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

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: September 20, 2026

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.

Coming Soon: Awards (Finalists/Nominations & Awards Won for Audie Awards & Odyssey Awards.

Joniece Abbott-Pratt

  • Instagram: @jonieceabbottpratt
  • 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

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

Ryan Vincent Anderson

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

Skyler James Bailey

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

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

COMING SOON

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

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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

Kiebpoli Calnek

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Alexis Campbell

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Greg Campbell

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N’Jameh Camara

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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 minutes
    • 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

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Langston Darby

  • Instagram: @langstonhdarby
  • Books:
    • Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe – 8 hours 15 minutes

Amber Dekkers

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Ashley De La Rosa

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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

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Nayib Felix

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Liz Femi

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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

Eboni Flowers

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

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

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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

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Mieko Gavia

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Aaron Goodson

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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

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Jalyn Hall

  • Instagram: @jalynemilhall
  • Best Known For: The Crossover (Disney+), All American (The CW), Till
  • Books:
    • Ashes at the Altar by LaDarrion Williams – 18 hours 30 minutes
    • Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams – 14 hours 54 minutes
    • Bones at the Crossroads by LaDarrion Williams – 18 hours 56 minutes

Tatum Marilyn Hall

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Matthew J. Harris

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Mekhi Hewling

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Cary Hite

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Ashley J. Hobbs

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Dominic Hoffman

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Ryan Alexander Holmes

  • Instagram: @ryanalexh
  • TikTok: @ryanalexh
  • Books:
    • Forgive Me Not by Jennifer Baker – 10 hours 49 minutes

Seth Holt

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Jeanette Illidge

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Alaska Jackson

  • Instagram: @laska_jackson
  • Books:
    • Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy – 10 hours 49 minutes
    • Whiteout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 7 hours 17 minutes
    • The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert – 11 hours 16 minutes
    • Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours – 8 hours 6 minutes
    • Thirsty by Jas Hammonds – 8 hours 10 minutes
    • Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson – 7 hours 33 minutes
    • You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson – 7 house 18 minutes
    • Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes Transformed Edited by Marissa Meyer – 7 hours 57 minutes
    • Safe Harbor by Nicola Yoon & David Yoon – 1 hour 11 minutes

JD Jackson

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Korey Jackson

  • Instagram: @kjaxinc
  • Best Known For: House of Cards (Netflix)
  • Books:
    • 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
    • Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles – 11 hours
    • Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson – 9 hours 31 minutes
    • Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith & Derrick Barnes – 2 hours 20 minutes

Ozzie Jacobs

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Fedna Jacquet

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Sullivan Jones

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Photo Credit: Kitty Moffett

Tamika Katon-Donegal

  • Instagram: @tamikakatondonegal
  • Books:
    • This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings – 14 hours 20 minutes
    • Our Vicious Descent by Hayley Dennings – 15 hours 8 minutes
    • Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis – 11 hours and 37 minutes
    • How to Live Without You by Sarah Everett – 12 hours and 23 minutes
    • We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds – 10 hours and 22 minutes
    • The Shadow Sister by Lily Meade – 8 hours and 51 minutes
    • Bound by Fury by Noelle Monét – 16 hours 1 minute
    • You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen – 9 hours and 49 minutes
    • Empress Crowned in Red by Ciannon Smart – 25 hours and 17 minutes
    • Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart – 15 hours and 55 minutes
    • The Payback Girls by Alex Travis – 10 hours

JaQwan J. Kelly

  • Best Known For: Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Hulu)
  • Books:
    • Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles – 6 hours 45 minutes
    • Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle – 8 hours 50 minutes
    • Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds – 37 minutes
    • 145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers – 5 hours 11 minutes
Photo Credit: Chase Anderson

January LaVoy

  • Instagram: @januarylavoy
  • Best Known For: One Life to Live (ABC)
  • Books:
    • The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson – 9 hours 10 minutes
    • Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds – 3 hours 58 minutes

