James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room
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!
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Going to Meet the Man
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
"There's no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it." The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level....
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Raw writing
- By Steffi Dias on 2024-07-17
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Going to Meet the Man
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2011-02-08
- Language: English
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The Price of the Ticket
- Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh today as they did over the four decades in which he composed them....
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The Price of the Ticket
- Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2021-09-21
- Language: English
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Another Country
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11
First published in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race, and liberal America in the 1960s, taking on the then-taboo themes of interracial couples, bisexuality, and extramarital affairs....
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Another Country
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2009-02-01
- Language: English
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Giovanni's Room
- A Novel (Vintage International)
- Written by: James Baldwin, Kevin Young - introduction
- Narrated by: Matt Bomer, Kevin Young
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel with a new introduction, Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality.
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Giovanni's Room
- A Novel (Vintage International)
- Narrated by: Matt Bomer, Kevin Young
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2024-08-27
- Language: English
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Notes of a Native Son
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Notes of a Native Son inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the 20th century, and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic....
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Notes of a Native Son
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2015-01-22
- Language: English
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If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Novel
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4 out of 5 stars 103
Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and is imprisoned....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterfully Written
- By Rhonda Sheen on 2019-03-23
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If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2016-02-01
- Language: English
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
- A Novel (Vintage International)
- Written by: James Baldwin, Roxane Gay - introduction
- Narrated by: Roxane Gay, Joe Morton
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin's haunting coming-of-age story, with a new introduction by Roxane Gay.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
- A Novel (Vintage International)
- Narrated by: Roxane Gay, Joe Morton
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2024-08-06
- Language: English
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The Fire Next Time
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story5 out of 5 stars 130
James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I had to listen to it a few times
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-09-24
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The Fire Next Time
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2008-01-16
- Language: English
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Just Above My Head
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this novel with a stunning, unforgettable experience. Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, Baldwin goes back to Harlem....
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Just Above My Head
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2016-05-03
- Language: English
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Nobody Knows My Name
- More Notes of a Native Son
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- 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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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name records the last months of this famed American writer's 10-year self-exile in Europe, his return to America and to Harlem, and his first trip south....
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Nobody Knows My Name
- More Notes of a Native Son
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2017-11-07
- Language: English
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No Name in the Street
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
This stunningly personal document displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works....
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No Name in the Street
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 2017-04-18
- Language: English
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The Devil Finds Work
- An Essay
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- 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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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics....
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The Devil Finds Work
- An Essay
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2017-08-08
- Language: English
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La prochaine fois, le feu
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Christiane Taubira
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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En dépit des bouleversements psychologiques et sociaux qu'il exige, cet ouvrage ne veut que proposer la solution de bon sens au problème de la place des...
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La prochaine fois, le feu
- Narrated by: Christiane Taubira
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2024-07-25
- Language: French
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Fifty Famous Stories Retold
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Bobbie Frohman
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Here are 50 famous stories of long-ago times, retold in a short form for all young people. These are tales of valor, bravery, and kindness, as well as high adventure....
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Fifty Famous Stories Retold
- Narrated by: Bobbie Frohman
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2008-12-16
- Language: English
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Fifty Famous Stories Retold
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Cliff Roles
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Legendary tales of the lives of famous people and historic episodes....
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Fifty Famous Stories Retold
- Narrated by: Cliff Roles
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2009-11-20
- Language: English
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Harlem Quartet
- Préface d'Alain Mabanckou
- Written by: James Baldwin, Alain Mabanckou - préface, Christiane Besse - traductrice
- Narrated by: Gaël Kamilindi
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Un grand roman sur le racisme, la violence, les combats pour les droits civiques, la place du Gospel, et l’amitié dans une langue crue, imagée et inoubliable...
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Harlem Quartet
- Préface d'Alain Mabanckou
- Narrated by: Gaël Kamilindi
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2024-05-15
- Language: French
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room
- Written by: Calliope Author Readings, James Baldwin
- Narrated by: James Baldwin
- Length: 15 mins
- 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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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
James Baldwin gives an electrifying reading about a young gay American in Paris recalling a dramatic and transforming incident from his boyhood, as he struggles to accept his sexual identity....
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room
- Narrated by: James Baldwin
- Series: Great American Authors Read from Their Works
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 2014-04-04
- Language: English
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Nothing Personal
- Written by: James Baldwin, Imani Perry, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
James Baldwin’s critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of listeners....
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Nothing Personal
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 2021-05-04
- Language: English
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
- Vintage International
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A major work of American literature from a major American writer, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone powerfully portrays the anguish of being Black in a society that at times seems poised on the brink of total racial war.
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
- Vintage International
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2024-06-18
- Language: English
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Androclus and the Lion
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Androclus, a runaway Roman slave, befriends a lion with a thorn in his paw. They meet again in a Roman arena where the attraction consists of watching a lion devour a human. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls....
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Androclus and the Lion
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 5 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-07
- Language: English
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