growth of the early Albanian church after nearly half a decade of repressive atheism and the untiring efforts of Trans World Radio to broadcast the Christian message across closed borders to Albanians.

By: John Butterworth

The Best and the Worst Concert Ever Audiobook By James J. Caterino cover art
The Best and the Worst Concert Ever
  • The Best and the Worst Concert Ever

  • Why The Warning is Awesome
  • By: James J. Caterino
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 19 mins
  • Unabridged
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The Best and the Worst Concert Ever: Why The Warning is Awesome, is an essay about a concert that was, as the title says, the best, and yet the worst concert ever. From writer James J. Caterino. the author of Cool Stuff, Reviews and Essays, True Stories, True Stories 2, Escape to Nowhere, and much more.

By: James J. Caterino

食う寝る坐る 永平寺修行記 Audiobook By 野々村 馨 cover art
食う寝る坐る 永平寺修行記
  • 食う寝る坐る 永平寺修行記

  • By: 野々村 馨
  • Narrated by: 大島 昭彦
  • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
  • Unabridged
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その日、僕は出家した、彼女と社会を捨てて――。道元が開いた曹洞宗の本山・永平寺。ひとたび山門を潜れば、そこは娑婆とは別世界。東司(トイレ)にも行鉢(食事)にも厳格な作法がある。新入りは、古参僧侶に罵倒され、規矩を徹底的に叩き込まれる。

By: 野々村 馨

London Lives Reinvented Audiobook By Barrett Williams cover art
London Lives Reinvented
  • London Lives Reinvented

  • Success Stories of Transforming Challenges into New Beginnings
  • By: Barrett Williams
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
  • Unabridged
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Discover London as you’ve never seen it before—a city brimming with endless opportunities for those seeking change and growth. "London Lives Reinvented" is your gateway to transformative journeys in this vibrant metropolis, offering a roadmap for anyone yearning to start anew in one of the world’s most dynamic cities. Begin your adventure by uncovering why London stands as a beacon of diversity and opportunity, making it the ideal backdrop for reimagining your life’s path. Learn how to recognize the need for change and conquer those initial fears holding you back from your true ...

By: Barrett Williams

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