BIPOC Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.
Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, MacLeod Andrews, Alma Cue...
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢Ā NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ā¢ The PulitzerĀ Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There ("Pure soaring beauty."The New York Times Book Review) delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending his constellation of... Read more
View audiobookMartyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
Narrated by: Arian Moayed
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢Ā NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ā¢Ā A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on aĀ remarkableĀ searchĀ for a family secretĀ that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn... Read more
View audiobookDaughter of the Moon Goddess
By: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 15 hours
Abridged: No
The acclaimed national and international bestsellerāEpic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.āāStephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval seriesāAn all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense.""āBookPage, starred reviewA captivating and romantic debut... Read more
View audiobookThe Spear Cuts Through Water
By: Simon Jimenez
Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
Length: 17 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.
āA beguiling fantasy not to be missed.āāEvelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crownās Game
WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD ā¢ WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD ā¢... Read more
How Far the Light Reaches
By: Sabrina Imbler
Narrated by: Sabrina Imbler
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
AĀ fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live (Ed Yong, author of An Immense World). A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation... Read more
View audiobookNever Whistle at Night
By: Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Narrated by: Erin Tripp, Elle-MƔijƔ Tailfeathers, Joelle Pet...
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY ā¢ BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY ā¢ LOCUS AWARD FINALIST
A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: āAre you ready to be un-settled?ā
āNever failed to surprise, delight, and shock.ā āNick Cutter,... Read more
The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
Narrated by: Yangsze Choo
Length: 14 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
"Choo narrates the book herself with a grace of voice and manner that is rare in authors. Further, she delivers Chinese names and phrases with the intonation of a native speaker, lending another level of authenticity to this odd and wonderful tale."āThe Washington Post
"Yangsze Choo again takes on narration... Read more
The Trees
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone
Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance... Read more
The Cartographers
By: Peng Shepherd
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, Karen Chilton, Ron ...
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
From the critically acclaimed author ofĀ The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased fatherās belongings holds an incredible, deadly secretāone that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her familyās dark history.Ā What is the purpose of a map?Ā Nell... Read more
View audiobookAn Immense World
By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Ed Yong
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢Ā A āthrillingā (The New York Times), ādazzlingā (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prizeāwinning science journalist Ed Yong
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āOne of this yearās finest works of narrative... Read more
The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henriquez
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick! A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored thereIt is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers... Read more
View audiobookOlga Dies Dreaming
By: Xochitl Gonzalez
Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Armando Riesco & InƩs del Castillo
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
"All three narrators are Puerto Ricanāborn and deliver the Spanish passages with musical grace, thereby enhancing an already fine novel." āThe Washington Post
āThe narratorsā accents and code-shifting create a vibrant auditory experience. In particular, Guerraās luscious voice conveys Olgaās transformation from fighter to a compassionate woman as... Read more
The Light We Carry
By: Michelle Obama
Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
2024 GrammyĀ® Award Winner ā¢ #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERĀ ā¢Ā In an inspiring follow-up to herĀ acclaimedĀ memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in todayās highly uncertain world.
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There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to lifeās big... Read more
So Let Them Burn
By: Kamilah Cole
Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Kamali Minter
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine whoās forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homelandāperfect for fans ofĀ Iron WidowĀ andĀ The Priory of the Orange Tree.Ā
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Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island... Read more
Counterfeit
By: Kirstin Chen
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKāA con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious readābut beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and... Read more
View audiobookJust a Pinch of Magic
By: Alechia Dow
Narrated by: Renee Dorian & Amber Dekkers
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Wini's family of enchanters runs a little bakery, but with the prices of magical ingredients skyrocketing, they're going under. Desperate to save her family's business, Wini takes a risk by casting a (sort of illegal) spell that would allow them to gather their own supply of their most needed magical ingredient: love. But the spell doesn't work.... Read more
View audiobookGreta & Valdin
By: Rebecca K Reilly
Narrated by: Natalie Beran, Jackson Bliss, Eilidh Beaton, Ni...
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Editorsā Choice ā¢ āA heartfelt portrait of a complex family.ā āPeople ā¢ āLaugh-out-loud-funny.ā āHarperās Bazaar ā¢ āQuintessential rom-com meets the delicious family sprawl of a Russian classic.ā āVanity Fair
An irresistible, āgenerous, [and] tenderā (The New York Times) international bestseller that follows a brother and sister... Read more
Solito
By: Javier Zamora
Narrated by: Javier Zamora
Length: 17 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times Bestseller ā¢ Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today ā¢ Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography ā¢ Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award
A young poet tells the inspiring story of hisĀ migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in thisĀ āgripping... Read more
Fevered Star
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by: Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, N...
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
USA TODAY Bestseller
Return to The Meridian with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorseās sequel to the most critically hailed epic fantasy of 2020 Black Sunāfinalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Lambda, and Locus awards.
There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. āTeek saying
The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun... Read more
Come and Get It
By: Kiley Reid
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 12 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
National Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
An Indie Next Pick
A LibraryReads Pick
From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly... Read more
Our Missing Hearts
By: Celeste Ng
Narrated by: Lucy Liu & Celeste Ng
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant New York Times bestsellerĀ ā¢Ā A New York Times Notable Book ā¢Ā Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and moreĀ ā¢Ā A Reese's Book Club PickĀ ā¢ New York Times Paperback Row Selection
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the... Read more
skin & bones
By: RenƩe Watson
Narrated by: Zenzi Williams
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next
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At 40, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in lifeābetween wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away,... Read more
Hip-Hop Is History
By: Questlove
Narrated by: Questlove
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure. From hearing āRapperās Delightā for the first time in 1979 to directing and producing the 50th Anniversary... Read more
View audiobookMaster Slave Husband Wife
By: Ilyon Woo
Narrated by: Janina Edwards & Leon Nixon
Length: 12 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography
āA rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant, exploiting assumptions about race, class, and disability to hide in public on their journey to the North, where they... Read more
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