Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert: A Novel

Written by Bob the Drag Queen

Narrated by Bob the Drag Queen

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Featuring two new songs written for the audiobook and performed by Bob the Drag Queen!

“Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert is magnificent! I want to send to the folks who do the Nobel Prize for Literature. I don’t know them, but I want them to read this!” —Whoopi Goldberg

“It’s a knockout.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“An emotional exploration of religion, external and internalized homophobia, the pressure of progressing Black liberation, and the importance of revisiting the past.” —New York magazine

From RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, Traitors contestant, and host of HBO’s We’re Here comes an inventive, wondrous novel about American hero Harriet Tubman that remixes history into a fresh, dynamic novel about love, freedom, salvation, and hip-hop.

In an age of miracles where our greatest heroes from history have magically, unexplainably returned to shake us out of our confusion and hate, Harriet Tubman is back, and she has a lot to say.

Harriet Tubman and four of the enslaved persons she led to freedom want to tell their story in a unique way. Harriet wants to create a hip-hop album and live show about her life, and she needs a songwriter to help her.

She calls upon Darnell, a once successful hip-hop producer who was topping the charts before being outed on a BET talk show. Darnell has no idea what to expect when he steps into the studio with Harriet, only that they have a short period of time to write a legendary album she can take on the road. Over the course of their time together, they not only create music that will take the country by storm, but confront the horrors of both their pasts, and learn to find a way to a better future.

Original, evocative, and historic, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert is a landmark achievement that will burrow deep into our hearts (and ears).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Mar 25, 2025
• ISBN: 9781668110546

Bob the Drag Queen

Bob the Drag Queen is a television host, actor, activist, and the season eight winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Find Bob at BobTheDragQueen.com, on TikTok and Instagram @BobTheDragQueen.

Reviews for Harriet Tubman

[annasatana · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Touching, humorous, and powerful. I’m glad I stumbled upon this novel!

[Alaina · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved that Harriet Tubman still wanting to help free black people, but this time it’s freeing their minds. The fact that she could tell that Darnell had something that was holding him back, and even going so far as to pull a gun on him to make him share what was on his mind. I just loved how much she believed in and loved black people and I feel like I could feel her love through the pages and how much she wants us to be great. The songs at the end were also great. I hope I get to listen to them by themselves someday.

[tifftucker09 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love Bob the drag queen and I'm so glad I love this book too. I definitely recommend the audiobook because the fire tracks at the end are an add bonus.

[Julia Rafalski · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What an amazing audiobook and story overall. So worth the listen, in particular for the two songs at the end. Beautiful!!!

[QsVerb · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I am so glad I read this book! It is just so brilliant and witty! I find the core message, so grounding and encouraging; I recommend this book to anyone who's trying to find their own path to freedom

[lfcmacho · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Brilliant! Incredible story telling! I want more, a series of other stories told this way. Everyone needs to read this and hear the songs Bob Wrote.