BIPOC Authors

It Happened to Anna

By: Tehlor Kay Mejia

Narrated by: Sara Matsui-Colby

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This spine-tingling ghost story follows a tween girl who’s being literally haunted by loneliness until a new friendship upends her life. From the bestselling author of the Paola Santiago series!

"Absolutely haunting!"—Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author of Mine

Sadie Rivera has been haunted all her life by a vengeful ghost—a ghost... Read more

Project Mercury

By: Ronald L. Smith

Narrated by: Nile Bullock

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Ike Pressure is an Army brat.Which, if you ask him, is not an insult.His mom’s new job is in Mercury, Nevada, on a secretive military base close to Area 51. What’s more, his childhood friend, Eesha Webb, and her family are about to move there too.Spoiler alert: Ike and Eesha aren’t really best buds, even though their parents think so. They used... Read more

The Empire Wars

By: Akana Phenix

Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky & January LaVoy

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A Kobo Best Young Adult Book for August!“An exciting new voice in YA, Akana Phenix has written a gripping tale of resilience and courage that powerfully echoes the realities of conflict and injustice. The Empire Wars will resonate with young readers long after they turn the final page.”—Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling authorThe... Read more

Five-Star Stranger

By: Kat Tang

Narrated by: Julian Cihi

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

An exciting and “inventive” (HuffPost) debut novel about a top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app—a place where users can hire a pretend fiancé, a wingman, or companion of any kind—who finds out who he is by being anyone but himself.

Would you hire someone to be the best man at your wedding? Your stand-in brother? The father to your child?

In... Read more

The Offer

By: T.M. Richardson

Narrated by: Lacy Laurel

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

One Fateful Night. Two Prince Charmings. Alisa hasn’t had the best of luck. Her dream of expanding her salon into a franchise has stalled. Her dating life is non-existent. She spends her nights with wine, takeout, and thriller marathons. Looking to spice up her life, she heads back to the one place she knows will satisfy her desires. Little does... Read more

I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki

By: Baek Sehee

Narrated by: Jully Lee

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee, read by Jully Lee.

The sequel to the internationally bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by National Book Award finalist Anton Hur.

Whenever depression or emptiness came calling, I was all too eager to open the door of self-pity and go right inside.... Read more

Dream Hunters

By: Nazima Pathan

Narrated by: Nikki Patel

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in a fantasy, reimagined India where dreams can be captured and bottled, young Mimi Malou must go on a quest to save the king and rescue her parents. A gorgeous adventure dripping in magic from debut author Nazima Pathan, perfect for fans of Starfell, The Hatmakers and The Kingdom Over the Sea.

In the Citadel, we hunt. Dreams are our prey. If... Read more

No Funeral for Nazia

By: Taha Kehar

Narrated by: Shaheen Khan

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A witty and theatrical South Asian mystery novel set over the course of one single electrifying night, exploring the unfinished business death leaves in its wake.



Nazia Sami is a celebrated author, but perhaps her greatest plot twist is yet to be produced. In her final days, she wields a pen one last time as she fills her diary with instructions... Read more

Passion

By: Monica Walters

Narrated by: Benjamin Charles & Reina Mystique

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

passion /?pa-sh?n/: a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept Giselle King refuses to wait for time to pass her by without obtaining everything she desires. After fulfilling her goal of becoming a dental hygienist and having financial stability, she knows she’s ready for a family. Years of dating proved to be... Read more

Merc

By: B. Love

Narrated by: Winston James & Lacy Laurel

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

For a man like Merc, his reputation has always preceded him. Known for his allegiance to the criminal underworld as a protector, the gangster only shows love to his family… and his son and the woman who birthed him are at the top of that list. When Merc decides to take one last job before retiring, he doesn’t think it will include protecting a... Read more

One Eighty

By: Charity Shane

Narrated by: Chance Smolders & Wesleigh Siobhan

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Two people…
Two different objectives…
One ultimate goal… Gideon “Gee” Powers has one hundred and eighty days to secure his rightful place as head of the family. Rhian Barnes has one hundred and eighty days to complete a bucket list.
One night in Sin City blurs the lines and two become one. Read more

They Dream in Gold

By: Mai Sennaar

Narrated by: Julia Kwamya

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

When Bonnie and Mansour meet in New York in 1968?his piercing gaze in a downtown jazz club threatening to carry her away?their connection is undeniable. Both from fractured homes, with childhoods spent crossing the Atlantic, they quickly find peace with each other. And as Mansour’s soaring Senegalese melodies continue to break new ground,... Read more

Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

By: Damilare Kuku

Narrated by: Weruche Opia

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A “wise, funny, irresistible” (Shelf Awareness) debut novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts, from the author of the internationally bestselling story collection Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad. In Nigerian families, none of your business is private. Not even if it's about your bumbum.Freshly out of Obafemi... Read more

The Bookshop Sisterhood

By: Michelle Lindo-Rice

Narrated by: Ariel Blake

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“A book that will stay with the reader long after the last page. Absolutely brilliant.” —Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author

“This drama-packed page turner will warm your heart!” —Eliza Knight, USA Today bestselling author of The Mayfair Bookshop

When life rewrites the story, only friendship will see them through.

After years of hard... Read more

This Is My Story; This Is My Song

By: Dr. Willie H. Clemons

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Willie H. Clemons's inspiring book, This Is My Story: This Is My Song: One Man's Journey To Turning Oppositions Into Opportunities And Fulfilling His Unique Gifts, shares his personal experiences and insights on growing up in Alabama. Along the way, the author weaves a beautiful and inspiring story of his journey to fulfilling his childhood... Read more

Inheritance

By: Darrell Dennis, Daniel Arnold & Medina Hahn

Narrated by: Darrell Dennis, Daniel Arnold, Medina Hahn & Mi...

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Three people – Indigenous, immigrant, and settler – journey over dangerous terrain in a race against time, and each other, to gain control of a vast parcel of land. YOU decide how events unfold, ultimately determining how the land is stewarded, and by whom.
 
An urban couple are on a getaway to visit her father at his vast rural estate. But when... Read more

One Big Open Sky

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Narrated by: Crystal Clarke, Janina Edwards & Emana Rachelle

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they have—in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement. 1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars, but her body is on a covered wagon heading westward. Her... Read more

Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Reckoning of Roku

By: Randy Ribay

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From National Book Award finalist Randy Ribay comes a gripping new chapter—starring Avatar Roku—in the New York Times bestselling Chronicles of the Avatar series, set in the world of Avatar: the Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.A young Avatar Roku has only just commenced his training at the Southern Air Temple when his erstwhile friend,... Read more

The First

By: Kipjo Ewers

Narrated by: Tyla Collier

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

After spending four years on death row for the brutal murder of her husband, Sophia Dennison takes her final walk in the Mountain View Facility in Gatesville and is put to death by lethal injection at 12:00 a.m. Several hours after Sophia's execution, FBI agent Mark Armitage is called to investigate a serious disturbance at the prison. Upon... Read more

Rifts and Refrains

By: Tiye & Keisha Mennefee

Narrated by: Benjamin Charles & IiKane

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dreamscape First: Enjoy exclusive audiobooks from Dreamscape Media—before they're available in any other format. Music
Born and raised in Atlanta by a father who blames the family rift on music, Amara Johnson’s talent for guitar and passion for poetry have always been just that: talent and passion that she channels into her work as a music... Read more

Loving Me After We

By: Ginger Dean

Narrated by: Ginger Dean

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

For fans of How to Do the Work by Dr. Nicole LePera and The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban, Loving Me After We is the audiobook that will teach you how to love yourself after you've lost yourself in a toxic relationship, and embody confidence, emotional security, and self-love.

A breakup can feel like the... Read more

¡Vamos! Let's Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos

By: Raúl The Third

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A Junior Library Guild Selection From New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award–winning author-illustrator Raúl the Third, ¡Vamos! Let’s Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos follows Little Lobo and friends on a Halloween and Día de los Muertos adventure in the first World of ¡Vamos! holiday book! Little Lobo is celebrating... Read more

Boo Can't Poo

By: Xiao Jing "Iris" Wang, M.D.

Narrated by: Andrea Emmes

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready to giggle with Boo Can't Poo, the hilarious board book sure to get your little ones laughing and pooping! Join Boo the constipated ghost on his quest to get his bowels moving with the help of his ghostly family. With silly rhymes and cute illustrations, this book is perfect for reading aloud and sharing some laughs whenever... Read more

Unbecoming

By: Seema Yasmin

Narrated by: Reena Dutt & Suehyla El-Attar Young

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Two Muslim teens in Texas fight for access to abortion while one harbors a painful secret in this funny and heartfelt near-future speculative novel perfect for fans of Unpregnant.

In a not-too-distant America, abortions are prosecuted and the right to choose is no longer an option. But best friends Laylah and Noor want to change the world. After... Read more