Where to Start with Toni Morrison
- Best entry point → Recitatif
- Best standalone → Song of Solomon
- What fans keep coming back to → Jazz
- Highest rated by listeners → God Help the Child
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Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison, Durthy Washington, Tayari Jones, Unknown Author
Narrated by Toni Morrison, Karen Murray
★ 4.43 ABR Score (131.7K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (129.7K) ★ 4.69 Audible (2.0K)15h 41m listening time • Released 2017 - 2
Recitatif
Narrated by Zadie Smith, Bahni Turpin
★ 4.23 ABR Score (32.8K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.66 Audible (216)1h 54m listening time • Released 2022 - 3
God Help the Child
Narrated by Toni Morrison
★ 4.04 ABR Score (34.0K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (1.4K)5h 45m listening time • Released 2015 - 4
Jazz
Beloved Trilogy • Book 2
Narrated by Toni Morrison
★ 4.03 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (38.5K) ★ 4.4 Audible (570) - 5
Tar Baby by Morrison, Toni
Narrated by Desiree Coleman
★ 3.99 ABR Score (24.4K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (24.1K) ★ 4.34 Audible (317)11h 26m listening time • Released 2011
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