Mela Lee

  • Instagram: @themelalee
  • TikTok: @themelalee
  • Best Known For: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (Disney)
  • Books:
    • There Goes the Neighborhood by Jade Adia – 11 hours 54 minutes
    • The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis – 9 hours 20 minutes
    • Louder than Words by Ashley Woodfolk & Lexi Underwood – 7 hours 10 minutes

Keylor Leigh

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D Lewis

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Guy Lockard

  • Instagram: @guylockard
  • Best Known For: Chicago Med (NBC)
  • Books:
    • A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology edited by Dhonielle Clayton – 11 hours 1 minute
    • Fresh Ink: An Anthology Edited by Lamar Giles – 5 hours 4 minutes
    • Invisible Son by Kim Johnson – 10 hours 8 minutes
    • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely – 6 hours 34 minutes
    • Miles Morales Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds – 6 hours 53 minutes
    • Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…A LOVE Story by Jason Reynolds – 4 hours 27 minutes
    • If You Come Softly Twentieth Anniversary Edition by Jacqueline Woodson – 3 hours 42 minutes

Eric Lockley

  • Instagram: @iamericlockley
  • Books:
    • Balancing Act by Paula Chase – 10 hours 28 minutes
    • There’s Always Next Year by Leah Johnson & George M. Johnson – 6 hours 1 minute

Chanté McCormick

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Brandon Miles

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Robin Miles

  • Instagram: @rmilesvox
  • Books:
    • His Hideous Heart 13 of Edgar Allan Poe’s Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined Edited by Dahlia Adler – 14 hours 13 minutes
    • Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron – 16 hours 16 minutes
    • Master of Souls by Rena Barron – 14 hours 31 minutes
    • Reaper of Souls by Rena Barron – 13 hours 26 minutes
    • The Truths We Hold An American Journey (Young Readers Edition) by Kamala Harris – 6 hours 44 minutes
    • American Street by Ibi Zoboi – 8 hours 35 minutes
    • (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi – 6 hours 15 minutes

Soneela Nankani

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Aure Nash

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Junior Nyong’o

  • Instagram: @juniornyongo
  • Books:
    • The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew – 9 hours 54 minutes
  • Fun Fact: Junior Nyong’o is the sibling of Academy Award winner, Lupita Nyong’o.

Iesha Nyree

  • Instagram: @ieshanyreehappy
  • Books:
    • Orleans by Sherri L. Smith – 8 hours 9 minutes

 Karl O’Brian Williams

  • Instagram: @kobw
  • Books:
    • Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall – 10 hours 13 minutes

Adenrele Ojo

  • Instagram: @leojo3
  • Books:
    • Shattered Midnight by Dhonielle Clayton – 7 hours 14 minutes
    • Oathbound by Tracy Deonn – 24 hours 59 minutes
    • Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett – 9 hours 32 minutes
    • A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison – 13 hours 15 minutes
    • The Right Side of Reckless by Whitney D. Grandison – 12 hours 7 minutes
    • Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson – 9 hours 31 minutes
    • Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis – 13 hours 14 minutes
    • Facing the Sun by Janice Lynn Mather – 12 hours 47 minutes
    • So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow – 8 hours 16 minutes
    • Take the Mic Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance Edited by Bethany C. Morrow – 5 hours 28 minutes
    • 145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers – 5 hours 11 minutes
    • Into White by Randi Pink – 6 hours 59 minutes
    • Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds – 3 hours 58 minutes

