This directory lists Black Audiobook Narrators who narrate or have narrated traditionally published Black YA books. Only traditionally published Black YA narrated books are listed below.

If there is a Black Audiobook Narrator who has narrated a traditionally published Black YA book or YA anthology featuring Black Authors that is missing from the directory below, please email info@melanininya.com.

Last Updated: October 3, 2026

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Note: Black YA Authors who have narrated their own audiobooks are not listed in this directory unless they have also narrated books they have not written. If they have narrated only their own books, it will be noted in their Author Profile.

Joniece Abbott-Pratt

  • Instagram: @jonieceabbottpratt
  • Awards:
    • 2022 Audie Award Winner for Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon
    • 2021 Audie Award Finalist for Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
  • Books:
    • The Free Verse Society by Delali Adjoa – 9 hours 46 minutes
    • The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum – 6 hours 54 minutes
    • Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 14 hours 30 minutes
    • Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 19 hours 5 minutes
    • Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden – 6 hours 9 minutes
    • The Chosen One: A First-Generation Ivy League Odyssey by Echo Brown – 9 hours 25 minutes
    • One True Loves by Elise Bryant – 8 hours 49 minutes
    • The Rumor Game by Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra – 12 hours 50 minutes
    • Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 6 hours 55 minutes
    • Whiteout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 7 hours 17 minutes
    • Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite edited by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker – 8 hours 36 minutes
    • Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn – 22 hours 32 minutes
    • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn – 18 hours 54 minutes
    • Oathbound by Tracy Deonn – 24 hours 59 minutes
    • A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow – 10 hours 13 minutes
    • Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko – 13 hours 48 minutes
    • Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko – 13 hours 22 minutes
    • Off the Record by Camryn Garrett – 9 hours 3 minutes
    • Blood & Fury by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland – 10 hours 43 minutes
    • Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland – 10 hours 30 minutes
    • Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson – 8 hours 19 minutes
    • Storm: Dawn of a Goddess by Tiffany D. Jackson – 10 hours 40 minutes
    • The Marvelous by Claire Kann – 10 hours 4 minutes
    • Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle – 8 hours 50 minutes
    • The Davenports by Krystal Marquis – 12 hours 1 minute
    • The Davenports: More Than This by Krystal Marquis – 12 hours 28 minutes
    • For All Time by Shanna Miles – 10 hours 27 minutes
    • Bemused by Farrah Rochon – 9 hours and 22 minutes
    • Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe – 8 hours 15 minutes
    • Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury – 15 hours 48 minutes
    • Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury – 16 hours 14 minutes
    • All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani – 7 hours 20 minutes
    • The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington – 10 hours 37 minutes
    • Pretty Girl County by Lakita Wilson – 7 hours 16 minutes
    • Lux: The New Girl Flyy Girls by Ashley Woodfolk – 2 hours 1 minute

Amir Abdullah

  • Books:
    • Nubia: The Awakening by Omar Epps & Clarence A. Haynes – 9 hours 37 minutes
    • Nubia: The Reckoning by Omar Epps & Clarence A. Haynes – 9 hours 29 minutes
    • Take the Mic Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance Edited by Bethany C. Morrow – 5 hours 28 minutes
Photo Credit: Denzel Golatt

Elizabeth Acevedo

  • Instagram: @acevedowrites
  • Note: Elizabeth Acevedo has also narrated all of her YA novels.
  • Books:
    • Pride by Ibi Zoboi – 6 hours 8 minutes

Corey Allen

  • Books:
    • Who Am I Without Him? by Sharon Flake – 4 hours 53 minutes
    • You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys by Sharon Flake – 4 hours 38 minutes
    • The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds – 7 hours 48 minutes
    • It Ain’t All for Nothin’ by Walter Dean Myers – 5 hours 39 minutes
    • Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers – 4 hours 13 minutes
    • Street Love by Walter Dean Myers – 1 hour 54 minutes

Ryan Vincent Anderson

  • Books:
    • Soundtrack by Jason Reynolds – 6 hours 29 minutes

Adjoa Andoh

  • Instagram: @adjoa.andoh
  • Best Known For: Bridgerton (Netflix)
  • Books:
    • Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman (A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation) – 1 hour 55 minutes

Rocky Anicette

Eric B. Anthony

  • Instagram: @ericbanthony
  • Books:
    • Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr. – 11 hours 4 minutes
    • Togetha by Keith F. Miller Jr. – 11 hours 31 minutes
Photo Credit: @_predicate

