My Favorite Black Audiobook Narrators | 20+ Audiobook Recommendations

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  • In this video I am discussing my favorite Black audiobook Narrators. I am also giving out over 20 audiobook recommendations narrated by them so buckle up!
    People Mentioned:
    Bahni Turpin
    Robin Miles
    Cary Hite
    Dion Graham
    Prentice Onayemi
    Adenrele Ojo
    Morae Brehon
    JD Jackson
    Jakobi Diem
    Wesleigh Siobhan
    Joniece Abbott-Pratt
    Nicole Smalls
    Shayna Smalls
    *Books Mentioned:
    A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
    amzn.to/43n7KBH
    One Blood by Denene Miller
    amzn.to/3IsCgjW
    Children of Blood and Bone by Toni Adeyemi
    amzn.to/3P9J89y
    Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
    amzn.to/49WkLoh
    In West Mills by De'shawn Charles Winslow
    amzn.to/438Q64m
    The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase Riboud
    amzn.to/48IloQQ
    The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
    amzn.to/3v1oHVg
    The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
    amzn.to/3T1GCTQ
    As I am by Cecily Tyson
    amzn.to/3ToTNjc
    The Good House by Tanarive Due
    amzn.to/48IWCQr
    The Book of Night Women
    amzn.to/4a0eW8P
    Animal by K'wan
    amzn.to/3Pc9veK
    Diamond and Pearl by Kwan
    amzn.to/48F45A4
    The Diamond Empire by K'wan
    amzn.to/436PV9C
    The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee
    amzn.to/3IpUFhh
    Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
    amzn.to/3wGnBPj
    How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue
    amzn.to/3PaNgGk
    The Rage of Dragons by Evan winter
    amzn.to/3TqOjEB
    The Love Songs of Web Dubois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
    amzn.to/49Odtms
    The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
    amzn.to/4a4q2JO
    32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
    amzn.to/3ItEcIY
    Reprieve by James Han Mattson
    amzn.to/3v0Ki03
    Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
    amzn.to/3PdiPPM
    Yonder by Jabari Asim
    amzn.to/4a6PZsp
    Set by Alexandria House
    amzn.to/49CEJnE
    Ethic by Ashley Antoinette
    amzn.to/3PaOamc
    Last Stop From Innocence by Takerra Allen
    amzn.to/3TpWPU9
    Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris
    amzn.to/4cgS5YC
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  • @LovelyTrueRed
    @LovelyTrueRed 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    My list of Audiobook Narrators. Some are dupes some aren't.
    Joniece Abbott-Pratt
    Wesleigh Siobhan
    Jakobi Diem (My man! My man! My man!)
    Adenrele Ojo
    Cary Hite (King of Narrators)
    Nicole Small
    Shari Peele
    Winston James
    Eboni Flowers
    Emmanuel Ingram
    Benjamin Charles
    Trei Taylor
    Keith Benn Jr.
    Lynette Freeman
    Ja'Air Bush
    Ida Belle
    Myles Washington
    iiKane
    I will be checking out the narrators that aren't dupes mentioned in this video. Thanks for sharing.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much for sharing these! I know Eboni Flowers, iikane (I do like hbut I haven’t heard enough for her to be a fave yet), and Winston. I will definitely check out the others!

  • @imanimorgan8007
    @imanimorgan8007 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I just got into audiobooks so this is literally right on time. I just searched for this but needed the blackity black version. Thank you!

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Girl. I know the struggle so I was like I’m just going to make it myself 😩

  • @allthingsbooked
    @allthingsbooked 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    c'mon thumbnail!😍

  • @scottieshereereads
    @scottieshereereads 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    this is EXACTLY what i needed. thank you for this!!! 💛

  • @reedkicker443
    @reedkicker443 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love that you included pictures. And you've mentioned all my favorites so far not done with the video yet.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was only right to include photos! And the only ones I couldn’t find were the double agents 😂

  • @Mai2025
    @Mai2025 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Girl … the discovery of the double voices lol
    I already knew the ones mentioned but I just connected Winston James to Jamie Lincoln Smith 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ooo I didn’t know Winston had another name! Let me check out “Jamie” lol

  • @BlackGirl_BookTherapy
    @BlackGirl_BookTherapy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love this! Thank you! I’m a huge audiobook reader and I have been obsessed with Bahni Turpin and I just discovered Eunice Wong - she’s incredible!

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let me go ahead and check out Eunice 🤔 that’s a new one for me thank you!

  • @mamutshilanda9822
    @mamutshilanda9822 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am so happy I watched this video of yours. Not only did I get some very informative content, but I also found some books to add to my collection.😊 I never paid attention to the narration to this extent, but now, I know I will for sure be on the lookout for the names you mentioned in this video. thanks!

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh great! Narrators can really make or break a book for me.

  • @natalie1116
    @natalie1116 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jakobi Diem and Adenrele Ojo are excellent narrators.

  • @allthingsbooked
    @allthingsbooked 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A Piece Of Cake was bomb alone so I can only imagine a good audio added to it.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Listennnn I remember listening on the subway and being like 😮😳😞🤯

  • @FreeFormLady
    @FreeFormLady 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for these recommendations! In order for me to enjoy an audiobook, the narrator has to be on point. Sean Chrisden narrates a lot of Alexandria House too. Now I only associate him with those characters.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yesss sometimes they can make or break a book. I’ll have to look into Sean 🤔 haven’t heard of him before

  • @silkyslim4397
    @silkyslim4397 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love love love this vid! I read in tandem with audio and tangible/e-book. Narrators matter!……thanks for this ❤…..keep grinding girlie.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you love! Yesss even if I have the physical I’m always going to see if I can get the audio as well so I can fully immerse myself.

