Esi Edugyan
Featured Article: Must-Listen Audiobooks by Outstanding Black Authors
It has taken too long, but the world is finally waking up to the incredible world of Black authors. Iconic names such as Octavia Butler, Zadie Smith, and Zora Neale Hurston have earned their spotlight onto the public sphere, while famous titles like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou) and Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison) have rightly made ground in top lists the world over. Initiatives such as Black History Month have dragged race issues onto the world stage, while the literary landscape is filled with upcoming Black authors such as Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give), Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha), Yaa Gyasi (Homegoing) and more. There is no excuse not to dig into the best audiobooks by Black authors, starting with the 10 listed below. Happy listening!
Best Sellers
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Washington Black
- Written by: Esi Edugyan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 885
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 802
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 802
When two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black - an 11-year-old field slave - is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the quarters of one of these men....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome!
- By Louise White on 2018-11-13
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Washington Black
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-28
- Language: English
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Price: $32.62 or 1 Credit
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Half-Blood Blues
- Written by: Esi Edugyan
- Narrated by: Kyle Riley
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Esi Edugyan won wide acclaim for her stunning novel Half-Blood Blues - a Man Booker Prize finalist and winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In it, 83-year-old Sid Griffiths remembers his time during WWII playing in a Berlin jazz band called the Hot Time Swingers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The perfect time to listen
- By Mark on 2023-10-10
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Half-Blood Blues
- Narrated by: Kyle Riley
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2020-01-07
- Language: English
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The Journey Prize Stories 33
- The Best of Canada's New Black Writers
- Written by: David Chariandy, Esi Edugyan, Canisia Lubrin
- Narrated by: Beau Dixon, Patrice Henry, Colton Royce, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
This much-anticipated, game-changing special edition of Canada's premier annual fiction anthology celebrates the country's best emerging Black writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen!
- By Regina on 2023-05-25
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The Journey Prize Stories 33
- The Best of Canada's New Black Writers
- Narrated by: Beau Dixon, Patrice Henry, Colton Royce, Emerjade Simms, Sashoya Simpson
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2023-02-07
- Language: English
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The Second Life of Samuel Tyne
- Written by: Esi Edugyan
- Narrated by: Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Haunting and atmospheric, this debut novel portrays the heartbreak, hardship, and moments of surprising grace in the life of a man struggling to realize his destiny....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Read, Interesting End
- By Annah on 2021-07-11
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The Second Life of Samuel Tyne
- Narrated by: Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2019-01-29
- Language: English
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A Point in Time
- One Moment Can Make History
- Written by: Martha Hall Kelly, Paula McLain, Olivia Hawker, and others
- Narrated by: Nina Yndis, Malcolm Hillgartner, Scott Lange, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
In these moving short stories, acclaimed authors examine the foundations of the past, uncovering the irreversible decisions and life-changing encounters that mark the turning point between before and after....
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A Point in Time
- One Moment Can Make History
- Narrated by: Nina Yndis, Malcolm Hillgartner, Scott Lange, Liz Femi, Lisa Flanagan, Tamala Shelton, Kimberly Woods
- Series: A Point in Time collection
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2022-07-28
- Language: English
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Washington Black (German edition)
- Written by: Esi Edugyan
- Narrated by: Torben Liebrecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Die Flucht ist nur der Anfang Barbados, 1830: Der schwarze Sklavenjunge Washington Black schuftet auf einer Zuckerrohrplantage unter...
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Washington Black (German edition)
- Narrated by: Torben Liebrecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-01
- Language: German
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We Are Bone and Earth
- A Point in Time collection
- Written by: Esi Edugyan
- Narrated by: Liz Femi
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In this moving short tale of one girl’s search for her lost brother, award-winning author Esi Edugyan offers a vivid, unique perspective on a lesser-known corner of the West African slave trade....
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We Are Bone and Earth
- A Point in Time collection
- Narrated by: Liz Femi
- Series: A Point in Time collection
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 2022-07-28
- Language: English
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