Yetide Badaki

  • Instagram: @yetide
  • Best Known For: American Gods (Starz)
  • Books:
    • Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen – 11 hours 6 minutes
    • Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor – 12 hours 43 minutes
    • Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor – 8 hours 49 minutes
    • Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen – 11 hours 28 minutes

Skyler James Bailey

  • Instagram: @dreamablejames
  • Books:
    • Togetha by Keith F. Miller Jr. – 11 hours 31 minutes

A.J. Beckles

  • Instagram: @ajbecklesvo
  • TikTok: @ajbecklesvo
  • Books:
    • A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown – 14 hours 52 minutes
    • A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown – 12 hours 4 minutes
    • Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 6 hours 55 minutes
    • Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds – 7 hours 45 minutes
Photo Credit: Cris Kreckler

Cherise Boothe

  • Instagram: @cheriseboothe
  • Best Known For: Dispatches from Elsewhere (AMC), Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny (Amazon Prime)
  • Books:
    • Panic by Sharon Draper – 7 hours 1 minute
    • Between the Lines by Nikki Grimes – 3 hours 58 minutes
    • How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon – 7 hours 10 minutes
    • A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow – 10 hours 1 minute

Ruthie Bowles

  • Instagram: @ruthie_bowles
  • Books:
    • At Midnight: Fifteen Beloved Fairy Tales Reimagined Edited by Dahlia Adler – 14 hours 24 minutes
    • Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation Edited by Aashna Avachat – 8 hours 42 minutes

Torian Brackett

  • Instagram: @teebeevo
  • Books:
    • The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – 10 hours 42 minutes
    • Heartsick by Kristina Forest – 7 hours 48 minutes
    • Something Like Right by H.D. Hunter – 6 hours 47 minutes
    • Star Wars: The Last Order by Kwame Mbalia – 10 hours 46 minutes
    • Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas – 9 hours 58 minutes
    • Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 14 hours 30 minutes
    • Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 19 hours 5 minutes
    • Audre & Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams – 10 hours 13 minutes

Jamie K. Brown

  • Instagram: @jamiek.brown
  • Books:
    • Sun Chasers by Kacen Callender – 6 hours 20 minutes
    • The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons – 7 hours

Nile Bullock

  • Instagram: @nb.talented
  • Best Known For: Cruel Summer (Freeform) & Ray Donovan (Showtime)
  • Books:
    • All You Have To Do by Autumn Allen – 11 hours 46 minutes
    • For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons edited by Dahlia Adler – 9 hours 4 minutes
    • A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne – 3 hours 38 minutes
    • Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill – 10 hours 20 minutes
    • Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson – 9 hours 31 minutes
    • Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds – 37 minutes
    • Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel by Jason Reynolds – 3 hours 53 minutes
    • Soundtrack by Jason Reynolds – 6 hours 29 minutes
    • House Party by justin a. reynolds – 10 hours 46 minutes
    • Opposite of Always by justin a. reynolds – 10 hours
    • Ashes at the Altar by LaDarrion Williams – 18 hours 30 minutes

Ja’ Air Bush

  • Instagram: @jaairbush
  • TikTok: @jaairbush
  • Books:
    • Every Variable of Us by Charles A. Bush – 11 hours 14 minutes
    • Girls Like Us by Randi Pink – 7 hours 42 minutes

Preston Butler III

  • Instagram: @prestoncreates3
  • Books:
    • Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant – 9 hours 55 minutes
    • Kneel by Candace Buford – 8 hours 19 minutes
    • When You Look Like Us by Pamela Harris – 8 hours 53 minutes
    • The Problem with the Other Side by Kwame Ivery – 9 hours 27 minutes
    • Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds – 7 hours 45 minutes
    • All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani – 7 hours 20 minutes

Ron Butler

  • Instagram: @ronniebutlerjr
  • Books:
    • A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne – 3 hours 38 minutes
    • This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender – 7 hours 56 minutes
    • Yesterday Is History by Kosoko Jackson – 6 hours. 50 minutes
    • Everything New Again by Renée Watson – 6 hours
    • Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi – 11 hours 14 minutes
Photo Credit: Molly Gazay

Kiebpoli Calnek

  • Books:
    • A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne – 3 hours 38 minutes
Photo Credit: CJ Foeckler

N’Jameh Camara

  • Books:
    • A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology edited by Dhonielle Clayton – 11 hours 1 minute

