BIPOC Authors

My Lost Freedom

By: George Takei

Narrated by: George Takei

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II—from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist, and author of the New York Times bestselling graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy.

February 19, 1942. George Takei is four years old when his world changes forever. Two months... Read more

Merciless Saviors

By: H.E. Edgmon

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The stunning conclusion to the Ouroboros series, a contemporary fantasy duology in which a teen, Gem, finds out they’re a reincarnated god from another world.

That day at the First Church of Gracie changed everything for Gem Echols, and not just because Marian and Poppy betrayed them. Forced to use the Ouroboros knife on Zephyr, who had... Read more

Now and Not Yet

By: Ruth Chou Simons

Narrated by: Ruth Chou Simons

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out.Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever struggle with embracing your right now because you are so focused on the future?Too often, we feel disappointed with our "right now"—our life circumstances, our... Read more

Bridge to Bat City

By: Ernest Cline

Narrated by: Felicia Day

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ernest Cline comes a mostly true tall tale about an unexpected friendship between a young girl and a music-loving colony of bats. After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal bonds with Uncle Roscoe over music and befriends a group of... Read more

My Black Country

By: Alice Randall

Narrated by: Alice Randall

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.

Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history:... Read more

The Kiss Countdown

By: Etta Easton

Narrated by: Angel Pean

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is worth a shot at happily-ever-after, in this starry debut.

Risk-averse event planner Amerie Price is jobless, newly single, and about to lose her apartment. With no choice but to gamble on her shaky start-up, the last thing she needed was to run into... Read more

Facing the Unseen

By: Damon Tweedy, M.D.

Narrated by: Damon Tweedy, M.D.

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Man in a White Coat comes a powerful and urgent call to center psychiatry and mental health care into the mainstream of medicine

As much as we all might wish that mental health problems, with their elusive causes and unsettling behaviors, simply did not exist,... Read more

Mind Your Manners

By: Sara Jane Ho

Narrated by: Sara Jane Ho

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Founder of a global etiquette school and star of her own Netflix series Sara Jane Ho teaches readers how to thrive socially in a variety of situations, in person and online. Etiquette, Sara Jane says, is the glue that holds society together. Humans are social creatures, after all—we need connection to survive. But with global cultures in flux... Read more

La princesa y el guerrero

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

Narrated by: Christian Barillas

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Galardonado creador Duncan Tonatiuh da vida a una querida leyenda mexicana ¡Mención de Honor del Premio Pura Belpré al Ilustrador y un Libro Infantil Notable de ALA/ALSC! Itza era la princesa más hermosa de la tierra, y muchos pretendientes viajaban de todas partes para cortejarla. Aun siendo la hija del emperador, Itza no quería casarse con un... Read more

I'll Give You a Reason

By: Annell López

Narrated by: Chanté McCormick & Torian Brackett

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The vibrant stories in I’ll Give You a Reason explore race, identity, connection, and belonging in the Ironbound, an immigrant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. A young widow goes on her first date since her husband’s death and finds herself hunting a bear in the woods with a near stranger. An unhappy wife compares her mother’s love spells and... Read more

Ill-Fated Fortune

By: Jennifer J. Chow

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Felicity Jin grew up literally hanging onto Mom’s apron strings in their magical bakery in the quaint town of Pixie, California. Her mother’s enchanted baked goods, including puffy pineapple buns and creamy egg tarts, bring instant joy to all who consume them. Felicity has always been hesitant in the kitchen herself after many failed attempts,... Read more

Courage and Confidence

By: Nicole O. Salmon

Narrated by: Nicole O. Salmon

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever felt like you're living a subpar version of yourself? Have you given God your yes, but still struggle to step into your full potential? If so, it's time to tap into your God-given potential, embrace your unique identity, and live a purpose-filled life. In Courage and Confidence, Nicole Salmon provides the tools you need to evict... Read more

The Mango Tree

By: Annabelle Tometich

Narrated by: Annabelle Tometich

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This “witty, humorous, and heartfelt“ (Cinelle Barnes) memoir navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle Tometich’s life, from growing up in Florida as the child of and a Filipino mother and a deceased white father to her adult life as a med-school-reject-turned-food-critic.

When journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June... Read more

From Come Over To Come Home

By: Jahquel J.

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith & La'Rey Aris

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Wren Michelle is the top real-estate agent in North Carolina. She resides in Brookwood, an upcoming city in North Carolina filled with young professionals. A single mom by choice, her only concern is her daughter, her career, and trying to successfully co-parent with her first love. She thought she would have been married while raising her child... Read more

Habitations

By: Sheila Sundar

Narrated by: Priya Ayyar

Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A young academic moves from India to the United States, where she navigates first love, a green card marriage, single motherhood, and more in this “delightful novel, written with immediacy, warmth, and wry humor” (Ha Jin, National Book Award­–winning author of Waiting).

Vega Gopalan is adrift. Still reeling from the death of her sister years... Read more

Ash Dark as Night

By: Gary Phillips

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In the follow-up to One-Shot Harry, fearless crime photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram finds himself in the LAPD’s crosshairs after capturing damning evidence of police brutality.

An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink that’s brimming with remarkable historical detail, Ash Dark as Night is perfect for fans of Walter Mosley... Read more

The Stone Home

By: Crystal Hana Kim

Narrated by: Jennifer Sun Bell, Sue Jean Kim, Intae Kim & Gr...

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim’s fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.” —Min Jin LeeA hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center—a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically... Read more

The ManServant Guide to Modern Chivalry

By: Dalal Khajah & Josephine Wai Lin

Narrated by: Emily Tremaine

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A vibrant and feminist rewrite of the rules of chivalry in the spirit of Porn for Women and Men to Avoid in Art and Life.

Tired of bros and do-nothing daddys, sick of misogynistic behavior in the boardroom, and frankly dreading yet another bachelorette party with a stripper, Dalal Khajah and Josephine Wai Lin founded the service company... Read more

Age of Revolutions

By: Fareed Zakaria

Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.

Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the 21st century may... Read more

Claiming Keaton's Sanctuary

By: Sherelle Green

Narrated by: Sean Crisden & Wesleigh Siobhan

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever wonder if revealing your secrets will be the missing piece to finding your soulmate?



KEATON



They say I'm one of the good ones, whatever that means. While most of my family work against the law, I work for it . . . somewhat. Being a Crowne comes with certain responsibilities, but it's hard to shine when people expect you to be brilliant all... Read more

Dead Girls Walking

By: Sami Ellis

Narrated by: Tamika Katon-Donegal

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Temple Baker knows that evil runs in her blood. Her father is the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer known for branding his victims. He was the talk of countless true crime blogs for years. Some say he was possessed by a demon.

Some say they never found all his victims. Some say that even though he’s now behind bars, people are still... Read more

One In The Chamber

By: Robin Peguero

Narrated by: Zion Jang

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

From a former U.S. House spokesman and Senate speechwriter, a group of junior staffers working on Capitol Hill find themselves in the middle of a political standoff in this satirical novel.

Iowa Farm boy Cameron Leann is new to Washington, D.C., joining a group of employees working for a powerful cohort of U.S. Senators known as The Gang of Six.... Read more

Nowhere, Exactly

By: M.G. Vassanji

Narrated by: Raoul Bhaneja

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of Canada's most celebrated writers, two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, comes a thoughtful meditation on what it means to belong in the world.

Home is never a single place, entirely and unequivocally. It is contingent. The abstract "nowhere," then, is the true home.

M.G. Vassanji has been exploring the immigrant experience for... Read more

Maya's Laws of Love

By: Alina Khawaja

Narrated by: Mayuri Bhandari

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"A charming, funny, and unique twist on challenging the laws and traditions that shape us."
—Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Yours Truly

A bride-to-be convinced she’s cursed in romance finds her luck changing—at exactly the wrong time.

Maya Mirza is so convinced she’s unlucky in love that she’s come up with a list of laws to... Read more