BIPOC Authors

Mr Kato Plays Family

By: Milena Michiko Flašar

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"Tokyo-born-and-raised multilingual Nishii makes an ideal cipher for the recently retired Mr Katō..."- Booklist

Milena Michiko Flašar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You.

Mr Katō—a curmudgeon and recent retiree—finds his only solace during his daily... Read more

Sixty-One

By: Chris Paul

Narrated by: Chris Paul

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Paul, "The Point God," a member of the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team and current point guard for the Phoenix Suns, narrates this compelling memoir. Deeply affected by the untimely death of his grandfather, Nathaniel "PaPa Chili" Jones, Paul recounts the inspiration and influence PaPa Chili continues to play in his life and career.

A powerful... Read more

An Echo in the City

By: K. X. Song

Narrated by: Christina Ho & Ewan Chung

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Two star-crossed teenagers fall in love during the Hong Kong protests in this searing contemporary novel about coming-of-age in a time of change.
 
Sixteen-year-old Phoenix knows her parents have invested thousands of dollars to help her leave Hong Kong and get an elite Ivy League education. They think America means big status, big dreams, and... Read more

Much Ado About Nada

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

Narrated by: Farah Kidwai

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion...
 
Nada Syed is stuck. On the cusp of thirty, she’s still living at home with her brothers and parents in the Golden Crescent neighbourhood of Toronto, resolutely ignoring her mother’s unsubtle pleas to get married already. While Nada has a good job as an engineer, it’s a... Read more

The Braid Girls

By: Sherri Winston

Narrated by: Erin Ruth Walker, Tyla Collier & Jade Wheeler

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Maggie's world is turned upside down when she learns that her father, whom she admires, has a second daughter, Callie, whom no one knew existed. But she won't let a new family member get in the way of her summer plans with her best friend, Daija. They're determined to make tons of money braiding hair for kids around the neighborhood. Daija's... Read more

Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

Narrated by: Parmida Vand

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed.

Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make... Read more

A Quitter's Paradise

By: Elysha Chang

Narrated by: Angela Lin

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In A Quitter’s Paradise, the darkly humorous debut by bold, new voice Elysha Chang, a young woman does everything she can to ignore her mother’s death, even as unearthed family secrets become increasingly inextricable from her own. Eleanor is doing just fine. Yes, she’s hiding things from her husband. Sure, she quit her PhD program and is now... Read more

Notalus

By: A.E. Via

Narrated by: Troy Duran

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Patrons of the Autumn Realm, All Hail, Notalus Cavalerie! The last of the Horsemen and Harbingers of Justice. The Overseer of the Harvest and Creator of New Life. He is the Titan of Tir an Fhomhair and Lord of the South Wind.



After two thousand years of providing peace for his people, Notalus was ready to pass on his kingdom to his heir and live... Read more

An International Affair

By: Iris Bolling

Narrated by: Winston James

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

What happens when dysfunctional families meet the Lassiters? They all learn the meaning of love . . . love is kind, love is patience, and love . . . lasts for a lifetime.



The Lassiter siblings have been blessed with an internal detector identified as the love gene. Now that they have found love, one obstacle after another is threatening their... Read more

African American Magick

By: Stephanie Rose Bird

Narrated by: Sanya Simmons

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

African American Magick infuses ancient techniques, rituals, and methods from around the world to use each season's inherent energies to supplement the health and well-being of body, mind, and soul.



The changing of the seasons can feel magical—greens changing to browns and golds, snow melting to show fresh buds. We all recognize these telltale... Read more

The Nameless Restaurant

By: Tao Wong

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

There is a restaurant in Toronto. Its entrance is announced only by a simple unadorned wooden door, varnished to a beautiful shine but without paint, hidden beside dumpsters and a fire escape. There is no sign, no indication of what lies behind the door. If you do manage to find the restaurant, the décor is dated and worn—homey, if one were to... Read more

The Light at the End of the World

By: Siddhartha Deb

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan & Neil Shah

Length: 17 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Delhi, the near future: Bibi, a low-ranking employee of a global consulting firm, is tasked with finding a man long thought to be dead but who now appears to be the source of a vast collection of documents. The trove purports to reveal the secrets of the Indian government, including
detention centers, mutated creatures, engineered viruses,... Read more

Girls Like Girls

By: Hayley Kiyoko

Narrated by: Brandon Flynn, Hayley Kiyoko, Katie Gavin, Mali...