Alexis Campbell

  • Instagram: @alexisdoesvo
  • Books:
    • Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell – 9 hours 51 minutes
    • Monstrous by Jessica Lewis – 12 hours 9 minutes

Greg Campbell

  • Books:
    • Poemhood: Our Black Revival Edited by Amber McBride, Erica Martin & Taylor Byas – 2 hours 23 minutes

Karen Chilton

  • Instagram: @mskarenchilton
  • Books:
    • Light It Up by Kekla Magoon – 9 hours 26 minutes
    • Street Love by Walter Dean Myers – 1 hour 54 minutes

Kiersey Clemons

  • Instagram: @kiersey
  • Best Known For: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV), Sweetheart, Angie Tribeca (TBS), Extant (CBS), Dope, Hearts Beat Loud
  • Books:
    • The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed – 8 hours 55 minutes
    • SLAY by Brittney Morris – 8 hours 27 minutes

Jordan Cobb

  • Instagram: @jordanvcobb
  • Books:
    • Tell the Ghosts I’m Gone by Kalynn Bayron – 13 hours 13 minutes
    • This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron – 9 hours 16 minutes
    • A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown – 14 hours 52 minutes
    • A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown – 12 hours 4 minutes
    • Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant – 9 hours 45 minutes
    • Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 6 hours 55 minutes
    • Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma – 21 hours 26 minutes
    • Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma – 17 hours 1 minute
    • This Town Is on Fire by Pamela N. Harris – 13 hours 23 minutes
    • Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris – 11 hours 36 minutes
    • Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland – 14 hours 34 minutes
    • Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland – 12 hours 53 minutes
    • One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite – 9 hours 49 minutes
    • Audre & Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams – 10 hours 13 minutes
Photo Credit: Ambe J. Photography

Tyla Collier

  • Instagram: @tyla_collier
  • Books:
    • Forgive Me Not by Jennifer Baker – 10 hours 49 minutes
    • A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne – 3 hours 38 minutes
    • How to Lose a Best Friend by Jordan K. Casomar – 9 hours 9 minutes
    • Balancing Act by Paula Chase – 10 hours 28 minutes
    • Love Times Infinity by Lane Clarke – 8 hours 16 minutes
    • Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ketanji Brown Jackson – 12 hours 58 minutes
    • Revolution in Our Time The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon – 7 hours 47 minutes
    • Free Girls by Kristen McCallum – 7 hours 7 minutes
    • Love in 280 Characters or Less by Ravynn K. Stringfield – 6 hours 49 minutes
    • Pretty Girl County by Lakita Wilson – 7 hours 16 minutes
    • Queerleaders by Olivia A. Cole & Ashley Woodfolk – 8 hours 44 minutes

Marcella Cox

  • Instagram: @simply_cella
  • Books:
    • Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 9 hours 6 minutes
    • The Little Mermaid: Against the Tide by J. Elle – 7 hours 9 minutes
    • Deadly Ever After by Brittany Johnson – 9 hours 35 minutes
    • Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick & Eve L. Ewing – 1 hour 32 minutes
    • White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson – 8 hours 56 minutes
    • If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal – 7 hours 25 minutes
    • Black Girls Don’t Cry by Alex Travis – 9 hours 1 minute
    • Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon – 7 hours 12 minutes
    • Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi – 9 hours 50 minutes

Langston Darby

  • Instagram: @langstonhdarby
  • Books:
    • Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe – 8 hours 15 minutes
    • Cool. Awkward. Black. Edited by Karen Strong – 12 hours 10 minutes

Amber Dekkers

  • Instagram: @amberdekkersvo
  • Books:
    • Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 9 hours 6 minutes
    • Jubilee Foster Is Totally Fine by Elise Bryant – 10 hours 30 minutes

Ashley De La Rosa

  • Instagram: @ashdelarosa
  • Books:
    • The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite – 9 hours 53 minutes

Rae De Vine

  • Books:
    • I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Mariama J. Lockington – 6 hours 52 minutes
    • The Story of My Anger by Jasminne Mendez – 3 hours 59 minutes

A’rese Emokpae

  • Instagram: @ankemokpae
  • Books:
    • Run Like a Girl by Amaka Egbe – 11 hours 45 minutes
    • Everything’s Not Lost by Frederick Joseph – 10 hours 53 minutes
    • Miracle’s Journey by Rodney LaMarr – 3 hours 47 minutes
    • Miracle’s Song by Rodney LaMarr – 3 hours 32 minutes
    • The Revenge Playbook by Rimma Onoseta – 9 hours 24 minutes
    • Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson – 2 hours 30 minutes

