BIPOC Authors

Prophesy Deliverance!

By: Cornel West

Narrated by: Kellye A. Saunders, Calvin Robinson & Diontae B...

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In this, his premiere work, Cornel West challenges African Americans to consider the incorporation of Marxism into their theological perspectives, thereby adopting the mindset that it is class more so than race that renders one powerless in America. His work reflects political and cultural perspectives borne out of his own formative life... Read more

Unbounded

By: Maria Thattil

Narrated by: Maria Thattil

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

What would you change in your life if you could silence the voice that tells you: you're not enough, keep quiet, you can't do it, or there is no space for you?

As we grow and move through the world, it shrinks us and puts us in boxes - tells us who we should be, what we're capable of, and who to love.

As a queer child of immigrants, Maria Thattil... Read more

In the Belly of the Congo

By: Blaise Ndala

Narrated by: Christel Mutombo

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

April 1958.

Organizing the Brussels World’s Fair, the biggest international event since the end of the Second World War, subcommissioner Robert Dumont cedes to pressure from the royal palace: there will be a “Congolese village” in one of the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. Among the eleven members
of this “human zoo” assembled to put... Read more

Last Seen in Lapaz

By: Kwei Quartey

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra.

Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old friend of her boss’s asks for help locating his missing daughter. According to her father, Ngozi had a... Read more

My Road from Damascus

By: Jamal Saeed

Narrated by: Pasha Ebrahimi

Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary account of survival in Syria’s most notorious military prisons that is written with “brutal clarity — and yet, there is a poetic quality to the telling.” — Frances Itani, award-winning author of Deafening and Remembering the Bones Jamal Saeed arrived as a refugee in Canada in 2016. In his native Syria, as a young man, his... Read more

Out of the Fire

By: Jennifer Shepard Payne, PhD, LCSW

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

As Black people, we are more likely to face a traumatic experience or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But being Black is about more than the violence that has been perpetrated against us. It also means living a life of dignity and self-worth. We can pull ourselves out of the fire of painful experiences and gain the... Read more

The Piano Tuner

By: Chiang-Sheng Kuo

Narrated by: Fernando Chien

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tune Steinway piano. A journey of self-discovery across time and continents, from a dark apartment in Taipei’s red-light district to snow-clad New York. At the heart of the story is the nameless narrator, the piano tuner. In his forties, he is... Read more

When Broadway Was Black

By: Caseen Gaines

Narrated by: Caseen Gaines

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

If Hamilton, Rent, or West Side Story captured your heart, you’ll love this in-depth look into the rise of the 1921 Broadway hit Shuffle Along, the first all-Black musical to succeed on Broadway.No one was sure if America was ready for a show featuring nuanced, thoughtful portrayals of Black characters―and the potential fallout was terrifying.... Read more

You Are Only Just Beginning

By: Morgan Harper Nichols

Narrated by: Morgan Harper Nichols

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author with eleven audiobook-exclusive bonus poems!Sometimes it's difficult to take that first step into your future and embrace the unknown. This illustrated collection of poetry and essays empowers you to embrace your next adventure with confidence and grace, drawing on invaluable lessons from nature.Popular Instagram poet and... Read more

The Dreamkeepers

By: Gloria Ladson-Billings

Narrated by: Sanya Simmons

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover how to give African American children the education they deserve with this updated new resource

In the newly revised Third Edition of The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, distinguished professor Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings delivers an encouraging exploration of the future of education for African American... Read more

When Trying to Return Home

By: Jennifer Maritza McCauley

Narrated by: Psalm Morant & Andréa Agosto

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Profoundly moving and powerful, the stories in this collection dig deeply into the question of belonging. A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free from her damaging influence during a desperate and disastrous attempt to rescue her brother from foster care. A man, his wife, and his mistress each... Read more

Victory City

By: Salman Rushdie

Narrated by: Sid Sagar

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year • “Victory City is... Read more

The Journey Prize Stories 33

By: David Chariandy

Narrated by: Beau Dixon, Patrice Henry, Colton Royce, Emerja...

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This much-anticipated, game-changing special edition of Canada's premier annual fiction anthology celebrates the country's best emerging Black writers.

For over thirty years, The Journey Prize Stories has consistently introduced readers to the next generation of great Canadian writers. The 33rd edition of Canada's most prestigious annual fiction... Read more

The Black Guy Dies First

By: Robin R. Means Coleman & Mark H. Harris

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising success of Get Out, Candyman, and Lovecraft Country from creators behind the acclaimed documentary, Horror Noire.

The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the... Read more

It's Always Been Ours

By: Jessica Wilson MS, RD

Narrated by: Jessica Wilson MS, RD

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This “necessary book” (Roxanne Gay, New York Times bestselling author, Bad Feminist and Hunger) shares an essential look at the ways in which Black women are left out of conversations about “diet culture,” health, and wellness. In It’s Always Been Ours, eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink the... Read more

Made to Belong

By: David Kim

Narrated by: David Kim

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Author and pastor David Kim shares his experiences with loneliness as a Korean American immigrant and delivers compelling research about belonging that includes the revolutionary five anchors for developing meaningful relationships.Even though we are connected more than ever--through social media, video calls and texts, and... Read more

School Clothes

By: Jarvis R. Givens

Narrated by: Shaun D. Scott

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A chorus of Black student voices that renders a new story of US education—one where racial barriers and violence are confronted by freedom dreaming and resistance

Black students were forced to live and learn on the Black side of the color line for centuries, through the time of slavery, Emancipation, and the Jim Crow era. And for just as... Read more

Come Home Safe

By: Brian G. Buckmire

Narrated by: Nile Bullock

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Dad, I just want to know how to not become a hashtag. In this gripping read, biracial siblings Reed and Olive hadn’t planned on navigating racial inequality or being roughed up by police on the subway, but as they face the truths and pains of being a person of color, they also lean into knowing their rights and fostering conversations about... Read more

My Nemesis

By: Charmaine Craig

Narrated by: Charmaine Craig

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed author of Miss Burma, longlisted for the National Book Award and the Women’s Prize, comes a tense and thought-provoking exploration of an intellectual affair and its reverberations across the lives of two couples.Tessa is a successful white woman writer who develops a friendship, first by correspondence and then in person,... Read more

Hope's Path to Glory

By: Jerdine Nolen

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In Alexandria, Virginia, in the mid-19th century, a slave-owning family is facing financial trouble. The eldest son, Jason, thinks going to California to mine for gold might be the best way to protect his father’s legacy. He’ll need a cook, a laundress, and a hostler for the journey, and one of them is twelve-year-old Clementine, whose mother... Read more

Western Lane

By: Chetna Maroo

Narrated by: Maya Soroya

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Eleven year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot... Read more

NerdCrush

By: Alisha Emrich

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Ramona Lambert is a typical shy, artistic sixteen-year-old. She has a best friend whom she’s known since they were in diapers, parents who love her, a love for cosplay, and a crush on the cute boy in her class. The only problem? Her best friend moved away, her parents don't quite understand her love of cosplay, and she is pretty sure her crush... Read more

Children of Stardust

By: Edudzi Adodo

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Zero was a mass of conflicting emotions. This would be his first mission. What if they failed to find the Mask of the Shaman King? The entire galaxy was at stake.

Zero Adedji dreams of joining one of the Saba guilds—groups of intergalactic explorers. Instead, he must scrape by as a guide to travelers stranded on his home planet of Anansi 12. Then... Read more

The Whale Rider

By: Witi Ihimaera

Narrated by: Witi Ihimaera

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An international bestseller that was made into a multiple award-winning film. Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Maori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider'. In every generation since the... Read more