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Featured Article: The Best Young Adult Audiobooks to Listen to as a Grown Woman
For some reason, a lot of people equate "growing up" with "growing serious." But while interests may change over time, age does not have to be the deciding factor in what games you play, what movies you watch, or what books you enjoy. The young adult audiobooks on this list are truly timeless: grownup listeners can relate to YA classics in a whole new way or find new favorites among more recent offerings.
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Akata Woman
- Nsibidi Scripts, Book 3
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Nene Nwoko
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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From the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had mystical energy flowing in her blood, she sought to understand and control her powers. Now, her hard lessons and abilities are put to the test in a quest so dangerous, it would be madness to go...but may destroy the world if she does not....
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Akata Woman
- Nsibidi Scripts, Book 3
- Narrated by: Nene Nwoko
- Series: Nsibidi Scripts, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-31-22
- Language: English
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From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars)
- By: Renée Ahdieh, Meg Cabot, Pierce Brown, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Ashley Eckstein, Janina Gavankar, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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Experience Star Wars: A New Hope from a whole new point of view....
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No One has Raved About this yet?
- By Michael J. Stewart on 10-05-17
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From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars)
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Ashley Eckstein, Janina Gavankar, Jon Hamm, Neil Patrick Harris, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Daniel José Older, Marc Thompson
- Series: Star Wars
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 10-03-17
- Language: English
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Akata Witch
- Akata Witch Series, Book 1
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she has albinism. She's a terrific athlete but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place where she fits in....
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Dialogue driven story with poor dialogue
- By Meredith on 08-13-19
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Akata Witch
- Akata Witch Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Series: Nsibidi Scripts, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 03-30-18
- Language: English
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Noor
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt...natural, and that's putting it lightly....
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Slow audio speed to 0.9x
- By Camille on 02-02-22
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Noor
- Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-16-21
- Language: English
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Binti
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy....
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Meh 2.75 stars
- By Sharey on 10-05-18
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Binti
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: Binti, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-22-15
- Language: English
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Remote Control
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
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The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa - a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall....
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Afrofuturist Sci/Fantasy Fairytale
- By Josh Angel on 01-20-21
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Remote Control
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-19-21
- Language: English
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Binti: Home
- Binti, Book 2
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. And now she must return home to her people....
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Abrupt Conclusion
- By Ryann on 04-14-18
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Binti: Home
- Binti, Book 2
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: Binti, Book 2
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-09-18
- Language: English
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Who Fears Death
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
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In a far future, post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, genocide plagues one region...
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Amazing Book, bad narration
- By James Thompson on 11-15-16
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Who Fears Death
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Series: Who Fears Death, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-29-10
- Language: English
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Akata Warrior
- Akata Witch Series, Book 2
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, an American-born Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she began to develop her magical powers, Sunny learned she had been chosen to lead a dangerous mission to avert an apocalypse, brought about by the terrifying masquerade Ekwensu....
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Akata warrior
- By Valerie D. Pegram on 01-22-19
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Akata Warrior
- Akata Witch Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Series: Nsibidi Scripts, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-03-19
- Language: English
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Lagoon
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Three strangers, each isolated by his or her own problems: Adaora, the marine biologist. Anthony, the rapper famous throughout Africa. Agu, the troubled soldier....
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Colorful magic realist science fiction
- By Ryan on 07-04-14
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Lagoon
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 04-10-14
- Language: English
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Binti: The Night Masquerade
- Binti Series, Book 3
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush....
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Best Series Hands Down
- By althea on 08-21-18
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Binti: The Night Masquerade
- Binti Series, Book 3
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: Binti, Book 3
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-17-18
- Language: English
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The Book of Phoenix
- Who Fears Death, Book 0
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. She has a story to tell....
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Well written but........
- By Chint on 02-18-19
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The Book of Phoenix
- Who Fears Death, Book 0
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: Who Fears Death, Book 0
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 09-22-15
- Language: English
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Kabu Kabu
- By: Nnedi Okorafor, Whoopi Goldberg - foreword
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Kabu kabu - unregistered, illegal Nigerian taxis - generally get you where you need to go. Nnedi Okorafor's Kabu Kabu, however, takes the listener to exciting, fantastic, magical, occasionally dangerous, and always imaginative locations you didn't know you needed....
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FANTASTIC!
- By Rita on 11-14-19
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Kabu Kabu
- Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-19-19
- Language: English
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Broken Places & Outer Spaces
- Finding Creativity in the Unexpected (TED Books)
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Nnedi Okorafor
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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A powerful journey from star athlete to sudden paralysis to creative awakening, award-winning science-fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor shows that what we think are our limitations have the potential to become our greatest strengths....
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Inspiring Story
- By Don Miguel on 07-02-19
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Broken Places & Outer Spaces
- Finding Creativity in the Unexpected (TED Books)
- Narrated by: Nnedi Okorafor
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 06-18-19
- Language: English
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Ikenga
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Award-winning Nnedi Okorafor, acclaimed for her Akata novels, introduces a new and engaging hero in her first novel for middle-grade listeners set against a richly textured background of contemporary Nigeria....
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Another Great Book by Nnedi Okorafor
- By Watchman on 05-20-21
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Ikenga
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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Tor.com Collection: Season 1
- By: Kai Ashante Wilson, Alter S. Reiss, J. Parker, and others
- Narrated by: Kevin Free, Paul Cornell, Christopher Price, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 18 mins
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The first season of the Tor.com Collection includes Tor.com audiobooks originally published separately in the Fall of 2015....
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awesome anthology
- By Abdul-Qahhar on 03-10-18
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Tor.com Collection: Season 1
- Narrated by: Kevin Free, Paul Cornell, Christopher Price, Robin Miles, P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 36 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-08-16
- Language: English
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The Black Pages
- Black Stars
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Naomi Ackie
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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By fate and fire, a being four millennia old is reborn in Mali in a short story of contemporary African life and ancient secrets by the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Binti trilogy....
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Favorite narrator in the collection
- By Crysta M on 10-23-21
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The Black Pages
- Black Stars
- Narrated by: Naomi Ackie
- Series: Black Stars
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 08-31-21
- Language: English
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Black Stars
- A Galaxy of New Worlds
- By: Nisi Shawl, Nnedi Okorafor, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and others
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Naomi Ackie, Nyambi Nyambi, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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The sky is not the limit. From an alley in New York to an interstellar wormhole, the path to the future looks different for everyone. These cosmic short stories from some of today’s most influential Black authors reveal a universe of possibilities....
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Transported to the Stars
- By Felicia Joyner on 04-15-22
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Black Stars
- A Galaxy of New Worlds
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Naomi Ackie, Nyambi Nyambi, Indya Moore, Adenrele Ojo, Brian Tyree Henry
- Series: Black Stars
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-31-21
- Language: English
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Who Fears Death
- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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In a postapocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land....
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Awesome book, was hard not to listen it in one go
- By Anonymous User on 04-20-22
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Who Fears Death
- Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-31-18
- Language: English
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Decision Points
- By: Orson Scott Card, Kevin J Anderson, Lois McMaster Bujold, and others
- Narrated by: Nathan Dunford
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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Life is full of decision points - those key moments when what we decide can change everything for better or for worse. These 20 tales describe such instances in young people's lives....
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Unsure how to rate this
- By Benjamin on 01-21-19
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Decision Points
- Narrated by: Nathan Dunford
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 09-15-17
- Language: English
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