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Boom Town

by Nic Stone ...

Narrated by Nic Stone, Ariel Blake, Angel Pean, Shayna Small, Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone’s adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta’s most notorious gentlemen’s club and the woman committed to finding them.When Damaris “Charm” Wilburn, a new daytime dancer, is missing for her shift at Boom Town, former headliner Michah “Lyriq” Johanssen suspects something more than a “no call, no show.” As Lyriq’s former ... Read more

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Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone’s adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta’s most notorious gentlemen’s club and the woman committed to finding them.When Damaris “Charm” Wilburn, a new daytime dancer, is missing for her shift at Boom Town, former headliner Michah “Lyriq” Johanssen suspects something more than a “no call, no show.” As Lyriq’s former
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Blessings and Disasters

A Story of Alabama

by Alexis Okeowo ...

Narrated by Alexis Okeowo, Ariel Blake ...

Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

From a New Yorker staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.“In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster….”Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery—the former seat of the Confederacy—as the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her family’s story with Alabama’s, defying ... Read more

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From a New Yorker staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.“In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster….”Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery—the former seat of the Confederacy—as the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her family’s story with Alabama’s, defying
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A Summer for the Books

by Michelle Lindo-Rice ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Sunny Hostin will love this emotional dual-timeline novel about two former besties finding their way back to each other.To heal their friendship, they’ll have to face their past.Jewel Stone has it all—the perfect marriage, a bestselling author career, her dream home—or so she likes everyone to believe. But between her writer’s block and her husband losing his job, her ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Sunny Hostin will love this emotional dual-timeline novel about two former besties finding their way back to each other.To heal their friendship, they’ll have to face their past.Jewel Stone has it all—the perfect marriage, a bestselling author career, her dream home—or so she likes everyone to believe. But between her writer’s block and her husband losing his job, her
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Forged in FIYAH

Celebrating Ten Years of Black Speculative Fiction

Narrated by Ariel Blake, Dion Graham, A'rese Emokpae ...

Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

Featuring the masterful prose of some of today's most accomplished writers, Forged in FIYAH is a celebration of Black speculative fiction unlike anything seen before! This program features multicast narration.Forged in FIYAH showcases the extraordinary talent and innovation of contemporary Black science fiction and fantasy. Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of FIYAH Magazine of Black ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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Featuring the masterful prose of some of today's most accomplished writers, Forged in FIYAH is a celebration of Black speculative fiction unlike anything seen before! This program features multicast narration.Forged in FIYAH showcases the extraordinary talent and innovation of contemporary Black science fiction and fantasy. Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of FIYAH Magazine of Black
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Keeper of Lost Children

by Sadeqa Johnson ...

Narrated by Sadeqa Johnson, Ariel Blake, Karen Chilton, Adam Lazarre-White ...

Unabridged

14 hours 22 min

*INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*The New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve takes us from the rubble of post-WWII Germany to an elite boarding school in Maryland where long-buried secrets bind together a visionary woman, a heartbroken soldier, and a girl in search of her true identity.Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After ... Read more

$29.99 USD

*INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*The New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve takes us from the rubble of post-WWII Germany to an elite boarding school in Maryland where long-buried secrets bind together a visionary woman, a heartbroken soldier, and a girl in search of her true identity.Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American Officer, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After
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Homestead

A Novel

by Melinda Moustakis ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

"Ariel Blake soothingly narrates this desolate tale of Marie and Lawrence as they come together and navigate an abrupt new marriage, loss of their first child, and homesteading in the rugged Alaskan wilderness during the 1950s."- AudioFileFrom NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE and FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD WINNER Melinda Moustakis, a debut novel set in Alaska, about the turbulent marriage ... Read more

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"Ariel Blake soothingly narrates this desolate tale of Marie and Lawrence as they come together and navigate an abrupt new marriage, loss of their first child, and homesteading in the rugged Alaskan wilderness during the 1950s."- AudioFileFrom NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE and FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD WINNER Melinda Moustakis, a debut novel set in Alaska, about the turbulent marriage
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Accountable

The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

by Dashka Slater ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

"The audiobook brings to light the power of social dynamics, questions the role of personal responsibility, and examines the fallout that occurred long after the event, affecting all involved for years."- AudioFile**From the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable, a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"The audiobook brings to light the power of social dynamics, questions the role of personal responsibility, and examines the fallout that occurred long after the event, affecting all involved for years."- AudioFile**From the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable, a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a
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This Book Might Be About Zinnia

by Brittney Morris ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake, Joniece Abbott-Pratt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Clap When You Land meets Monday’s Not Coming in this “compelling, introspective” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel told in two timelines as one teen searches for her biological mother and the other copes with giving up her baby from the acclaimed author of SLAY.Two moments in time. Two very different girls. And one story that connects them both.It’s the year 2024, and Zinnia Davis is on a ... Read more

$25.00 USD

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Clap When You Land meets Monday’s Not Coming in this “compelling, introspective” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel told in two timelines as one teen searches for her biological mother and the other copes with giving up her baby from the acclaimed author of SLAY.Two moments in time. Two very different girls. And one story that connects them both.It’s the year 2024, and Zinnia Davis is on a
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Tilt

A Novel

by Emma Pattee ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake ...

Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in FictionA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA USA TODAY BestsellerA Best Book of 2025 for VogueNamed one of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025An NPR favorite fiction read of 2025</... ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in FictionA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA USA TODAY BestsellerA Best Book of 2025 for VogueNamed one of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025An NPR favorite fiction read of 2025</...
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The Kingdoms of Savannah

A Novel

by George Dawes Green ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake, Karen Commins, Kathleen McInerney, Lee Osorio, Jeanette Illidge ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

"The narrators form a kind of tag team as they voice the florid descriptions of the city, its people, and a murder investigation led by the unlikeliest of characters, high society's Morgana Musgrove, portrayed by Karen Commins." - AudioFile on The Kingdoms of SavannahSavannah may appear to be “some town out of a fable,” with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the ... Read more

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"The narrators form a kind of tag team as they voice the florid descriptions of the city, its people, and a murder investigation led by the unlikeliest of characters, high society's Morgana Musgrove, portrayed by Karen Commins." - AudioFile on The Kingdoms of SavannahSavannah may appear to be “some town out of a fable,” with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the
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Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

A Novel

by Crystal Smith Paul ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake, Kineta Kunutu, Lynnette Nicholas ...

Unabridged

13 hours 22 min

REESE'S BOOK CLUB MAY 2023 PICKA multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbizWhen Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of questions.A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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REESE'S BOOK CLUB MAY 2023 PICKA multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbizWhen Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of questions.A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would
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An Abolitionist's Handbook

12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

by Patrisse Cullors ...

Narrated by Ariel Blake ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

The audiobook features an introduction written and read by Prentis Hemphill as well as an exclusive bonus conversation with the author and adrienne maree brown.In AN ABOLITIONIST’S HANDBOOK, Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future. Filled with relatable pedagogy on the history of abolition, a reimagining of what reparations ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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The audiobook features an introduction written and read by Prentis Hemphill as well as an exclusive bonus conversation with the author and adrienne maree brown.In AN ABOLITIONIST’S HANDBOOK, Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future. Filled with relatable pedagogy on the history of abolition, a reimagining of what reparations
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