BIPOC Authors

Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City

By: Jane Wong

Narrated by: Jane Wong

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An Audible Best Memoir Audiobook of 2023An incandescent, exquisitely written memoir about family, food, girlhood, resistance, and growing up in a Chinese American restaurant on the Jersey shore.In the late 1980s on the Jersey shore, Jane Wong watches her mother shake ants from an MSG bin behind the family’s Chinese restaurant. She is a hungry... Read more

Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success

By: Jessica Parra

Narrated by: Karla Serrato

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Graduation is only a few months away, and Rubi Ramos’s “recipe for success” to get into prestigious Alma University is already off track. When Alma waitlists Rubi’s application, Rubi will need to be distraction-free to make the grade and keep her parents—who have wanted this for her for years—from finding out. And that means falling for her cute... Read more

Gentleman of Jazz

By: Ramsey Lewis & Aaron Cohen

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This immersive new autobiography provides insight into the early life and illustrious career of the late great Ramsey Lewis, one of the most popular jazz pianists of all time.Beginning with his childhood growing up in Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood, Ramsey Lewis recounts his memories of the music in his parents’ church and his early piano... Read more

At the Frontier of God's Empire

By: Ji Li

Narrated by: Kathleen Li

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

To a lively cast of international players that shaped Manchuria during the early twentieth century, At the Frontier of God's Empire adds the remarkable story of Alfred Marie Caubrière (1876–1948). A French Catholic missionary, Caubrière arrived in Manchuria on the eve of the Boxer Uprising in 1899 and was murdered on the eve of the birth of the... Read more

Night Vision

By: Mariana Alessandri

Narrated by: Gisela Chípe

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Gisela Chípe shares a philosopher’s personal meditation on how painful emotions can reveal truths about what it means to be truly human

Under the light of ancient Western philosophies, our darker moods like grief, anguish, and depression can seem irrational. When viewed through the lens of modern psychology, they can... Read more

Grandma's Tipi

By: S. D. Nelson

Narrated by: Jashaun St. John

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Now that Clara is almost in third grade, she’s finally old enough to spend her first summer away from home visiting her grandma, Unci, and her cousin at their home in Standing Rock Reservation. To welcome her visit, Uncle Louie brings an extra-special surprise in his pickup truck: the tipi that’s been passed down through their family for... Read more

A Shadow Crown

By: Melissa Blair

Narrated by: Kyla Garcia

Length: 14 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The highly anticipated second installment of the new adult fantasy saga that took BookTok by storm picks up where A Broken Blade left off.To the kingdom, Keera is the king’s Blade, his most feared and trusted spy and assassin. But in the shadows, she works with Prince Killian and his Shadow—the dark, brooding Fae, Riven, who sets her blood on... Read more

Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Fajer Al-Kaisi & Iman Nazemzadeh

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Stonewall Book Award Winner * A Best Book of the Year from the Guardian, ALA Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPage From the award–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay. 2019. Moud is... Read more

Mixed

By: Eli Bonilla Jr.

Narrated by: Eli Bonilla Jr. & Tom Parks

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Many of us feel like we don't belong or are out of touch with our true identity. Discover how you can gain a stronger sense of who God made you to be and step confidently into every relationship, fully owning your unique distinctions and celebrating the differences of others.Group dynamics can be based on the simplest forms of... Read more

The Vibes You Feel

By: Kierra Sheard-Kelly

Narrated by: Kierra Sheard-Kelly

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

Read by the author.This inspiring book for teens and young women explores what it means to listen to God’s voice, better understand the “vibes” and intuition the Spirit uses as guidance, and live a life that proclaims your heavenly truth. Filled with personal lessons from author and Grammy-nominated artist Kierra “Kiki” Sheard-Kelly and... Read more

Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice

By: Annika Sharma

Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

When Payal Mehra's detached parents insist she marry fellow Londoner and serial dater Ayaan Malhotra in order to save their own company, she has a choice: get disowned from the luxurious life they've funded and put her dreams on hold while she works a soul-sucking day job...or get engaged to save her family's fortune and maybe rescue her own... Read more

A History of Burning

By: Janika Oza

Narrated by: Lipica Shah & KP Upadhyayula

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This epic, sweeping historical novel full of "wondrous complexity” spans continents and a century, and reveals how one act of survival can reverberate through generations (Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin). ​

In 1898, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor for the British on the East African... Read more

Laws of Wrath

By: Eriq La Salle

Narrated by: Eriq La Salle

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

There are those who fight the devil within them. And those who worship it.