Sandra Okuboyejo

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Tovah Ott

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DePre Owens

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Paula (Jai) Parker

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Imani Parks

  • Instagram: @intentionally_imani
  • Best Known For: The Lion King on Broadway
  • Books:
    • Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles – 6 hours 21 minutes
    • Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton – 11 hours 5 minutes
    • Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton – 13 hours 12 minutes
    • Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 6 hours 55 minutes
    • No One Here Is Lonely by Sarah Everett – 10 hours 1 minute
    • The Getaway by Lamar Giles – 10 hours 15 minutes
    • Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson – 10 hours 7 minutes
    • Briarcliff Prep by Brianna Peppins – 11 hours 32 minutes
    • Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise Edited by Laura Silverman – 10 hours 51 minutes
    • Calling My Name by Liara Tamani – 6 hours 33 minutes
    • Micah: The Good Girl Flyy Girls by Ashley Woodfolk – 2 hours 6 minutes
    • When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk – 10 hours 17 minutes

Angel Pean

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Reynaldo Piniella

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Lisa Renee Pitts

  • Instagram: @lisa.renee.pitts
  • Best Known For: True to the Game, Straight Outta Compton, Lincoln Heights
  • Books:
    • Fire from the Rock by Sharon Draper – 7 hours 52 minutes

Emana Rachelle

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Jasmin Richardson

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Michael Rishawn

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Zeno Robinson

  • Instagram: @childish_gamzeno
  • Best Known For: Beyblade X (Disney XD), Transformers: EarthSpark (Paramount+), Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Netwodk), The Comic Shop (YouTube)
  • Books:
    • Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 14 hours 30 minutes
    • Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 19 hours 5 minutes
    • How to Lose a Best Friend by Jordan K. Casomar – 9 hours 9 minutes
    • The Family I’m In by Sharon G. Flake – 7 hours 11 minutes
    • The Jump by Brittney Morris – 7 hours 42 minutes

Amir Royale

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Logan Rozos

  • Instagram: @loganrozos
  • Books:
    • Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender – 8 hours 24 minutes
    • A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow – 10 hours 13 minutes
    • Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee – 7 hours 3 minutes

André Santana

  • Instagram: @andreonthemic
  • Books:
    • At Midnight Fifteen Beloved Fairy Tales Reimagined by Dahlia Adler – 14 hours 24 minutes
    • Sun Chasers by Kacen Callender – 6 hours 20 minutes
    • Eternally Yours Edited by Patrica Caldwell – 10 hours 49 minutes
    • Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For Edited by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker – 9 hours 36 minutes
    • All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis – 9 hours 50 minutes
    • A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow – 10 hours 13 minutes
    • Fortress of Ambrose by J. Elle – 17 hours 6 minutes
    • House of Marionne by J. Elle – 14 hours 13 minutes
    • I Don’t Wish You Well by Jumata Emill – 10 houra 7 minutes
    • Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma – 21 hours 26 minutes
    • Finding Prince Charming by Jamar J. Perry – 6 hours 55 minutes
    • Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos – 7 hours 51 minutes
    • The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos – 8 hours 43 minutes
    • It’s You Every Time by Charlene Thomas – 8 hours 8 minutes
    • Seven Minutes in Candyland by Brian Wasson – 8 hours 56 minutes
    • Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye – 7 hours 17 minutes
    • As You Walk On By by Julian Winters – 9 hours 48 minutes

Brandiss Seward

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Melinda Sewak

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Danielle Shemaiah

  • Books:
    • Whiteout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon – 7 hours 17 minutes

Nadine Simmons

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Sanya Simmons

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Heather Alicia Simms

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Photo Credit: Christine Jean Chambers

Shayna Small

  • Books:
    • Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant – 9 hours 55 minutes
    • A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology edited by Dhonielle Clayton – 11 hours 1 minute
    • 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
    • The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell – 10 hours 44 minutes
    • Heartsick by Kristina Forest – 7 hours 48 minutes
    • Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest – 8 hours 21 minutes
    • The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna – 14 hours 29 minutes
    • The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna – 12 hours 46 minutes
    • The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis – 7 hours 9 minutes
    • I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Mariama J. Lockington – 6 hours 52 minutes
    • This Ain’t Our First Rodeo by Liara Tamani – 6 hours 24 minutes
    • What She Missed by Liara Tamani – 6 hours 21 minutes
    • Fatima Tate Takes the Cake by Khadijah VanBrakle – 7 hours 54 minutes
    • My Perfect Family by Khadijah VanBrakle – 6 hours 18 minutes
    • Noelle: The Mean Girl Flyy Girls by Ashley Woodfolk – 2 hours
    • The Dear One by Jacqueline Woodson – 3 hours 28 minutes

AhDream Smith

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Marie-Francoise Theodore

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Tashi Thomas

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Bahni Turpin

  • Instagram: @bahni_turpin
  • Books:
    • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi – 17 hours 56 minutes
    • Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi – 13 hours 27 minutes
    • Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 14 hours 30 minutes
    • Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker – 19 hours 5 minutes
    • A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown – 14 hours 52 minutes
    • Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne – 4 hours 57 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
    • Color Me In by Natasha Díaz – 11 hours 15 minutes
    • Ashes of Gold by J. Elle – 14 hours 5 minutes
    • Wings of Ebony by J. Elle – 10 hours
    • The Life I’m In by Sharon G. Flake – 9 hours 22 minutes
    • Fresh Ink edited by Lamar Giles – 5 hours 4 minutes
    • Spin by Lamar Giles – 10 hours 50 minutes
    • Monarch Rising by Harper Glenn – 13 hours 20 minutes
    • Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland – 14 hours 34 minutes
    • Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson – 10 hours 37 minutes
    • This Is My America by Kim Johnson – 9 hours 34 minutes
    • Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite – 10 hours 38 minutes
    • One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite – 9 hours 49 minutes
    • Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker – 9 hours 9 minutes
    • Three Sides of a Heart: Stories About Love Triangles Edited by Natalie C. Parker – 12 hours 59 minutes
    • The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus – 9 hours 20 minutes
    • Precious by Sapphire – 5 hours 5 minutes
    • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas – 11 hours 40 minutes
    • On the Come Up by Angie Thomas – 11 hours 43 minutes
    • Everything New Again by Renée Watson – 6 hours
    • The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon – 8 hours 4 minutes
    • Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi – 11 hours 14 minutes
    • Okoye to the People: A Black Panther Novel by Ibi Zoboi – 6 hours 45 minutes
    • (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi – 6 hours 15 minutes

Lexi Underwood

  • Instagram: @lexiunderwood
  • Best Known For: I Wish You All the Best, Cruel Summer (Freeform), The First Lady (PBS), Sneakerella, Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
  • Books:
    • Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson – 7 hours 33 minutes
    • Louder than Words by Ashley Woodfolk & Lexi Underwood – 7 hours 10 minutes

Zoleka Vundla

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Channie Waites

  • Instagram: @channiewaites
  • Books:
    • Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis – 10 hours 54 minutes
    • I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal – 5 hours 20 minutes
    • Color Outside the Lines edited by Sangu Mandanna – 8 hours 23 minutes
    • You’re Breaking My Heart by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich – 9 hours 50 minutes
    • You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen – 9 hours 49 minutes
    • Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise Edited by Laura Silverman – 10 hours 51 minutes

Erin Ruth Walker

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Jasmin Walker

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Zuri Washington

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Karen Malina White

  • Instagram: @karenmalinawhite
  • Best Known For: The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
  • Books:
    • Out of Body by Nia Davenport – 8 hours 43 minutes
    • Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris – 11 hours 36 minutes
    • The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson – 10 hours 55 minutes

Renika Williams-Blutcher

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Landon Woodson

  • Instagram: @where_is_landon
  • Books:
    • The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz & Tiffany D. Jackson – 7 hours 54 minutes
    • For All Time by Shanna Miles – 10 hours 27 minutes
    • Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr. – 11 hours 4 minutes
    • Togetha by Keith F. Miller Jr. – 11 hours 31 minutes
    • Orleans by Sherri L. Smith – 8 hours 9 minutes
    • This Ain’t Our First Rodeo by Liara Tamani – 6 hours 24 minutes

Zakiya Young