BIPOC Authors

Essential Labor

By: Angela Garbes

Narrated by: Angela Garbes

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change.The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and... Read more

High Spirits

By: Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Narrated by: Coral Pena

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, by debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez.

It is a book centered on one extended family—the Beléns—across multiple generations.

It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa—and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights, too.

It is... Read more

A Show for Two

By: Tashie Bhuiyan

Narrated by: Ariana Delawari

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Wholly heartwarming and enchanting." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends

New from the author of Counting Down with You comes a sparkling YA romance about an aspiring screenwriter who falls for the indie film star who goes undercover at her school.
 
All Mina Rahman wants is to finally... Read more

We Need to Build

By: Eboo Patel

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former faith adviser to President Obama comes an inspirational guide for those who seek to promote positive social change and build a more diverse and just democracy

The goal of social change work is not a more ferocious revolution; it is a more beautiful social order. It is harder to organize a fair trial than it is to fire up a... Read more

Crowning Glory

By: Pat Simmons

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Cinderella had a prince; Karyn Wallace has a King.



While Karyn served four years in prison for an unthinkable crime, she embraced salvation through Crowns for Christ outreach ministry. After her release, Karyn stays strong and confident, despite the stigma society places on ex-offenders. Since Christ strengthens the underdog, Karyn refuses to... Read more

So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 1

By: Okina Baba

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

I used to be a normal high school girl but in the blink of an eye, I woke up in a place I've never seen before and-and I was reborn as a spider?! How could something that's nothing more than a tiny spider (that's me) possibly survive in literally the worst dungeon ever? Are there no rules? There should be some rules! Who the hell is responsible... Read more

Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants

By: Dawn Quigley

Narrated by: Jennifer Bobiwash

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Filled with lots of glitter, raised pinkies, and humorous misunderstandings, this second book in the Jo Jo Makoons series—written by Dawn Quigley—is filled with the joy of a young Ojibwe girl discovering her very own special shine from the inside out. First grader Jo Jo Makoons knows how to do a lot of things, like how to play jump rope, how to... Read more

Wildseed Witch

By: Marti Dumas

Narrated by: Channie Waites

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A fun middle-grade contemporary fantasy with an all-BIPOC cast, about a social-media-loving tween who gets sent to an ultra-private witch camp

Hasani’s post-seventh-grade summer to-do list is pretty simple: get a bigger following for her makeup YouTube channel and figure out how to get her parents back together. What she does NOT expect is that... Read more

Fierce Love

By: Sonya Curry

Narrated by: Sonya Curry

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Sonya Curry chronicles the never-before-shared story of raising her children and her lifelong devotion to education, family, and faith.Sonya Curry’s journey, like those of her extraordinary sons and daughter, was filled with defeats and hard-fought victories, but hers took place out of the limelight, without the eyes of the world watching,... Read more

Patience Is a Subtle Thief

By: Abi Ishola-Ayodeji

Narrated by: Liz Femi

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Hope and circumstance define a young woman’s life in this heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, set in politically volatile 1990s Nigeria, from an exciting and fresh voice in global literature. For as long as she can remember, Patience Adewale, the eldest daughter of Chief Kolade Adewale, has been waiting for confirmation that she is loved, that... Read more

An Unreliable Magic

By: Rin Chupeco

Narrated by: Cassie Simone

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Tala, Alex, and the rest of their friends are safe for now, but they know the Snow Queen is still out there. They have to be prepared for when she eventually attacks?and they all decide to do so in their own way. When Ryker comes out of the woodwork, showing himself when he starts attacking American detention facilities and freeing refugees, and... Read more

The Return of the Fallen Angels Book Club

By: R. Franklin James

Narrated by: Caitlin Cavannaugh

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Hollis Morgan married young to flee an unloving family and ended up in prison, paying the price for her charming husband’s embezzlement. After finally obtaining a California judicial pardon, Hollis has climbed the ladder from paralegal to probate attorney at a respected law firm in the Bay Area. Unfortunately her first two cases are trials by... Read more

My Seven Black Fathers

By: Will Jawando

Narrated by: Will Jawando

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author, Will Jawando, who has been called “the progressive leader we need” by the late congressman John Lewis.

"Will Jawando's account of mentorship, service, and healing lays waste to the racist stereotype of the absent Black father. By arguing that Black fathers are not just found in individual families, but are... Read more

Unequal

By: Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau

Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned, bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson makes his YA debut, with critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau, to deliver an urgent, enlightening account of racial inequality in America.
 
The true story of racial inequality—and resistance to it—is the prologue to our present. You can see it in where we live, where we go to school, where we... Read more

We Do What We Do in the Dark

By: Michelle Hart

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Hart’s novel does something exceptional that few pieces of fiction have done successfully….[H]as flashes of Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends." – New York Times

“An unforgettable account of a forbidden romance.” – Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Patsy

“Moving and memorable.” – Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion

“Sensual and... Read more

The Blind King's Wrath

By: Ashok K. Banker

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 17 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The final chapter in Ashok K. Banker’s acclaimed Burnt Empire Saga, The Blind King’s Wrath depicts the climactic battle between Krushni and her father, the Demonlord Jarsun, for the Burning Throne and the fate of the Krushan dynasty.The Demonlord Jarsun is poised to claim the Burning Throne and cement his rule over the Burnt Empire. Standing in... Read more

Freddie Vs. The Family Curse

By: Tracy Badua

Narrated by: Edward A. Mendoza

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2023 SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARDIn this thrilling and hilarious middle grade adventure, a young Filipino-American boy must team up with his ancestor to break the curse that’s haunted their family for generations . . . or be trapped in an amulet forever.Freddie Ruiz is cursed.While other people may have bad days, Freddie and his... Read more

Ain’t That A Mother

By: Adiba Nelson

Narrated by: Adiba Nelson

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From pasties to postpartum and everything in betweenNo one said motherhood would be easy. For Adiba Nelson, the journey to parenthood started with a big bang and continues with a breakdown (or two) and several “why?” questions for God.Witty and bold, Afro-Latina Adiba grew up in survival mode. Her sometimes complicated relationship with her... Read more

Inheritance

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

They tell me to “fix” my hair.And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten;but how do you fix this shipwreckedhistory of hair? In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad—the history, pain, pride, and... Read more

The Marvellers

By: Dhonielle Clayton

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magic school in the sky —an instant New York Times and #1 Indie Bestseller!

"The Marvellers deserves the highest compliment I can give a book: I want to live in this world." —Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling–author

"Listeners will enjoy this fresh... Read more

Private Arrangements

By: Brenda Jackson

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

No man has ever tempted her like this…

Nikki Cartwright can't believe Jonas Steele—the Jonas Steele—has chosen her for a high-profile marketing venture. It could make her career. But when she remembers the kiss they once shared, a kiss so intimate it sent their desire skyrocketing from simmering to blazing, Nikki knows she must guard her heart... Read more

Culturally Responsive Teaching

By: Geneva Gay

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning, and classroom instruction. Gay has made many important revisions to keep her foundational, award-winning text relevant for today's diverse student population, including: new research on culturally... Read more

The Fervor

By: Alma Katsu

Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama & Louis Ozawa

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed author of the celebrated literary horror novels The Hunger and The Deep turns her psychological and supernatural eye on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II.

1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are... Read more

Tough

By: Terry Crews

Narrated by: Terry Crews

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, the deeply personal story of his lifelong obsession with strength—and how, after looking for it in all the wrong places, he finally found it

Terry Crews spent decades cultivating his bodybuilder physique and bravado. On the outside, he seemed invincible: he escaped his abusive father, went pro in the NFL,... Read more