Libro.fm's 2023 Audiobook Challenge - hosted by sallysimply

Listen to an audiobook by a Black author.
If you’re not sure where to start, we’re here to help! Try these recommendations, check out middle-grade and YA picks, or find picks for kids here.
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The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

10 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy

Reluctant Royals #2.5

Alyssa Cole

3 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris

Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me

Aisha Harris

7 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays funny informative reflective medium-paced
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin

13 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Luster by Raven Leilani

Luster

Raven Leilani

227 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him by Justin Tinsley

It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him

Justin Tinsley

12 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative reflective sad medium-paced
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Seven Days in June

Tia Williams

328 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

3 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction childrens contemporary middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

7 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative slow-paced
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care

Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes

10 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced