BIPOC Authors

Women! In! Peril!

By: Jessie Ren Marshall

Narrated by: Rachel Noe Nishizawa

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall, read by Rachel Noe Nishizawa.

Full of wry humor, sharp social commentary, and an irrepressible sense of hope, a ferociously feminist debut short story collection from award-winning playwright Jessie Ren Marshall.

In this brash and unputdownable collection, we meet a sex bot trying to... Read more

The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

Narrated by: Susan Lieu

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Susan Lieu's narration of her memoir, The Manicurist's Daughter, adds to the already raw emotion that flows throughout her journey to know her mother."—The Berkshire Eagle

This program is read by the author.

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother... Read more

Until August

By: Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Cristobal Pera & Rodri...

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon
 
Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been... Read more

Women of Good Fortune

By: Sophie Wan

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A reluctant bride and her two best friends plot to steal all the gift money from her glitzy high-society wedding in this dazzling, heartfelt, funny novel for fans of Crazy Rich Asians

“A glittering debut. Delightful.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After

Bride-to-be Lulu is about to marry Shanghai’s most... Read more

Clever Creatures of the Night

By: Samantha Mabry

Narrated by: Ana Osorio

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

In this gripping literary horror, Case’s best friend Drea goes missing, forcing her into a bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous world—perfect for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic. Something bad happened here.

When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the... Read more

Here After

By: Amy Lin

Narrated by: Amy Lin

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

An ELLE Best (and Most Anticipated) Nonfiction Book of 2024 (“This book is a little wonder—a clear, utterly courageous act of love.”)A SheReads Most Anticipated Book of 2024Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist
Here After is a poetic, raw depiction of an unlikely love followed by a dizzying loss. A stunning, taut memoir from debut... Read more

Tender Beasts

By: Liselle Sambury

Narrated by: Kimberly Woods

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother’s name in this “creepily potent story of a family legacy that gives terrifying shape to monsters real and imagined” (Kirkus Reviews) perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades.

Sunny Behre has four siblings,... Read more

Infinity Alchemist

By: Kacen Callender

Narrated by: Wes Haas

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding fantasy novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward dangerous truth, legendary love, and extraordinary power.

With their signature "prowess" (FIYAH) and "unbridled creativity" (New York Times Book Review), acclaimed author Kacen Callender turns their formidable skill to young adult fantasy... Read more

In Memory of Us

By: Jacqueline Roy

Narrated by: Jessica Alade

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to remember?
Joined at birth, then pulled apart, Selina and Zora’s relationship is marked by a pattern of closeness and separation. Growing up in 50s’ and 60s’ London under the shadow of Enoch Powell, they are instinctively dependent on each other, and yet Zora yearns for her own identity. But in the eyes of the people around... Read more

Shark Teeth

By: Sherri Winston

Narrated by: Dõe Sebanakitta

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston, read by Dõe Sebanakitta.

From National Book Award longlisted author Sherri Winston comes an important middle grade novel about a girl's tumultuous journey to keep her family together, even when she's falling apart.

Sharkita “Kita” Hayes is always waiting.
Waiting for her mama to mess up.
Waiting for... Read more

The Silence in Her Eyes

By: Armando Lucas Correa

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar Young

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware, a bold and suspenseful psychological thriller about a young woman with a rare neurological condition who is convinced her neighbor is going to be murdered—from the author of the “timely must-read” (People) The German Girl.

Leah has been living with akinetopsia, or motion blindness, since she was a... Read more

Say You'll Be Mine

By: Naina Kumar

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Naina Kumar turns the arranged marriage plot on its head. . . . A sparkling new voice in the romance stratosphere.”—Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A-)

“I couldn’t put down this page-turner. . . . The new When Harry Met Sally . . . a warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut.”—Colleen Hoover

A teacher with big dreams... Read more

Cold

By: Drew Hayden Taylor

Narrated by: Wesley French, Lawrence Bayne, Susan Roman, Jan...

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning writer Drew Hayden Taylor that blends thriller, murder mystery, and horror with humour and spectacle.

Elmore Trent is a professor of Indigenous studies who finds himself... Read more

Pritty

By: Keith F. Miller, Jr.

Narrated by: Landon Woodson & Eric B. Anthony

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

2024 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Concrete Rose meets Things We Couldn’t Say in Pritty, a debut novel by Keith F. Miller Jr.—the inspiration behind the forthcoming animated short film of Kickstarter fame—that follows two boys who get caught in the crossfire of a sinister plot that not only threatens everything they love but may cost them... Read more

The Museum of Failures

By: Thrity Umrigar

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of The Space Between Us and Reese's Book Club pick Honor delivers a powerful story about family secrets, a mother's power, and the importance of forgiveness.

Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago, carrying his resentment of his mother with him. He has now returned to Bombay to adopt a baby from a young... Read more

One Blood

By: Denene Millner

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt & Tina Lifford

Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration. It also includes a poem, book club reading guide, and acknowledgments, all read by the author.

Homegoing meets The Mothers where three women are tied together by blood, love, and family secrets in this searing novel by New York Times bestseller Denene Millner.

Raised by her beloved grandmother in... Read more

The Water Outlaws

By: S. L. Huang

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 19 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training the Emperor's soldiers in sword and truncheon, battle axe and spear, lance and crossbow. Unlike bolder friends who flirt with challenging the unequal hierarchies and values of Imperial society, she believes in keeping her head down and doing her job. But then a powerful man with a vendetta rips... Read more

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

By: Wole Talabi

Narrated by: Ben Arogundade

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning, Nebula-nominated Nigerian author

A mythic tale of disgruntled gods, revenge, and a heist across two worlds, perfect for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Neil Gaiman, Marlon James, and Karen LordShigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering prayers of... Read more

Shadow Drive

By: Nolan Cubero

Narrated by: Bernardo de Paula

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this thrilling debut from award-winning filmmaker Nolan Cubero, a young father must investigate his mysterious new tenant and discover what secrets she’s hiding—while trying to keep his own.Landlord Gabriel Angueira is trying to put his life back together. His teenage daughter, Megan, was seriously injured in a car accident caused by her own... Read more

The Surviving Sky

By: Kritika H. Rao

Narrated by: Sharmila Devar & Pranshu Mishra

Length: 18 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few.

If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below.

Charismatic... Read more

Nightbloom

By: Peace Adzo Medie

Narrated by: Jessica Sarkodie, Ekua Ekumah & Sarah Dorgbadzi

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Reese's Book Club Pick His Only Wife, this moving novel about the unbreakable power of female friendship follows two estranged women in Ghana who reconnect in a crisis.

When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable. Selasi was exuberant and funny, Akorfa quiet and... Read more

The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

Narrated by: Priya Ayyar

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Shireen Malik is still reeling from the breakup with her ex-girlfriend, Chris, when she receives news that she’s been accepted as a contestant on a new televised baking competition show. This is Shireen’s dream come true! Winning will not only mean prize money, but it will also bring some much-needed attention to You Drive Me Glazy, her parents’... Read more

Hurt You

By: Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Narrated by: Jolene Kim

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

With echoes of Marieke Nijkamp and Jason Reynolds, acclaimed author Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s stunning YA homage to Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells the tragic story of a Korean American teen who fights to protect herself and her neurodivergent older brother from a hostile community.Moving beyond the quasi-fraternal bond of the unforgettable George... Read more

Ellie Engle Saves Herself

By: Leah Johnson

Narrated by: Rocky Anicette

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning YA author Leah Johnson comes her middle grade debut: a laugh-until-you-cry, cry-until-you-laugh story about friendship, change, and the power we have to love ourselves. Ellie Engle doesn't stand out. Not at home, where she's alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to work around the clock . Not at the... Read more