BIPOC Authors

The Boy Who Found His Voice

By: Tyler Gordon

Narrated by: Tyler Gordon

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of painting and classmates' cheers.

From teen activist and artistic prodigy Tyler Gordon comes a heartwarming audiobook inspired by his own life about a boy with a speech difference who learns the power... Read more

Mr. Down for Whatever

By: Elle Wright

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo & Leon Nixon

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever received the wrong text from the right person?



One thing about me? I don't play games. Another thing about me? I don't waste time.



I've built my reputation by treating my patients, my students, and my colleagues with respect.



In my role as Mr. Black Detroit, my focus is supporting my community and planning the city's annual Juneteenth... Read more

Beyond the Bamboo Curtain

By: Dr. Michael Soon Lee

Narrated by: Dr. Michael Soon Lee

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This unique and informative book provides well-documented but little-known facts that will give listeners a deeper understanding of the cultural experience of Asians in America. Michael Soon Lee powerfully reveals how he overcame prejudice and discrimination to achieve success despite these obstacles. Shedding light on the diverse Asian American... Read more

My Choice Is You

By: Mel Dau

Narrated by: La'Rey Aris & Chance Smolders

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Covina Hurley has lived a privileged life as the daughter of a retired major league baseball player. With privilege comes shelter, and with shelter comes ignorance to many life experiences. When she makes the choice to open herself up to new experiences, she never thought that love would be one of them. Will her new life experiences be damaging... Read more

A Girl from Busan

By: Okhui Lee

Narrated by: Jin Thompson

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A Girl from Busan is an epic generational tale of resilience, where unwavering faith and the unbreakable bond of a mother’s love transcend devastating personal trials in a foreign culture.Amidst the tumult of the Korean War, young Okhui wandered the streets of Busan, seeking solace in the flickering shadows of the Munhwa theater. There,... Read more

Make It Count

By: CeCé Telfer

Narrated by: CeCé Telfer

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

By turns harrowing and hopeful, MAKE IT COUNT is the inspiring story of the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title, following her traditional upbringing in Jamaica, her fight to become a US citizen, and her efforts to achieve her Olympic dreams.

CeCé Telfer is a warrior. The first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA championship,... Read more

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer

By: Joseph Earl Thomas

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring, unsparing novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intimate connections through the eyes of a struggling ex-Army grad student, from the "extraordinary [and] insightful" author of Sink (New York Times Book Review).

After a deployment in the Iraq War dually defined by threat and interminable mundanity, Joseph... Read more

With Love, Miss Americanah

By: Jane Igharo

Narrated by: Joy Ofodu

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

With Love, Miss Americanah—the Young Adult contemporary romance debut from Jane Igharo—sees a teenager move from Nigeria to America and navigate her senior year with the help of classic teen movies and a new crush, all while working through grief and the rigid expectations of her mother.

17-year-old Enore Adesuwa doesn’t dive into things, she... Read more

Craft

By: Ananda Lima

Narrated by: Taylor Harvey

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughout her life, and she writes him stories about beautiful and impossible things. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil is an intoxicating and unsettling linked collection that lures listeners into surreal pockets of the United States and Brazil, where... Read more

Rakesfall

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace the claws of death, loves that leave their mark on civilization, and promises that nothing can break. This is one such story. Annelid and Leveret met as children in the middle of the Sri Lankan civil war. They found each other... Read more

Craving A Thug's Love

By: Asia Monique

Narrated by: Winston James & Trei Taylor

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

You're cordially invited to the wedding of Sheldon Black and Monroe Harper.



Him



I was in love with my fiancé—the woman I was marrying in six weeks' time and she had no idea.



Her



I was marrying the love of my life, only he didn't see me in the same way. Falling for my fiancé hadn’t been the plan, but when did things ever go as planned?



They were... Read more

Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

Narrated by: Questlove

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure. From hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time in 1979 to directing and producing the 50th Anniversary... Read more

Pages of Mourning

By: Diego Gerard Morrison

Narrated by: Andre Bellido

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

It's 2017 and the crisis of forced disappearances has reached a tipping point after forty-three docent students disappeared and are feared dead. Aureliano Más the Second is a fledgling writer at a lucrative fellowship in Mexico City chaired by his aunt, Rose. When Aureliano was very young, his mother left without reason or trace. Aureliano is... Read more

A Love Like the Sun

By: Riss M. Neilson

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER! 

“Perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez, Kennedy Ryan, and Carley Fortune (aka me).”
–Emily Henry

“Beautifully blending beloved tropes and smooth, often lyrical prose… Two lovers navigate challenges related to mental health, racial identity, grief, and a chronic illness” –NPR

Lifelong best friends spend a fateful summer... Read more

From Replied To Wifey

By: Jahquel J.

Narrated by: Winston James & Nicola Lambo

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Sade Benjworth has always had her life planned out: graduate college, work for a few years, and then try to find herself a husband.
She's accomplished almost all of her goals—except the husband. She's the last of her siblings to get married or have a serious relationship. It doesn’t help that her mom has put a lot of pressure on her to find the... Read more

The Art of Vanishing

By: Lynne Kutsukake

Narrated by: Emily Shelton

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"A fascinating glimpse into the intersection of art, class, and the complexity of adult friendship. . . . I couldn’t put this book down.” —Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Turning Leaves

An intimate, explosive story of creativity and friendship between two young Japanese women in 1970s Tokyo.

Akemi’s desire for independence and aversion to... Read more

Ajakava

By: Chaitanya Murali

Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

When yet another wave of colonizing Felters arrives to strengthen their fortress on the forest's edge, Velu, an indigenous hunter, knows they bring only pain and death. But with them arrives an intriguing older woman who hunts legends.



When Velu learns the woman, Lady Greyback, shares his terrifying visions of the ancient scorpion god, Ajakava,... Read more

All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “tender and open-hearted novel," (Nina LaCour, author of Yerba Buena) Tomas Moniz—a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway and Lambda Literary awards—delivers a commanding new story about the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves.

Efren “Chino” Flores has just moved back to the Bay Area from Seattle, jumping... Read more

Dancers of the Dawn

By: Zulekhá A. Afzal

Narrated by: Safiyya Ingar

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Deep in the desert a storm is brewing. The first in a slow burning YA romantasy.

'Enchanting.' Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness

Under the blazing sun, an elite troupe of dancers are trained to harness their magic. They are the queen's most formidable assassins. Aasira has one of the rarest talents – for she is a flame-wielder.... Read more

Ajay and the Treasure of Thar

By: Varsha Shah

Narrated by: Susheel Kumar

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

When eight-year-old Kai – custodian of a legendary treasure map – asks the Mumbai Sun team for help, Ajay knows he has landed on his next story.

The team is propelled into a journey through the Blue City of Jodhpur, to the temples of Ranakpur, and the desert city of Jaisalmer.

But a dastardly billionaire treasure hunter has heard of the map too .... Read more

An Intrigue of Witches

By: Esme Addison

Narrated by: Amber Battaglia

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

National Treasure meets A Discovery of Witches… Introducing the Secret Society mystery series, and kick-ass red-headed heroine Sidney Taylor. Thirty-year-old Black woman Sidney Taylor is a talented early American history professor, working in fast-paced Washington DC, with her eyes on promotion. She's also currently persona non grata. Who knew... Read more

Everything and Nothing at Once

By: Joél Leon

Narrated by: Joél Leon

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and combines several original tracks from Joél Leon and his collaborators, Arthur Lewis and Trevon Squirewell, and a thought-provoking collection of essays. Everything and Nothing at Once is an all-encompassing audio experience.

For readers of Heavy, Punch Me Up to The Gods, and A Little Devil in America, a... Read more

Bow Down

By: Authoress Masterpiece

Narrated by: Jamal Roque & Charlie L. Wood

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

She never thought that she would beg or even bow… Markela, aka Bossi, is in a league of her own. She has written off love based on her past and what was displayed to her as a child. She is a beautiful full-figured woman thriving and maintaining her rehab clinics that were passed down to her from her mother. Trauma keeps her locked into a world... Read more

Farewell, Amethystine

By: Walter Mosley

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From “master of the genre” (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia—blinding him to reason and risk.

January 1970 finds Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’s premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations.  He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a... Read more