BIPOC Authors

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

By: Sue Lynn Tan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

The acclaimed national and international bestseller“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense.""—BookPage, starred reviewA captivating and romantic debut... Read more

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

By: Angie Cruz

Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell & Rossmery Almonte

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features original sound design.

"Together, [narrators] Almonte and Wetherell are the key to this exceptional novel. A brilliantly narrated immigrant story, spiked with heart and flair, that will have patrons rooting for Cara’s success." - Library Journal

"Rossmery Almonte's pitch-perfect narration of Angie Cruz's inventive new novel... Read more

Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

Narrated by: Hewot Tedla

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron, read by Hewot Tedla.

Cinderella is dead, but Snow White fights on . . .

New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron makes her highly anticipated return to the realm of fairy tales with this thrilling twist on the classic story of Snow White.

Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to... Read more

Finding Me

By: Viola Davis

Narrated by: Viola Davis

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2023 Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording!Audie Award Winner for Audiobook of the Year!Narrated by Viola DavisIn my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central... Read more

Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire

By: Flavia Z. Drago

Narrated by: Marisa Blake

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that—gasp!—make him look abysmally alive. But being the fabulous vampire that he is (and hoping to avoid rejection), he hides his rosy complexion behind elaborate vampire outfits in traditional black. That is, he does until he finds out that his best friend has a pink secret of her... Read more

The Three-Body Problem

By: Cixin Liu

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

Over 1 million copies sold in North America

“A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama •... Read more

Women! In! Peril!

By: Jessie Ren Marshall

Narrated by: Rachel Noe Nishizawa

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall, read by Rachel Noe Nishizawa.

Full of wry humor, sharp social commentary, and an irrepressible sense of hope, a ferociously feminist debut short story collection from award-winning playwright Jessie Ren Marshall.

In this brash and unputdownable collection, we meet a sex bot trying to... Read more

The Light We Carry

By: Michelle Obama

Narrated by: Michelle Obama

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

2024 Grammy® Award Winner • #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.
 
There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big... Read more

What My Bones Know

By: Stephanie Foo

Narrated by: Stephanie Foo

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life

“Achingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.”—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should... Read more

Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

Narrated by: Louisa Zhu, Eric Yang & Eunice Wong

Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA’S MAY BOOK CLUB PICK • From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures? 

"Mesmerizing"—Brit... Read more

Rest Is Resistance

By: Tricia Hersey

Narrated by: Tricia Hersey

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Disrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy by connecting to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice. Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to elevate rest as a form of resistance and a divine human right.

What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too... Read more

Stolen

By: Ann-Helén 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 family’s 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 Roommate Risk

By: Talia Hibbert

Narrated by: Rooke Kingston & Keval Shah

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Romance is weakness, and Jasmine Allen doesn’t have time for either. Lifelong cynic Jas is the queen of one-night things—until a plumbing disaster screws everything up and leaves her temporarily homeless. Luckily, she has someone to turn to: her best friend Rahul. For seven years, Rahul Khan has followed three simple rules. -Don’t touch Jasmine... Read more

Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club

By: Celeste Ng

Narrated by: Lucy Liu & Celeste Ng

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection

From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the... Read more

Thunder Song

By: Sasha LaPointe

Narrated by: Sasha LaPointe

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, Sasha taq?š?blu LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and... Read more

¡Vamos! Let's Go Read

By: Raúl The Third

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival that the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone.... Read more

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

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man... Read more

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

The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente

Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.

“A beguiling fantasy not to be missed.”—Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown’s Game

WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD • WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD •... Read more

Boo Can't Poo

By: Xiao Jing "Iris" Wang, M.D.

Narrated by: Andrea Emmes

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready to giggle with Boo Can't Poo, the hilarious board book sure to get your little ones laughing and pooping! Join Boo the constipated ghost on his quest to get his bowels moving with the help of his ghostly family. With silly rhymes and cute illustrations, this book is perfect for reading aloud and sharing some laughs whenever... Read more

All the Sinners Bleed

By: S. A. Cosby

Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense!

"Lazarre-White masterfully portrays people of multiple races, old and young. He also delivers Cosby's reflections on family, grief, and faith with genuine introspection and without distracting from the tense plotlines...This is a gripping, timely tale—beautifully told." —AudioFile (Earphones... Read more

There is a Rio Grande in Heaven

By: Ruben Reyes Jr.

Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence""Ruben Reyes Jr. is a wonder."" — Héctor TobarAn electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.An ordinary man wakes one morning to discover he’s a famous reggaetón star.... Read more

One Big Open Sky

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Narrated by: Crystal Clarke, Janina Edwards & Emana Rachelle

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they have—in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement. 1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars, but her body is on a covered wagon heading westward. Her... Read more