BIPOC Authors

Mademoiselle Revolution

By: Zoe Sivak

Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers

Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution.

Sylvie de Rosiers, as the daughter of a rich planter and an... Read more

Reading for Our Lives

By: Maya Payne Smart

Narrated by: Maya Payne Smart

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning journalist and literacy advocate provides a clear, step-by-step guide to helping your child thrive as a reader and a learner.

When her child went off to school, Maya Smart was shocked to discover that a good education in America is a long shot, in ways that few parents fully appreciate. Our current approach to literacy offers too... Read more

The Warrior Within

By: D.J. Vanas

Narrated by: D.J. Vanas & Kevin Basik

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A transformational guide to getting yourself right in order to accomplish the work you were meant to do, from speaker, former U.S. Air Force officer, and member of the Ottawa tribe D.J. Vanas.

When faced with an important job, and people depending on you to do it, most of us will give and give until there’s nothing left. But running on empty,... Read more

Asian American Histories of the United States

By: Catherine Ceniza Choy

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history

Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. Reckoning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the... Read more

Mika in Real Life

By: Emiko Jean

Narrated by: Sura Siu & Andi Arndt

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA and READ WITH MARIE CLAIRE BOOK CLUB PICK!Named a best book by Glamour, Marie Claire, TIME, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and more!From New York Times bestselling Emiko Jean, a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood, and love—how we find it, keep it, and how it... Read more

Violets

By: Kyung-Sook Shin

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

By Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin, "a moving delve into a lonely psyche" that follows a neglected young woman's search for human connection in contemporary Seoul (YZ Chin).



San is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city center. Haunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through... Read more

Ben and Beatriz

By: Katalina Gamarra

Narrated by: James Fouhey & Aida Reluzco

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

There’s nothing like falling for your worst enemy.

Beatriz Herrera is a fierce woman who will take you down with her quick wit and keen intellect. And after the results of the 2016 election worked hard to erase her identity as a queer biracial woman, she’d be right to. Especially if you come for her sweet BFF cousin, Hero. Beatriz would do... Read more

Long Past Summer

By: Noué Kirwan

Narrated by: Nicola Lambo

Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“Kirwan’s excellent debut brings charm, complexity, and plenty of heat…This mature, steamy romance will have readers swooning.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Noué Kirwan’s exquisitely-written debut left me breathless.”—Farrah Rochon, USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook

"Long Past Summer is powerful.”—Naima Simone, USA Today... Read more

Star of His Heart

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Drop-dead-gorgeous Ethan Chambers loves his life as Hollywood's most eligible—and elusive—bachelor. Plus, the talented actor has just gotten an offer he can't refuse: a starring role on TV's hit medical drama. But it's the show's sultry makeup and wardrobe director who's got his pulse racing—and making him think twice about staying... Read more

The Playa's Handbook

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

There’s not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa’s Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include:
 
*Never give a woman the key to... Read more

Fault Tolerance

By: Valerie Valdes

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra

Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the critically acclaimed Prime Deceptions and Chilling Effect, the hilarious new novel about the adventures of Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra.Nothing wrecks Captain Eva Innocente’s vacation plans quite like an anonymous threat to vaporize billions of people. Hundreds of monoliths have suddenly... Read more

The Hookup Plan

By: Farrah Rochon

Narrated by: Marissa Hampton

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Strong female friendships and a snappy enemies-to-lovers theme take center stage in this highly anticipated romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook.

Successful pediatric surgeon London Kelley just needs to find some balance and de-stress. According to her friends Samiah and Taylor, what London really needs is... Read more

The Stone Child

By: David A. Robertson

Narrated by: Brefny Caribou

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

It's a race against time to save Eli, in this third book in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. 

