BIPOC Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.
![Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250350749_1120.jpg)
![Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250350749_1120.jpg)
Another Word for Love
By: Carvell Wallace
Narrated by: Carvell Wallace
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
“Carvell Wallace narrates his beautiful memoir with poignant urgency-- and a whole lot of love…His voice, like his prose, has a poetic cadence. At times, his narration seems to fly, reaching higher and higher before culminating in an emotional crescendo.”—AudioFile
A transformative memoir that reimagines the... Read more
![Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593455586_1120.jpg)
![Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593455586_1120.jpg)
Crook Manifesto
By: Colson Whitehead
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.
A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, BookPage
“Dazzling” –Walter Mosley, The New... Read more
![Inciting Joy by Ross Gay](http://covers.libro.fm/9781649041326_1120.jpg)
![Inciting Joy by Ross Gay](http://covers.libro.fm/9781649041326_1120.jpg)
Inciting Joy
By: Ross Gay
Narrated by: Ross Gay
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
An intimate and electrifying collection of essays from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights
In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prize-winning poet and author Ross Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life’s inevitable hardships. Throughout Inciting Joy, he explores... Read more
![Down with the System by Serj Tankian](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668641965_1120.jpg)
![Down with the System by Serj Tankian](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668641965_1120.jpg)
Down with the System
By: Serj Tankian
Narrated by: Serj Tankian
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian.
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System Of A Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of... Read more
![A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668623473_1120.jpg)
![A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668623473_1120.jpg)
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
By: Tia Williams
Narrated by: Mela Lee & Preston Butler
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
In this enchanting love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem.
“The book’s calculus of love and loss is brutal, and grounds the dazzling prose and light magical element.” –– The New York Times
... Read more
![Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063240049_1120.jpg)
![Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063240049_1120.jpg)
Briefly Perfectly Human
By: Alua Arthur
Narrated by: Alua Arthur
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America’s most visible death doula.""A truly unique, inspiring perspective on the time we have, what we do with it, and how we let go of this world.... There is no one I'd... Read more
View audiobook![One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063114975_1120.jpg)
![One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063114975_1120.jpg)
One of Us Knows
By: Alyssa Cole
Narrated by: Susan Dalian
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts of her past. Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical... Read more
View audiobook![That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668635667_1120.jpg)
![That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668635667_1120.jpg)
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
By: Kimberly Lemming
Narrated by: Hazel Addison
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
When a spirited young woman with a penchant for adventure finds herself locked away in a dragon’s tower, she realizes that fate has a peculiar sense of humor when it comes to her romantic prospects in this laugh-out-loud fantasy rom-com, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and The Dragon's Bride.
All children are told fairytales. Some are... Read more
![My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250877239_1120.jpg)
![My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250877239_1120.jpg)
My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix
By: Kalynn Bayron
Narrated by: Clifford Samuel
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"Clifford Samuel's low, melodious voice sounds like it was made for this atmospheric queer retelling of the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde story." - AudioFile Magazine
A teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance—and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger—in misty Victorian London, in Kalynn Bayron's My... Read more
![Wonderland by Jennifer Hillier](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250907103_1120.jpg)
![Wonderland by Jennifer Hillier](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250907103_1120.jpg)
Wonderland
By: Jennifer Hillier
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
From the bestselling author of the hugely popular thrillers Things We Do in the Dark, Little Secrets, and Jar of Hearts comes Wonderland, a roller coaster of a listen. Now in audio for the first time!
After a personal tragedy and professional scandal forces homicide detective Vanessa Castro out of Seattle, she takes a new job in Seaside,... Read more
![Victory City by Salman Rushdie](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593677445_1120.jpg)
![Victory City by Salman Rushdie](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593677445_1120.jpg)
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
![Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797154916_1120.jpg)
![Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797154916_1120.jpg)
Immortal Longings
By: Chloe Gong
Narrated by: Jeena Yi
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, is a “smart, imaginative, and brutal” (Wesley Chu, New York Times bestselling author of The War Arts Saga) collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance amidst a set of deadly games.
