BIPOC Authors

Me and White Supremacy: Young Readers' Edition

By: Layla F. Saad

Narrated by: Layla F. Saad

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

How do we give young people the tools they need to actively dismantle racism and create a better world for everyone?

From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Me and White Supremacy, Layla Saad's young readers' edition is a timely, crucial, and empowering guide for today's youth on how to be antiracist change makers.

Me and... Read more

The House of Rust

By: Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

Narrated by: Waceke Wambaa

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The first Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize winner, a story of a girl’s fantastical sea voyage to rescue her father.

The House of Rust is an enchanting novel about a Hadrami girl in Mombasa. When her fisherman father goes missing, Aisha takes to the sea on a magical boat made of a skeleton to rescue him. She is guided by a talking scholar’s... Read more

Lord of Light

By: Roger Zelazny

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons. Lord of Light. Read more

Police Brutality and White Supremacy

By: Etan Thomas

Narrated by: Julian Thomas

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring original interviews with: Steph Curry, Chuck D, Yamiche Alcindor, Isiah Thomas, Jemele Hill, Craig Hodges, Stan Van Gundy, Mark Cuban, Jake Tapper, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Sue Bird, Kyle Korver, Rick Strom, Cenk Uygur, Tim Wise, Chris Broussard, Breanna Stewart, Rex Chapman, Stephen Jackson, Kori McCoy, Lora Dene King, Chikesia Clemons,... Read more

Shelter

By: Lawrence Jackson

Narrated by: Korey Jackson

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

When Lawrence Jackson accepted a new job teaching in Baltimore, he searched for schools for his sons and bought a house. This would be unremarkable but for the fact that he grew up in West Baltimore and his job was at Johns Hopkins,
whose vexed relationship to its neighborhood, to the city and its history, provides a point of departure for this... Read more

The Last Dreamwalker

By: Rita Woods

Narrated by: Nedra Marie Taylor

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From Hurston/Wright Legacy Award-winning author Rita Woods, The Last Dreamwalker tells the story of two women, separated by nearly two centuries yet inextricably linked by the Gullah-Geechee Islands off the coast of South Carolina—and their connection to a mysterious and extraordinary gift passed from generation to generation.

In the wake of her... Read more

Scatterlings

By: Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe

Narrated by: Christel Mutombo

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A BEST NEW BOOK from *Vanity Fair *The Root *Vulture *People *The Washington Post *Christian Science Monitor *Los Angeles Times *EssenceA New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Pick! A New Yorker Best Book of the Year!A lyrical, moving novel in the spirit of Transcendent Kingdom and A Burning—and the most awarded debut title in South... Read more

The Birdcatcher

By: Gayl Jones

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2022

Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022

“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature."
—Imani Perry

Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile

Gayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called... Read more

People Person

By: Candice Carty-Williams

Narrated by: Danielle Vitalis

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the “brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel” (Oprah Daily) Queenie returns with another witty and insightful “treat” (Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession) of a novel about the power of family—even when they seem like strangers.

If you could choose your family...you wouldn’t choose the Penningtons.

Dimple Pennington... Read more

The 2% Way

By: Dr. Myron L. Rolle

Narrated by: Charles Ray

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

You don't have to change your life overnight--instead, you can make small changes that leave a lasting impact. In The 2% Way, discover the simple, revolutionary practice behind the against-the-odds success story of Dr. Myron L. Rolle.Dr. Rolle has led a remarkable life: from earning a scholarship to a prestigious private high school to becoming... Read more

Unbossed

By: Khristi Lauren Adams

Narrated by: Khristi Lauren Adams

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Black girls are leading, organizing, advocating, and creating. They are starting nonprofits. Building political coalitions. Promoting diverse literature. Fighting cancer. Improving water quality. Working to prevent gun violence.



Are we ready to learn from their leadership?



"Black women are literally at the helm of every movement," says Tyah-Amoy... Read more

Santeria

By: Migene González-Wippler

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to Cuba as slaves, the Yoruba people of West Africa preserved their religion's heritage by disguising their gods as Catholic saints and worshipping them in secret. The resulting religion is known as Santeria, a blend of primitive magic and Catholicism now practiced by an estimated five million Americans.