The butchered body of a cross-dresser is found in a dumpster in Chinatown, New York. Nothing out of the ordinary for the NYPD, except, this time, the victim is Detective Phee Freeman’s brother. At first the slaying looks like the random act of a vicious killer, but when it... Read more

Jana Goes Wild

By: Farah Heron

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The highly acclaimed author of Accidentally Engaged delivers a delightful rom-com of one woman trying to shed her perfect image at a destination wedding with hilarious—and moving—results, perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez and Jasmine Guillory.

Jana Suleiman has never really fit in—everyone always sees her as too aloof, too cool, too perfect. The... Read more

The Mill House Murders

By: Yukito Ayatsuji

Narrated by: David Shih

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A hugely enjoyable classic Japanese mystery with an ingenious conclusion from the author of The Decagon House Murders, translated into English for the first time



Don't miss this beautifully constructed, highly entertaining and atmospheric murder mystery—its propulsive plot makes for a compelling listen.



As they do every year, a small group of... Read more

Joy is My Justice

By: Tanmeet Sethi

Narrated by: Tanmeet Sethi

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Reclaim your joy and personal power and find healing in this radical guide to powerful stories and meditations rooted in neuroscience.Your pain is not fair or just. You are not broken because you feel it deeply. Yet every footstep you take toward Joy, even while still living with fear or rage, is a radical act of Justice that defies the... Read more

Ordinary Notes

By: Christina Sharpe

Narrated by: Christina Sharpe

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

The critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya Hartman).

A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about... Read more

That Self-Same Metal

By: Brittany N. Williams

Narrated by: Patricia Allison

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning YA fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Holly Black and Justina Ireland, about a Black girl (and sword expert) fighting a Fae uprising in Shakespearean London.
Sixteen-year-old Joan Sands is a gifted craftswoman who creates and upkeeps the stage blades for William Shakespeare’s acting company, The King’s Men. Joan’s skill with her blades... Read more

It All Adds Up

By: Devon Kennard

Narrated by: Devon Kennard

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Gain access to the ultimate playbook to help you win at your financial game.Money is a game of survival, and you can’t get ahead with the outdated playbook of the American Dream. Don’t let rising debt, stagnant wages, and increased inflation make it impossible to create financial stability. Create investment opportunities to... Read more

Monsters in Love

By: Resmaa Menakem MSW LICSW SEP

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A gritty, down-to-earth guide for real-life couples



Conflict is a natural part of any intimate relationship. Yet most couples either avoid it or try to smooth over their differences. This often results in at least one partner compromising their integrity—and stunting their own growth.



Monsters in Love challenges the idea that conflict between... Read more

The Swiss Nurse

By: Mario Escobar

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to aid children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Now, her work has led her to France, where she’s determined to provide expectant mothers and... Read more

"You Should Be Grateful"

By: Angela Tucker

Narrated by: Angela Tucker

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures

“Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should be grateful that you were adopted.”

Angela Tucker is a Black woman, adopted from foster care by white parents. She has heard this... Read more

The Bone Shard War

By: Andrea Stewart

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Feodor Chin & Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 19 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of The Bone Shard Daughter comes the final book in the Drowning Empire series, as the fate of Lin Sukai—and her family’s dynasty—lay in her hands in this action-packed, magic-laced epic fantasy.

Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance – and Lin is dangerously short... Read more

My Powerful Hair

By: Carole Lindstrom

Narrated by: Jennifer Bobiwash

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Our ancestors say our hair is our memories, our source of strength and power, a celebration of our lives. Mom never had long hair—she was told it was too wild. Grandma couldn’t have long hair—hers was taken from her. But one young girl can’t wait to grow her hair long: for herself, for her family, for her connection to her culture and the Earth,... Read more