Every year, thousands in the... Read more
![Stay True by Hua Hsu](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593628188_1120.jpg)
![Stay True by Hua Hsu](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593628188_1120.jpg)
Stay True
By: Hua Hsu
Narrated by: Hua Hsu
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu
“This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.” —Rachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling... Read more
![Drama Free by Nedra Glover Tawwab](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593672594_1120.jpg)
![Drama Free by Nedra Glover Tawwab](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593672594_1120.jpg)
Drama Free
By: Nedra Glover Tawwab
Narrated by: Nedra Glover Tawwab
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Instant New York Times Bestseller
From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a road map for understanding and moving past family struggles—and living your life, your way.
Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life’s challenges. For... Read more
![Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250892089_1120.jpg)
![Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250892089_1120.jpg)
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Narrated by: Natalie Simpson
Length: 16 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
In Where Sleeping Girls Lie — a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades — a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.
It’s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again...
Sade... Read more
![South to America by Imani Perry](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063095304_1120.jpg)
![South to America by Imani Perry](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063095304_1120.jpg)
South to America
By: Imani Perry
Narrated by: Imani Perry
Length: 16 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsAn essential, surprising journey... Read more
View audiobook![Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063209770_1120.jpg)
![Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063209770_1120.jpg)
Last Summer on State Street
By: Toya Wolfe
Narrated by: Shayna Small
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
PEN Open Book Award finalist Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award winner Stephen Curry Underrated Literati Book Club Pick Named a Best Book of Summer by Good Housekeeping, Chicago Magazine, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, Veranda, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Publishers Weekly, and more!“[A] powerful novel....... Read more
View audiobook![Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797161518_1120.jpg)
![Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797161518_1120.jpg)
Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.
“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —Vogue • “A novel of triumph.” —The Washington Post • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —People
... Read more
![Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung](http://covers.libro.fm/9798350808889_1120.jpg)
![Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung](http://covers.libro.fm/9798350808889_1120.jpg)
Flowers of Fire
By: Hawon Jung
Narrated by: Kathleen Li
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Since the beginning of the #MeToo movement, tens of thousands of people in South Korea have taken to the street, and many more brave individuals took a stand, to end a decades-long abortion ban and bring down powerful men accused of sexual misconduct—including a popular presidential contender.
Author Hawon Jung shows the world that these women... Read more
![A History of Burning by Janika Oza](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668626351_1120.jpg)
![A History of Burning by Janika Oza](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668626351_1120.jpg)
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
![Madness by Antonia Hylton](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668635407_1120.jpg)
![Madness by Antonia Hylton](http://covers.libro.fm/9781668635407_1120.jpg)
Madness
By: Antonia Hylton
Narrated by: Antonia Hylton
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation’s last segregated asylums, told by an award-winning journalist on her decade-long search for sanity in America’s mental healthcare system.
On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the... Read more
![Hope's Path to Glory by Jerdine Nolen](http://covers.libro.fm/9781666625844_1120.jpg)
![Hope's Path to Glory by Jerdine Nolen](http://covers.libro.fm/9781666625844_1120.jpg)
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
View audiobook![Banyan Moon by Thao Thai](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063267121_1120.jpg)
![Banyan Moon by Thao Thai](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063267121_1120.jpg)
Banyan Moon
By: Thao Thai
Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Catherine Ho & Elyse Dinh
Length: 12 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick""A riveting mother-daughter tale."" — Elle""Radiant. … An intimate account of one family’s planting of roots in American soil and the sacrifices great and small that each member makes along the way.” — Washington PostA sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American... Read more
View audiobook![Who Is Wellness For? by Fariha Roisin](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063077102_1120.jpg)
![Who Is Wellness For? by Fariha Roisin](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063077102_1120.jpg)
Who Is Wellness For?
By: Fariha Roisin
Narrated by: Fariha Roisin
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The multi-disciplinary artist and author of Like a Bird and How to Cure a Ghost explores the commodification and appropriation of wellness through the lens of social justice, providing resources to help anyone participate in self-care, regardless of race, identity, socioeconomic status or able-bodiedness.Growing up in Australia, Fariha Róisín, a... Read more
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