Book Riot's Read Harder 2023 - hosted by lilcoppertop

Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color.
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A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

768 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese

541 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical emotional slow-paced
Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette

Body and Soul Food

A Books & Biscuits Mystery #1

Abby Collette

8 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

7 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

14 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

176 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ speculative fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

5 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

9 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Read This to Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani

Read This to Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More

Blair Imani

5 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics race self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport

The Blood Trials

The Blood Gift Duology #1

N.E. Davenport

18 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced