10 audiobooks for fans of The Bluest Eye
- 1
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison, Durthy Washington, Tayari Jones, Unknown Author
Narrated by Toni Morrison, Karen Murray
★ 4.41 ABR Score (131.7K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (129.7K) ★ 4.69 Audible (2.0K)More about this pick
Toni Morrison herself narrates this tale of Milkman Dead's journey through family secrets and African American folklore, her voice lending authority to every mythic moment.
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God Help the Child
Narrated by Toni Morrison
★ 4.02 ABR Score (34.0K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Morrison herself narrates this story of Bride, whose childhood neglect and trauma shape her adult relationships in ways both subtle and devastating.
- 3
Jazz
Beloved Trilogy • Book 2
Narrated by Toni Morrison
★ 4.01 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (38.5K) ★ 4.4 Audible (570)More about this pick
Morrison narrates her own tale of 1920s Harlem passion – a husband shoots his young lover, his wife attacks the corpse at the funeral.
- 4
Recitatif
Narrated by Zadie Smith, Bahni Turpin
★ 4.21 ABR Score (32.8K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (220) - 5
Sula
by Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by Toni Morrison, Karen Murray
★ 4.15 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)★ 4.52 Audible (2.2K) - 6
Tar Baby by Morrison, Toni
Narrated by Desiree Coleman
★ 3.97 ABR Score (24.4K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (24.1K) ★ 4.34 Audible (317)More about this pick
Two Black Americans from vastly different worlds collide on a Caribbean island—educated Jadine from Paris meets Son, a fugitive from rural Florida.
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various
★ 4.78 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)More about this pick
Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.
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James
by Percival Everett
Narrated by Dominic Hoffman
★ 4.73 ABR Score (552.1K ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K) ★ 4.77 Audible (18.6K)More about this pick
Jim's perspective on the Huckleberry Finn story reveals the brutal realities of slavery through brilliant code-switching between dialects. Dominic Hoffman's performance captures every nuanced layer of survival and dignity.
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I Must Betray You
by Ruta Sepetys
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys
★ 4.54 ABR Score (103.0K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.7K)More about this pick
Ballerini's dual narration captures the suffocating paranoia of Cold War Romania so viscerally you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice Cristian makes. A gripping true-stakes thriller about resistance that refuses easy heroics.
- 10
The Body
by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.52 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (45.7K)More about this pick
King's coming-of-age tale about four boys searching for a dead body captures the raw terror and wonder of childhood friendships on the brink of dissolving.
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