  • @sailorthesis
    @sailorthesis 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you! I love Joniece Abbott-Pratt! When she's narrating, I know the book is bout to be good lol Thank you so much for these other narrators to check out!

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true!! Hope you find some new faves ❤️❤️

  • @allthingsbooked
    @allthingsbooked 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ma'am 1st off I didn't even know I NEEDED this video and honestly how fitting for you (having a distinct voice) to DELIVER! now all of sudden I have created an audio tbr and I have some rereads b/c I feel like I need to HEAR these voices lol girl not you takin me back to SHU🥰 when i say Alexandria House had me in an everlasting chokehold 🥴once upon a time ...smh I have never even considered narrators in a this way before as a reader bcus I've always been the 'read with eyes' girlie lol to know now that there are duo named narrators 🤯

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha I DO have a distinct voice. Imagine how many times I tried to prank call someone as a kid and them being like “Keyona I know that’s you” 🤣🤣 Girlll you missing out. Shu has a whole voice with his name. It made him feel more real to me 😩 I probably would have never noticed the dual names if I wasn’t always bouncing between genres. And YES to the audio tbr!!

  • @KaylasBookishVibes
    @KaylasBookishVibes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    what a fun video! I’m the same way with narrators. I listen to so many audiobooks i’ve started to learn their voices 😂 Added a few of these to my tbr.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! 🙌🏾 narrators are soooo important. Glad you could find some recs!

  • @TheBlackRomanceWriter
    @TheBlackRomanceWriter หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi, Chocolate Covered Pages!
    I am so thankful for your video. I am looking for Black narrators to create my audiobooks.
    I used to use FINDAWAY VOICES' casting service, but it no longer exists.
    You have been very helpful in my search for talented narrators! ❤😊❤

  • @TheBlackRomanceWriter
    @TheBlackRomanceWriter หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi,
    Thank you! I am looking for more Black narrators! ❤

  • @SlidewithMurk
    @SlidewithMurk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m so glad that you can now click on the narrator and see every book that they are reading. One of my favorites is Carrie height. North Carolina checking in with you. Beautiful lady check out the narrator, Dylan Ford

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. I love that feature too! What’s your favorite book with Cary Hite? I’m looking for more. So far I’ve only read him on 2 urban fiction series. I’ll definitely check out Dylan Ford thanks

    • @SlidewithMurk
      @SlidewithMurk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChocolateCoveredPages he has so many I’m going to have to go back through. It’s a couple, but right now I am listening to the roots and that dude does a great African voice really all the characters he does he changes the voices up.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m listening to Roots as well lol. That’s not Cary Hite. It’s Prentice Onayemi who I also mentioned in this video. I love him on any book set in Africa!

    • @SlidewithMurk
      @SlidewithMurk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChocolateCoveredPages I was referring to prentice he does a good job with the African accent, but when I find the book with Carrie hype, I will let you know it’s so many North Carolinian here

  • @reedkicker443
    @reedkicker443 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry to double comment but you are so right about the V.O. narrators having two or several names but I noticed it with Shayna Small aka Nicole? It's one name when they read urban fiction and another when they read literary or historical fiction. It's funny to us but I get it, its business for them and appealing to wider audiences.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Listen I LOVE double and triple comments! Lol never apologize for that. Yesss I said “romance” for a lot of these but I really was thinking “urban romance”. It is funny because if you read multiple genres it’s easy to know who is actually who.

  • @CoralKnitz
    @CoralKnitz หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We love the same narrators. A bad narrator can ruin the audio experience for me. Consider:
    January Lavoy,
    Myra Lucretia Taylor,
    Peter Francis James,
    Susan Dalian,
    Susan Spain,
    Machelle Williams,
    Ezra Knight,
    Peter Jay Fernandez
    Kim Staunton

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree!! Then I have to switch formats🤦🏾‍♀️ Thank you for this list!! I do love January (forgot her) and I’m looking forward to checking out the rest of these 💜

  • @ccchhhrrriiisss100
    @ccchhhrrriiisss100 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have you ever heard Sidney Poitier's THE MEASURE OF A MAN? It's his autobiography. He has such a phenomenal voice that I really wish that he could have done more audiobooks during his lifetime.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ooo I have not read it but I have heard of it. I loveeee when actors narrate! I especially love when actors narrate their OWN books. Thanks for the rec ❤️❤️

  • @Jotash2
    @Jotash2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of my favorite narrators, I don’t believe she narrates anymore and I also found she narrated under a 2nd name (that I don’t remember lol) - Patricia R. Floyd. Quite a few on your list are my faves as well 😊. I enjoyed this video as an audiobook girlie!

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So glad you enjoyed the video❤️ I haven’t heard of Ms. Floyd but I’ll definitely check her out thanks!

  • @Lapreghiera
    @Lapreghiera 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I listened to The Book of Night some years ago. After a couple of days of listening I was talking to somebody and slipped into patois ... I'm from KY, never heard it spoken consistently anywhere else, never been to the islands no connection to carribean community. Robin Miles did her thing.

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Omg that is HILARIOUS 😂🤣🤣 thanks for sharing that laugh with me. Yea nobody slips into various accents as effortlessly as Robin

  • @Josandy
    @Josandy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🙌🏽

  • @lisatrass8571
    @lisatrass8571 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stephen Bishop is good also

  • @AmanisPieces
    @AmanisPieces หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can’t stand aderenle ojo she’s has messed up a lot of books for me but all the others are ❤

    • @ChocolateCoveredPages
      @ChocolateCoveredPages  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂 Damn. A lot?! Basically when you see she’s narrating you just have to go on ahead and switch to reading with your eyes at this point.

    • @AmanisPieces
      @AmanisPieces หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Basically! I’m outta there 😂