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by an all-queer cast: the author, Hayley Kiyoko; Natalie Naudus; Malia Pyles; Katie Gavin; and Brandon Flynn.

"This quaint performance by a five-narrator ensemble will tug at the heartstrings."- AudioFile

Trailblazing pop star, actor and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age romance based on her... Read more

The Astromancer

By: Witi Ihimaera

Narrated by: Witi Ihimaera

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn’t want to be told what to do. But these are dangerous times, and Ruatapu the Ravenous... Read more

Murder Under a Red Moon

By: Harini Nagendra

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murthy uncovering a new murder during the blood moon eclipse.



When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime to please her domineering mother-in-law—during the blood moon eclipse, no less—she doesn't expect, once again, to... Read more

CROWNED

By: Kahran Bethencourt & Regis Bethencourt

Narrated by: Dion Graham & Mychal-Bella Bowman

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrators Dion Graham and Mychal-Bella Bowman's grand and lively performances will have young listeners eager to hear every story in this vibrant collection of African and African-American-inspired tales."—AudioFile

From the New York Times bestselling authors of GLORY, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt of CreativeSoul Photography, comes CROWNED, a... Read more

Dirty Wars

By: Kenya Wright

Narrated by: Lacy Laurel & Tristan Josiah

Length: 24 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

As Kazimir and Emily battle a great war in Italy, dark secrets rise that could either shatter this couple or strengthen their bond even more. This dark, high-octane installment will take you on an emotional rollercoaster ride of deadly twists and psychological turns. Read more

Hard Dough Homicide

By: Olivia Matthews

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Spice Isle Bakery owner Lyndsay Murray is always looking for new ways to grow her family’s business. But she already regrets agreeing to host the retirement dinner for local high-school principal Emily Smith. The tyrant used to be her mother's boss, and they did not get along. Six guests arrive for the celebration, but only five survive. Emily... Read more

Now I Become Myself

By: Ken Shigematsu

Narrated by: Ken Shigematsu

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Becoming who you were before the world told you who you had to be.You're not alone when it comes to experiencing shame or fear of not being enough. Shame isn't felt only by those who have gone through failure or trauma or been told they'll never amount to anything. Many people—even those who are considered successful—struggle... Read more

The Anxiety Opportunity

By: Curtis Chang

Narrated by: Curtis Chang

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What if instead of battling anxiety, you saw your worries as a doorway to spiritual transformation? Challenging the assumption that anxiety is the enemy, theologian, popular podcaster, and fellow sufferer of chronic anxiety Curtis Chang gives you a different framework for approaching fears. You will discover profound new ways of relating to... Read more

We Don't Swim Here

By: Vincent Tirado

Narrated by: iiKane

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

She is the reason no one goes in the water. And she will make them pay. A chilling new novel for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson, Lamar Giles, and Ryan Douglass.



Bronwyn is only supposed to be in rural Hillwoods for a year. Her grandmother is in hospice, and her father needs to get her affairs in order. And they're all meant to make some final... Read more

The Rachel Experiment

By: Lisa Lin

Narrated by: Kat Riley

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

As a financial analyst, Rachel Bai is more comfortable with numbers than people. When her boss promotes her to head a team in San Francisco, his message is clear—she has one year to build a successful team and become an effective leader. Rachel sets out to discover how to be more comfortable interacting with people, but a drunken night meant for... Read more

The Art of Overcoming

By: Tim Timberlake

Narrated by: Tim Timberlake

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Life is full of everyday setbacks. In The Art of Overcoming, you will learn how to process these moments and triumphantly move beyond them. The Art of Overcoming explores how we deal with loss, grief, and hurt, and challenges readers to keep what looks like endings from discouraging or derailing us. The pain we experience is... Read more

A Burning House

By: Brandon Washington

Narrated by: Charles Ray & Rick N. Jones

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.—increasingly concerned by America's moral vision, admitted—"I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."In A Burning House, Brandon Washington contends that American Evangelicalism is a house ablaze: burning... Read more