THE NORTH STAR REVIEW
The North Star distinction is awarded to audiobooks of the highest quality. North Star award winners exemplify excellence with engaging narration performances and intriguing stories.
North Star Award Winners
2024
Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nina (A Story of Nina Simone) by Traci N. Todd
Needful Noor: Parts 1 and 2 by Takerra Allen
The Culmination of Everything by Christina C. Jones
Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles
All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby
At the End of It All by Rae Lyse
The Witches of Salix Pointe 3: The Reckoning & The Reaper by Noelle Vella
Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood
The Prism Series by Love Belvin
The Witches of Salix Pointe: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Book 2 by Noelle Vella
2023
Love on the Ninth Floor by Aries Skye
Maybe Next Time - The Audio Experience by Christina C Jones
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire
It's Always Been You by Tay Mo'Nae
Jane Doe Black by Nia Forrester
They Call Him Nas by K.C. Mills
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
Thirty (The Sun Series, Book 4) by Rae Lyse
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
The Witches of Salix Pointe by Noelle Vella
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Last Stop from Innocence by Takerra Allen
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Ways to Grow Love by Renée Watson
Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon
The Ancestors by L.A. Banks, Tananarive Due, and Brandon Massey
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
Defining Moments in Black History (Reading Between the Lies) by Dick Gregory
2022
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins
Jump by Larry Miller, Laila Lacy
Heartbreak U: The Finale by Johnni Sherri
The Rhyme of Love by Love Belvin
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
12 Notes (On Life and Creativity) by Quincy Jones
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
Dear Sonali (Letters to the Daughter I Never Had) by Lynn Toler
Sweet Heat Box Set by Christina C. Jones
We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle
The Love Below: Glimpse Collection Book 5 of 5 by Jacinta Howard
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Loving Cassie The Prototype, Book 4 by Jacinta Howard
Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers
Bamboozled by Jesus By Yvonne Orji
Midnight: Tales of a Blackened Soul, Book 1 by Deidra D. S. Green
Keeping Willow-Prototype Series, Book 3 by Jacinta Howard
Finding Kennedy-Prototype Series, Book 2 by Jacinta Howard
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Happiness in Jersey, Prototype Series: Book 1 by Jacinta Howard
Will Williams by Namwali Serpell