Santeria: The Religion is an... Read more

This Life

By: Quntos KunQuest

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Lil Chris is just nineteen when he arrives at Angola as an AU—an admitting unit, a fresh fish, a new vict. He's got a life sentence with no chance of parole, but he's also got a clear mind and sharp awareness—one that picks up quickly on the details of the system, his fellow inmates, and what he can do to claim a place at the top. When he meets... Read more

You Only Live Once, David Bravo

By: Mark Oshiro

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of The Insiders, this time-bending adventure is perfect for fans of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe and When You Reach Me.A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * An ALA Rainbow Book List Top 10 SelectionMiddle school is the worst, especially for David Bravo. He doesn’t have a single class with his best... Read more

MapMaker

By: Lisa Moore Ramée

Narrated by: Nile Bullock

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From Lisa Moore Ramée, author of the Walter Honor Award–winning A Good Kind of Trouble, comes her debut middle grade fantasy—an absorbing, imaginative adventure about a Black boy who has the magical ability to bring maps to life. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and A Tale of Magic. When Walt and his family relocate... Read more

The Impatient

By: Djaili Amadou Amal

Narrated by: Liz Femi

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, heartrending, and insightful novel of a trio of women in Cameroon who dare to rebel against oppressive, long-held cultural traditions—including polygamy and domestic abuse—that define and limit their lives.Three women, three stories, three linked destinies . . .In North Cameroon, well-to-do young Ramla is torn from her true love and... Read more

Anisa's International Day

By: Reem Faruqi

Narrated by: Ariana Delawari

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of Unsettled, meet Anisa, the adorable Pakistani American heroine of this irresistible younger middle grade novel about a girl who introduces her class to the art of mehndi for International Day. Filled with recipes, and activities and perfect for fans of Meet Yasmin!""Genuine, sweet, and relatable. Anisa problems... Read more

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is... Read more

Marked for Life

By: Isaac Wright, Jr.

Narrated by: Isaac Wright, Jr.

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author, Isaac Wright Jr.

An empowering memoir of courage and hope in the face of injustice—and the basis for the ABC television show, For Life—Marked for Life is the true story of Isaac Wright Jr.’s battle to win his freedom after being wrongfully imprisoned for crimes he didn’t commit, and a critical indictment of... Read more

Starry Messenger

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"This engaging, conversational book begs to be read aloud, and who better than its author?... Tyson’s warmth and erudition make him a superb narrator of this excellent, thought-provoking book."- Library Journal

"Like a spaceship traveling the stars, Tyson's voice flows smoothly as he delivers complex topics and positive perspectives on the... Read more

Three Kisses, One Midnight

By: Roshani Chokshi, Sandhya Menon & Evelyn Skye

Narrated by: Becca Q. Co, Ewan Chung & Shiromi Arserio

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling authors Roshani Chokshi, Evelyn Skye, and Sandhya Menon craft a spellbinding audiobook about discovering the magic of true love on one fateful, magical night in Three Kisses, One Midnight.

The town of Moon Ridge was founded 400 years ago and everyone born and raised there knows the legend of the young woman who perished... Read more

Hold You Down

By: Tracy Brown

Narrated by: Patryce Williams

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind…

New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s.

Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they... Read more

Thinking 101

By: Woo-kyoung Ahn

Narrated by: Lessa Lamb

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Every day of our lives, we make judgments—and we don’t always do a very good job of it. Thinking 101 is an invaluable resource to anyone who wants to think better. In remarkably clear language, and with engaging and often funny examples, Woo-kyoung Ahn uses cutting-edge research to explain the mistakes we often make—and how to avoid... Read more

Where There Was Fire

By: John Manuel Arias

Narrated by: Adriana Sananes

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Bilingual Spanish/English audiobook narrator Sananes enlivens Costa Rican American poet/writer Arias’ multigenerational saga." —Booklist

A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias

Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company’s... Read more