After discovering a near-lifeless Eli at the base of the Great Tree, Morgan knows she doesn't have much time to save him. And it will mean asking for help — from friends old and new. Racing against the clock, and... Read more

A Sea between Us

By: Yosely Pereira & Billy Ivey

Narrated by: Gustavo Rex

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the harrowing true story of Yosely Pereira, the love of his life, Taire, and their incredible fight to escape the brutal bonds of communist Cuba. Ninety miles lay between their island prison and their dreams. But crossing those miles was only the beginning of this gripping journey. After building a boat and enduring the Florida Straits,... Read more

I Rise

By: Marie Arnold

Narrated by: Marcella Cox

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartbreaking and powerful novel about racism and social justice as fourteen-year-old Ayo has to decide whether to take on her mother's activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance.Ayo's mother founded the biggest civil rights movement... Read more

Reframe Your Shame

By: Irene Rollins

Narrated by: Irene Rollins & Sarah Vorhees Wendel

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Discover how facing your underlying pain will allow you to overcome it and move forward. With practical insights and biblical teaching about what it takes to break the cycle of addiction and shame, Reframe Your Shame will set you on the path to freedom. Irene Rollins knows what it means to walk through shame, especially as a... Read more

Deeply Rooted Dreams

By: Alexander Mukte

Narrated by: Cortney Wright & James Shippy

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Woven into another fast-paced, topical mystery, the second installment of this new thought fiction series explores overcoming fear in the pursuit of purpose and the interconnectedness of all things in nature.
Read by an Earphones Award-winner as part of a dual narrator performance, this sequel to The Recruiter unveils more of the universal trial... Read more

The Recruiter

By: Alexander Mukte

Narrated by: James Shippy & Cortney Wright

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This new thought fiction series explores pursuing your higher self, transcending ego and fear, the interconnectedness of all things in nature, and the importance of listening to the universe.
Read by an Earphones Award-winner as part of a dual narrator performance, this 2022 International Book Awards Winner is “one of those well-written, nuanced... Read more

Dominoes at the Crossroads

By: Kaie Kellough

Narrated by: Kaie Kellough

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Dominoes at the Crossroads maps an alternate Canada—one crisscrossed by a Caribbean diaspora seeking music, futures, and portals to their past.In this collection of stories, Kaie Kellough’s characters navigate race, history, and coming-of-age by way of their confessions and dreams. Through the eyes of jazz musicians, hitchhikers, quiet... Read more

Identitti

By: Mithu Sanyal

Narrated by: Natasha Soudek

Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sellout meets Interior Chinatown in this satirical debut about a German Indian student whose world is upended when she discovers that her beloved professor who passed for Indian is, in fact, white.Nivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a well-known blogger and doctoral student, is in awe of her supervisor—postcolonial and race studies professor... Read more

Rhett Redeemed

By: Chantal Fernando

Narrated by: Patrick Zeller & C.J. Bloom

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando brings the sexy second installment to the Knights and Dragons series, where the line between good and bad decisions gets blurry…

Life is about choices. He had a history of making bad ones. 

Ready for a New Start

United with her newly discovered half sister, Constance Wilder finally has a family.... Read more

Big Girl

By: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Exquisitely compassionate and witty, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers and desires of Black womanhood, as told through the unforgettable voice of Malaya Clondon.

In her highly anticipated debut novel, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the perils—and undeniable beauty—of insatiable longing.

Growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem,... Read more

After Hours on Milagro Street

By: Angelina M. Lopez

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A WASHINGTON POST BEST ROMANCE OF 2022
A FATED MATES BEST ROMANCE OF 2022
AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST ROMANCE OF 2022

Guapo pobrecito, her grandmother calls him. The “poor handsome man.”

Professor Jeremiah Post, the poor handsome man, is in fact standing in the way of Alejandra “Alex” Torres turning Loretta’s, her grandmother’s bar, into a viable... Read more

The House on Blueberry Lane

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"If there's one thing Jackson knows how to do, it's how to pluck those heartstrings."—BookPage

All he needs is a second chance

All she wants is no strings attached

The biggest mistake of Jaye Colfax’s life was letting Velvet Spencer leave. For three years, they were together exclusively and it was great—at least for Jaye. But Velvet wanted more.... Read more