Nayib Felix

  • Instagram: @nayibfelix
  • Books:
    • What Lies Beneath the Flowers by Natasha Díaz – 9 hours 11 minutes
    • The Story of My Anger by Jasminne Mendez – 3 hours 59 minutes

Liz Femi

  • Instagram: @lizfemi
  • Books:
    • Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 9 hours 6 minutes
    • Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye – 15 hours 27 minutes

Eboni Flowers

  • Instagram: @EboniFlowers
  • Books:
    • A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow – 10 hours 1 minute

James Fouhey

  • Instagram: @jamesfouhey
  • Books:
    • His Hideous Heart 13 of Edgar Allan Poe’s Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined Edited by Dahlia Adler – 14 hours 13 minutes
    • Eternally Yours Edited by Patrica Caldwell – 10 hours 49 minutes
    • Outer Banks: Dead Break by Jay Coles – 6 hours 9 minutes
    • Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon – 9 hours 6 minutes
    • Whiteout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 7 hours 17 minutes
    • Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes Transformed Edited by Marissa Meyer – 7 hours 57 minutes
    • Three Sides of a Heart: Stories About Love Triangles Edited by Natalie C. Parker – 12 hours 59 minutes
    • Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe – 8 hours 6 minutes
    • The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe – 9 hours 12 minutes
    • Dear Manny by Nic Stone – 4 hours 22 minutes
    • From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson – 2 hours 31 minutes

Khaya Fraites

  • Instagram: @khayafraites
  • TikTok: @khayafraites
  • Best Known For: Rainbow High (YouTube), Project Rainbow (YouTube)
  • Books:
    • Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell – 9 hours 51 minutes
    • When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson – 7 hours 22 minutes
    • There’s Always Next Year by Leah Johnson & George M. Johnson – 6 hours 1 minute
    • The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite – 9 hours 53 minutes
    • Soundtrack by Jason Reynolds – 6 hours 29 minutes
    • The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew – 9 hours 54 minutes
    • Hush by Jacqueline Woodson – 3 hours 4 minutes

Marchaan Francoeur

  • Instagram: @voiced_by_marchaan
  • Books:
    • Blood & Breath by Qurratulayn – 7 hours 35 minutes
    • Soot & Sacrifice by Qurratulayn – 6 hours 55 minutes

Kevin R. Free

  • Instagram: @kevinrfree
  • Books:
    • All You Have To Do by Autumn Allen – 11 hours 46 minutes
    • A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology edited by Dhonielle Clayton – 11 hours 1 minute
    • Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon – 9 hours 6 minutes
    • Whiteout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 7 hours 17 minutes
    • The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass – 7 hours 30 minutes
    • Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill – 10 hours 20 minutes
    • Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson – 8 hours 45 minutes
    • The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson – 8 hours
    • How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon – 7 hours 10 minutes
    • The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris – 9 hours 46 minutes
    • House Party by justin a. reynolds – 10 hours 46 minutes

Lynnette R. Freeman

  • Instagram: @lynnetterfreeman
  • Books:
    • The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste – 16 hours 6 minutes
    • You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen – 9 hours 49 minutes
    • Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson – 2 hours 30 minutes
Photo Credit: Jody Christopherson

Mieko Gavia

  • Instagram: @sooo_grood
  • Books:
    • The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite – 9 hours 53 minutes

Aaron Goodson

  • Instagram: @aaronsgoodson
  • Books:
    • Rhythm & Muse by India Hill Brown – 5 hours 10 minutes
    • I Don’t Wish You Well by Jumata Emill – 10 hours 7 minutes

Dion Graham

  • Books:
    • Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 6 hours 55 minutes
    • X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz & Kekla Magoon – 8 hours 56 minutes
    • Flying Lessons & Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh – 4 hours 35 minutes
    • Chaos Theory by Nic Stone – 5 hours 41 minutes
    • Dear Justyce by Nic Stone – 4 hours 45 minutes
    • Dear Martin by Nic Stone – 4 hours 32 minutes
    • Odd One Out by Nic Stone – 7 hours 58 minutes
    • Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas – 8 hours 17 minutes

Christopher Grant

  • Instagram: @nycsubwaywriter
  • Books:
    • True True by Don P. Hooper – 9 hours 32 minutes
    • Soundtrack by Jason Reynolds – 6 hours 29 minutes
    • Streetlight People by Charlene Thomas – 9 hours 18 minutes