BIPOC Authors

Just Happy to Be Here

By: Naomi Kanakia

Narrated by: Bilal Baig

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In this YA standalone perfect for fans of Tobly McSmith and Meredith Russo, the first out trans girl at an all-girls school must choose between keeping her head down or blazing a trail.Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy.That is, judged on her merits—not on her transness. But there’s no road map for being the... Read more

Blossom

By: Asia Monique

Narrated by: Mari & Winston James

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Blossom Baker has watched her sisters find love one by one. And just when she began to wonder when her Prince Charming would show his face, Roman Fields entered the picture, helping to bring all of her deepest desires to fruition.



Contains mature themes. Read more

Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

By: Coretta Scott King

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy's inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King's autobiography.—AudioFile

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy’s inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King’s autobiography for adults."—The Children's Book Review... Read more

The Emancipation Circuit

By: Thulani Davis

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 14 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Emancipation Circuit Thulani Davis provides a sweeping rethinking of Reconstruction by tracing how the four million people newly freed from bondage created political organizations and connections that mobilized communities across the South. Drawing on the practices of community they developed while enslaved, freedpeople built new... Read more

Tofu Quilt

By: Ching Yeung Russell

Narrated by: Jennifer Aquino

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of poems telling the story of Yeung Ying, a young girl in Hong Kong in the 1960s who, against the conventions of society and family members, aspires to become a writer



Growing up in Hong Kong in the 1960s, Yeung Ying is tired of hearing how important boys are. After all, she can write letters and recite poems as well as—even better... Read more

Coconut Drop Dead

By: Olivia Matthews

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Brooklyn’s annual Caribbean American Heritage Festival is finally here, and Spice Isle Bakery is thrilled to be one of the event’s food vendors. After all, the Murrays have been attending the festival for years. Co-owner Lyndsay Murray hopes their West Indian pastries and finger foods draw people back to the bakery in Little Caribbean. She’s... Read more

From From

By: Monica Youn

Narrated by: Monica Youn

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY



"Where are you from . . . ? No—where are you from from?" It's a question every Asian American gets asked as part of an incessant chorus saying you'll never belong here, you're a perpetual foreigner, you'll always be seen as an alien, an object, or a threat.



Monica Youn's From From brilliantly... Read more

Candelaria

By: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Narrated by: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Your granddaughters are lost, Candelaria. Bianca, the brainy archaeologist, had to forfeit her life's work in Guatemala after her advisor seduced and deserted her. Paola, missing for over a decade, resurfaces in Boston as a brainwashed wellness cultist named Zoe. And Candy, the youngest, is a recovering addict who finds herself pregnant by a man... Read more

Lost Seeds

By: Teresa Mosley Sebastian

Narrated by: Jamal West

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A novel chronicling the strained relationship between two brothers born into the remnants of their parents’ former enslavement. One brother seems to overcome, while the other descends further into adversity. What happens when they are forced to face each other?
Lost Seeds is the story of two brothers, Dublin and Timothy Brisco, born into poverty... Read more

The Final Curtain

By: Keigo Higashino

Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, leaving her estranged son with many unanswered questions.



Now in Tokyo, Michiko Oshitani is found dead many miles from home. Strangled to... Read more

Ghosts of Christmas

By: Kenya Wright

Narrated by: Ruthie Bowles

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Due to a traumatic family event on a past winter, Ivy doesn’t do emotions, love, or Christmas. Unfortunately, this year her best friend is having a destination Christmas wedding in Lapland, Finland—a winter wonderland full of holiday spirit. There, the air is fresh, crisp, and full of magic. Additionally, Ivy is the maid of honor, and she’ll be... Read more

If Found, Return to Hell

By: Em X. Liu

Narrated by: Nicky Endres

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"Welcome to One Wizard! How may I help you?"



Being an intern at a wizarding firm sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yelled at by senior mages—and angry clients who've been turned into platypuses. So when Journeyman Wen receives a frantic call from a young man who's awoken to a talisman on his bedroom wall and no... Read more

The World's End

By: Rin Chupeco

Narrated by: Cassie Simone

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

It's been three months since the Snow Queen and OzCorp infiltrated Maidenkeep and nearly seized the Nine Maidens. Ryker is still unconscious and the rest of the group is feeling the effects of the prolonged war. Not to mention that Abigail Fey's curse has far-reaching consequences, and many in the Royal States have been using it to stir unrest... Read more

The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1

By: Kent Monkman & Gisèle Gordon

Narrated by: Gail Maurice

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers’ understanding of the land called North America.

For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character—an alter ego... Read more

Like Thunder

By: Nnedi Okorafor

Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Niger, West Africa, 2077



I am the Desert Magician; I bring water where there is none.



This book begins with Dikéogu Obidimkpa slowly losing his mind. Yes, that boy who can bring rain just by thinking about it is having some . . . issues. Years ago, Dikéogu went on an epic journey to save Earth with the shadow speaker girl, Ejii Ubaid, who became... Read more

Kenyatta's Escape

By: Donald Goines

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Kenyatta had two ambitions: cleaning the ghetto of all drug traffic and gunning down all the racist white cops! But a black and white detective team, Benson and Ryan, is on his tail and has discovered the location of his army's camp. Armed with tanks, they bring a bloody doomsday to his followers. In Kenyatta's Escape, Goines continues his story... Read more

The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2

By: Kent Monkman & Gisèle Gordon

Narrated by: Gail Maurice

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers’ understanding of the land called North America.

For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character—an alter ego... Read more

A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day

By: Jackie Lau

Narrated by: Khristine Rivière

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Amber Wong has landed her dream job at the Stratford Festival, and life is looking good. Sure, she hasn't had sex in so long that her condoms have expired, but she'll just pick up some new ones, along with discounted Christmas chocolate, at the grocery store.



And that's where she runs into Dr. Sebastian Lam, the son of her parents' close friends,... Read more

Lilac

By: Asia Monique

Narrated by: Mari & Winston James

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ezra wasn't picture perfect, but he was perfect for me." —Lilac

Lilac Baker wasn't against finding love, but love never seemed to be close enough for her to grasp. With her big sister pregnant and living out her happy ending, Lilac has high hopes for her own fairy-tale beginning. Then, with the shutter of his Canon EOS, Ezra Fields walks into... Read more

A Bright Heart

By: Kate Chenli

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she’s dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier,... Read more

Journal of a Black Queer Nurse

By: Britney Daniels

Narrated by: Sanya Simmons

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines of care during COVID-19.



Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as a personal... Read more

We Are the Crisis

By: Cadwell Turnbull

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEThe long-awaited sequel to No Gods, No Monsters from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull, We Are the Crisis sees humans and monsters clash as civil rights collide with preternatural forces.Three years after the Monster Massacre, members of Rebecca’s old wolf pack have begun to go missing without a trace.The... Read more

The Lunar New Year Surprise

By: Jade Wang

Narrated by: Christopher Lee

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

During the Lunar New Year festivities, can Gege find the perfect moment to present his handcrafted surprise to his little sister? This story will teach children what makes the Lunar New Year special, from the preparation responsibilities to the celebratory new moon signifying the first day of the holiday and the festivities that continue in the... Read more

Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal

By: Raquel V. Reyes

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

A surprise trip to Miriam's parents in Punta Cana, which should be filled with arroz con pollo and breezy days under the tamarind tree, quickly becomes a hunt for a possible property saboteur. But before Miriam can begin to uncover the person damaging the vacation rentals her parents manage, she’s called away to Puerto Rico to film a Three Kings... Read more