BIPOC Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.
A Living Remedy
By: Nicole Chung
Narrated by: Jennifer Kim
Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKWinner, Tillie Olsen Award for Creative WritingNamed a Best Book of the Year by: Time * Harperās Bazaar * Esquire * Booklist * USA TodayĀ * Elle * Good Housekeeping * New York Times * Electric Literature * TodayFrom the bestselling author of ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW comes a searing memoir of family, class and griefāa... Read more
View audiobookskin & bones
By: RenƩe Watson
Narrated by: Zenzi Williams
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next
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At 40, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in lifeābetween wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away,... Read more
The Emperor and the Endless Palace
By: Justinian Huang
Narrated by: Dylan J. Locke, Will Dao & Telly Leung
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
"A sweeping triumph in queer romance." āBooklist
āWhat if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?ā
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperorābut quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex... Read more
To Paradise
By: Hanya Yanagihara
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Feodo...
Length: 28 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ā¢Ā From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Lifeāa bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE ā¢ ESQUIRE ā¢ NPR ā¢Ā GOODREADS
To Paradise is a... Read more
The Book of (More) Delights
By: Ross Gay
Narrated by: Ross Gay
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us.
Ross Gayās essays have been called āexquisiteā (Tracy K. Smith), āimperativeā (the New York Times Book Review), and ābrilliantā (Ada LimĆ³n). Now,... Read more
Blackouts
By: Justin Torres
Narrated by: Ozzie Rodriguez & Torian Brackett
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, Time, BookPage
A Must-Read: The New York Times, Time, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, Boston Herald, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Bay Area Reporter, Datebook, Electric Literature, The Stacks, Them, Publishers Weekly
āSweeping, ingenious .... Read more
Moon of the Turning Leaves
By: Waubgeshig Rice
Narrated by: Billy Merasty
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
āWaubgeshig Rice's stories are good medicine.Ā Moon of the Turning LeavesĀ is a restorative balm for my spirit.ā āĀ Angeline Boulley,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Firekeeper's DaughterIn this gripping stand-alone literary thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novelĀ Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by... Read more
View audiobookMemphis
By: Tara M. Stringfellow
Narrated by: Karen Murray, Adenrele Ojo & Tara Stringfellow
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ā¢ A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughterās discovery that she has the power to change her familyās legacy.
āA rhapsodic hymn to Black women.āāThe New York Times Book Review
āI fell in love with this family, from... Read more
The Manicurist's Daughter
By: Susan Lieu
Narrated by: Susan Lieu
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
"Susan Lieu's narration of her memoir, The Manicurist's Daughter, adds to the already raw emotion that flows throughout her journey to know her mother."āThe Berkshire Eagle
This program is read by the author.
An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother... Read more
The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
Narrated by: Samantha Tan
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
In this āespionage-laden family epicā (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spyāand her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantaraās family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her... Read more
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
By: Crystal Smith Paul
Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Kineta Kunutu & Lynnette Nicholas
Length: 13 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
REESE'S BOOK CLUB MAY 2023 PICK
A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz
When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of... Read more
Farewell, Amethystine
By: Walter Mosley
Narrated by: Michael Boatman
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
From āmaster of the genreā (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlinsā latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgiaāblinding him to reason and risk.
January 1970 finds Ezekiel āEasyā Rawlins, LAās premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations.Ā Ā He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a... Read more
The Idea of You
By: Robinne Lee
Narrated by: Robinne Lee
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Now a major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine.
SolĆØne Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of an art gallery in Los Angeles, is reluctant to take her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band. But since her divorce, she's more eager than ever to be close to Isabelle. The last thing SolĆØne expects is to make... Read more
Stolen
By: Ann-HelƩn Laestadius
Narrated by: Jade Wheeler
Length: 13 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
* NOW A NETFLIX FILM * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *
A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her familyās reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law.
On a winter day north of the... Read more
The Kamogawa Food Detectives
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
Narrated by: Hanako Footman
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
Whatās the one dish youād do anything to taste just one more time?
Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up... Read more
Honor
By: Thrity Umrigar
Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
THE JANUARY 2022 REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
āIn the wayĀ A Thousand Splendid SunsĀ told of Afghanistanās women, Thrity Umrigar tells a story of India with the intimacy of one who knows the many facets of a land both modern and ancient, awash in contradictions.āĀ āLisa Wingate, #1Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Before We Were YoursĀ
In this... Read more
Raiders of the Lost Heart
By: Jo Segura
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick!
Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careersāand heartsāin ruins.
Archaeologist Dr. Socorro āCorrieā MejĆa has a bone to pick. Literally.Ā
Itās been Corrieās life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her... Read more
A Proposal They Can't Refuse
By: Natalie CaƱa
Narrated by: Valentina Ortiz
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
āUtterly charmingā¦Ā A Proposal They Can't Refuse is a surefire winner!ā āMia Sosa, USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man
Natalie CaƱa turns up the heat, humor and heart in this debut rom-com about aĀ Puerto Rican chef and an Irish American whiskey distiller forced into a fake engagement by their scheming octogenarian... Read more
Age of Vice
By: Deepti Kapoor
Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
Length: 19 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Oprah Daily and NPR!
āDazzling...Finally free from the bookās grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked.āā The Washington Post
āA page-turning social novelā¦It stirs the pulse while digging into the entrenched and... Read more
Portrait of a Thief
By: Grace D. Li
Narrated by: Eunice Wong & Austin Ku
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize
Named a New York Times Best Crime Novel of 2022
Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by *Marie Claire* *Washington Post* *Vulture* *NBC News*Ā *Buzzfeed* *Veranda* *PopSugar* *Paste* *The Millions* *Bustle*... Read more
The Three-Body Problem
By: Cixin Liu
Narrated by: Rosalind Chao
Length: 13 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by Rosalind Chao, who stars as Ye Wenjie in the Netflix adaptation, 3 Body Problem.
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Over 1 million copies sold in North America
āA mind-bending epic.āāThe New York Times ā¢ āWar of the Worlds for the 21st century.āāThe Wall Street Journal ā¢ āFascinating.āāTIME ā¢ āExtraordinary.āāThe New... Read more
Merci SuƔrez Plays It Cool
By: Meg Medina
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
For Merci SuĆ”rez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. Itās a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not... Read more
View audiobookThe Song of the Cell
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Length: 16 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize!
Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!
In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prizeāwinning... Read more
Joan Is Okay
By: Weike Wang
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORSā CHOICE ā¢ A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who canāt be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry
LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL ā¢ āA deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang... Read more
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