BIPOC Authors

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

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

Race and Education

By: Kalwant Bhopal

Narrated by: Kalwant Bhopal

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Why is our education system unequal?
How does race play a part?
Is Britain still institutionally racist?

Education remains the greatest indicator of life chances in Britain. What we study, where we study, and how long for shape all aspects of our lives. Our careers, our long-term health, our wealth and security are all... Read more

Promise Kept

By: K’wan

Narrated by: Honey Jones

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In this stunning sequel to Promise Broken, K’wan spins a pulse-pounding story about surviving, thriving, and the consequences of love.Promise and her best friend Mouse have fled Newark and are hiding out in New York City, wanted by the police—and the streets—for the death of B-Stone, leader of the Bloods. In the city, Promise has found work as a... Read more

How We Named the Stars

By: Andrés N. Ordorica

Narrated by: Christian Barillas

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family’s hopes and dreams—and the burden of sharing his late uncle’s name. Daniel flounders at first, but then Sam, his roommate, changes everything. As their relationship evolves from brotherly banter to something more intimate,... Read more

A Year of Last Things

By: Michael Ondaatje

Narrated by: Michael Ondaatje

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most influential writers of his generation, a gorgeously surprising poetry collection about memory, history, and the act of looking back

Following several of his internationally acclaimed novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje’s long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes witty, sometimes moving, and... Read more

In a Not So Perfect World

By: Neely Tubati-Alexander

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“Tubati Alexander is a writer to watch!” —Emily GiffinOne of Good Morning America's 15 books to read heading into spring and a SheReads and Zibby Mag Most Anticipated Book of the YearThe author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a... Read more

Spirit of the Century

By: The Blind Boys of Alabama

Narrated by: Phil Morris

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues. The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel vocal group, and the longest-running musical institution in America. Their story intersects with pivotal... Read more

Jaded

By: Ela Lee

Narrated by: Rosa Escoda

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A young lawyer wakes up in the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what exactly happened—and how much she’s willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder—in this “smart, compulsively readable novel” (The New York Times).

Jade isn’t even my real name. Jade... Read more

Where Rivers Part

By: Kao Kalia Yang

Narrated by: Pamela Xiong & Kao Kalia Yang

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful memoir about a Hmong family’s epic journey to safety is a profound “testament to the miraculous strength of women and the indomitable resolve of the human spirit” (Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans).

Born in 1961 in war-torn Laos, Tswb’s childhood was marked by the violence of America’s Secret War and the... Read more

Black Women Always

By: Kevin Morosky

Narrated by: Kevin Morosky, Loreece Harrison & Jay Lafayette...

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A defining manual on using creativity as a tool for empowerment and allowing your personal identity to live in and guide all parts of your life, Kevin Morosky shares stories and inspiration from the women who have most influenced his creative path and explores the ways we can pursue success by implementing their wisdom in all aspects... Read more

Pride and Joy

By: Louisa Onomé

Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for “fans of dark, laugh-out-loud family dramas” (Bust magazine), this is a heartwarming and hilarious novel about three generations of a Nigerian Canadian family grappling with their matriarch’s sudden passing while their auntie insists that her sister is coming back.

Joy Okafor is overwhelmed. Recently divorced, a life coach whose phone... Read more

Upcountry

By: Chin-Sun Lee

Narrated by: Michelle H. Lee

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Claire Pedersen and her husband are relocating from NYC to the Catskills—they have found a terrific deal on a property in foreclosure. The house has been in April Ives’s family for three generations, but the single mother of three children from two different fathers needs the money. Claire and April are instantly antagonistic, but the sale... Read more

Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

Narrated by: Nikki Massoud & Elena Rey

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance.

"The heartache and longing of witnessing a beloved character pine hopelessly over her best friend has never brought me this much unadulterated joy." –National Book Award Finalist Sonora Reyes, author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School

Over the... Read more

The Other Fab Four

By: Mary McGlory & Sylvia Saunders

Narrated by: Sylvia Wiggins & Mary McGlory

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Sheila Weller’s Girls Like Us comes a fiercely feminist, heartwarming story of friendship and music about The Liverbirds, Britain’s first all-female rock group.

The idea for Britain’s first female rock band, The Liverbirds, started one evening in 1962, when Mary McGlory, then age 16, saw The Beatles play live at The Cavern Club in... Read more

Black Wolf

By: Juan Gómez-Jurado

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

"Scott Brick narrates this addictive audiobook, which blends dark humor and thrills.... The characters' emotional lives are explored in depth, and Brick's narration builds a connection between the listener and the characters." —AudioFile on Red Queen

International bestselling sensation Antonia Scott, along with Jon Gutierrez, return in the much... Read more

Jumpnauts

By: Hao Jingfang

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Hugo Award­–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in which three unlikely allies attempt a desperate mission of first contact with a mysterious alien race before more militaristic minds can take matters into their own hands.

In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the... Read more

Elevate and Dominate

By: Deion Sanders

Narrated by: Deion Sanders

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times Bestseller

Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders is one of the greatest motivators and inspirational leaders of all time—on the field, in business, with family, and in his community. Now, he delivers the ultimate playbook of inspiring personal stories, winning strategies, and the motivation required to help us “elevate and dominate”... Read more

The Moon That Turns You Back

By: Hala Alyan

Narrated by: Hala Alyan

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that traces the fragmentation of memory, archive, and family–past, present, future–in the face of displacement and war. A diaspora of memories runs through this poetry collection—a multiplicity of voices, bodies, and houses hold archival material for one... Read more

The Breakup Vacation

By: Anna Gracia

Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s the summer before senior year of college, and Grace is about to make the worst decision of her life in this “sexy, sun-drenched cocktail of chaotic good fun and heartfelt hilarity” (Sarah Kuhn, author of the Heroine Complex series) that captures the messiness of your early twenties, while highlighting the necessity of girlfriends at any—and... Read more

Thunder Song

By: Sasha LaPointe

Narrated by: Sasha LaPointe

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, Sasha taq?š?blu LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and... Read more

Say Hello to My Little Friend

By: Jennine Capó Crucet

Narrated by: Krizia Bajos

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Scarface meets Moby Dick in Say Hello to My Little Friend—“a masterclass in pace and precision…brilliant” (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, National Book Award Finalist of Chain Gang All Stars) about a young man’s attempt to capitalize on his mother’s murky legacy—a story steeped in Miami’s marvelous and sinister magic.

Failed Pitbull impersonator... Read more

The Model Black

By: Barbara Banda

Narrated by: Patricia Grant

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is for anyone who wants to understand what being more inclusive at work means, especially as it relates to black leaders. Based on candid interviews with thirty successful black leaders, it peels away the multifaceted layers of black British leaders in organizations to offer a new way of thinking about the black British experience.



This... Read more

36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem

By: Nam Le

Narrated by: Nam Le

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

An explosive, devastating debut book of poetry from the acclaimed author of The Boat

In his first international release since the award-winning, best-selling The Boat, Nam Le delivers a shot across the bow with a book-length poem that honors every convention of diasporic literature—in a virtuosic array of forms and registers—before shattering the... Read more