BIPOC Authors

The Faraway World

By: Patricia Engel

Narrated by: Gisela Chipé, Frankie Corzo, Inés del Castillo,...

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Editors’ Choice * One of The Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Fiction of 2023 * One of Chicago Public Library’s Favorite Books of the Year * A LitHub Best Book of 2023

From the author of Infinite Country—a New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club pick—comes a “rich and compelling” (The Washington Post) collection... Read more

Finally Seen

By: Kelly Yang

Narrated by: Cindy Kay & Kelly Yang

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns about family, friendship, and the power of being finally seen.

My sister got to grow up with my parents.... Read more

The Black Guy Dies First

By: Robin R. Means Coleman & Mark H. Harris

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising success of Get Out, Candyman, and Lovecraft Country from creators behind the acclaimed documentary, Horror Noire.

The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the... Read more

Pride

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

Narrated by: Lacy Laurel

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The 7 Deadly Sins series that inspired four Lifetime original movies continues with this unputdownable novel following mortgage broker Journee Alexander as she tries to escape the secrets of her past without losing all she has worked to build in the present.

Journee Alexander grew up believing that the only person she could depend on was... Read more

Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: New School Skirmish

By: Zoe Tokushige

Narrated by: Sara Matsui-Colby

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A hilarious story of new-school hijinks, filled with friendship, family, and plenty of pranks--perfect for fans of Dork Diaries and Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

Meet Airi Sano. After spending her entire childhood moving from one military base to another, she's excited to be settling down for the long-term in Hawai'i. She's less excited about her new... Read more

Jackson

By: LaQuette

Narrated by: Eboni Flowers

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

Aja Everett longs to turn her old family ranch into a place where anyone can find rest and healing. But her big heart's bound to get her in trouble if she's not careful—someone wants her gone, and they'll do whatever it takes to drive her away from the land that's her lifeblood. Whether she's willing to admit it or not, she needs help. She needs... Read more

The Girl With Stars in Her Eyes

By: Xio Axelrod

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese & Tamika Simone

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Her name's Antonia "Toni" Bennette (yeah, she's heard all the jokes before) and she's not a rock star. Neither are the Lillys—not yet. But the difference between being famous and being almost famous can be a single wrong note... or the start of something that'll change your life forever. Growing up in dive bars up and down the East Coast, Toni... Read more

Black Hamptons

By: Carl Weber & La Jill Hunt

Narrated by: Ace Bentley, Chanté Ellison, Dylan Ford, Ebony ...

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

When a piece of land comes up for sale in this exclusive community, it sparks a war between the Brittons and the Johnsons. It’s old money versus new money, and neither family seems willing to compromise. Will the tension between them shatter any hopes of a peaceful summer?

Hidden away near the end of Long Island, New York, is a community where... Read more

Stash

By: Laura Cathcart Robbins

Narrated by: Laura Cathcart Robbins

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“An emotionally absorbing and swiftly paced multisensory experience.” —The New York Times Book Review

Named a Best Memoir of 2023 by Elle

In the vein of Somebody’s Daughter, this wild, vivid addiction memoir from the host of the podcast The Only One in the Room “will inspire, awe, entertain, educate, and help so many readers” (Christie Tate,... Read more

Aliens: Vasquez

By: V. Castro

Narrated by: Lauren Rodriguez

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking Latinx Aliens novel by a rising star Latina author, featuring the fan-favorite character PFC Jenette Vasquez from the hit movie Aliens and the family she is forced to leave behindEven before the doomed mission to Hadley’s Hope on LV-426, Jenette Vasquez had to fight to survive. Born to an immigrant family with a long military... Read more

Halal Sex

By: Sheima Benembarek

Narrated by: Sheima Benembarek & Mona Eltahawy

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE QWF CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FIRST BOOK PRIZE*

An unprecedented glimpse into the sex lives of female and gender-expansive Muslims living across Canada and the United States.

In the Muslim world, sex is permissible (or halal) only within the confines of marriage. Outside of wedlock, the act is considered haram, a sin of the faith.... Read more

Working to Restore

By: Esha Chhabra

Narrated by: Samara Naeymi

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2023 Porchlight Business Book Award and Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award winner

Dispatches from the regenerative landscape, where pioneering entrepreneurs use their businesses as catalysts of change to go beyond sustainability and solve social and environmental problems

Political upheaval and social turmoil have peeled back the glitzy layers of... Read more

Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls

By: Atinuke

Narrated by: Mutiyat Ade-Salu

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Too Small Tola lives in an apartment with her clever sister, Moji; her big brother, Dapo; and Grandmommy, who is very bossy. In the first of three endearing new adventures, Tola is sized just right to wriggle under the bed and rescue Grandmommy’s prized possession when it goes missing. Her savvy and math skills save the day when Grandmommy gets... Read more

El eclipse total de Néstor López

By: Adrianna Cuevas

Narrated by: Zac Aleman

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"Después de que el papá de Néstor se marcha a otra misión, el muchacho y su mamá se mudan a un nuevo pueblo a vivir con su abuela. Néstor planea pasar desapercibido, y de ninguna manera quiere que nadie sepa su secreto más profundo: que puede hablar con los animales. Pero cuando los animales del pueblo comienzan a desaparecer, la abuela de... Read more

A Black Theology of Liberation

By: James H. Cone

Narrated by: Amir Abdullah

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

With the publication of his two early works, Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), James Cone emerged as one of the most creative and provocative theological voices in North America. His books offered a searing indictment of white theology and society and introduced a radical presentation of the... Read more

Black Skin, White Masks

By: Frantz Fanon

Narrated by: Terrence Kidd

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of listeners.



A major influence on civil rights,... Read more

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom

By: Rabia Chaudry

Narrated by: Rabia Chaudry

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“A delicious and mouthwatering book about food and family, the complicated love for both, and how that shapes us into who we are . . . I absolutely loved it!”
—Valerie Bertinelli

From the bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed podcast, a warm, intimate memoir about food, body image, and growing up in a loving but sometimes... Read more

Dust Child

By: Que Mai Phan Nguyen

Narrated by: Quyen Ngo

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. 
 
In 1969, sisters Trang and Quỳnh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village and become... Read more

Camp Zero

By: Michelle Min Sterling

Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Greta Jung & Emily Tremaine

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick

Libby Book Award Winner for Best Diverse Author

In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive debut that “delivers its big ideas with suspense,... Read more

A Burning House

By: Brandon Washington

Narrated by: Charles Ray & Rick N. Jones

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.—increasingly concerned by America's moral vision, admitted—"I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."In A Burning House, Brandon Washington contends that American Evangelicalism is a house ablaze: burning... Read more

The Art of Overcoming

By: Tim Timberlake

Narrated by: Tim Timberlake

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Life is full of everyday setbacks. In The Art of Overcoming, you will learn how to process these moments and triumphantly move beyond them. The Art of Overcoming explores how we deal with loss, grief, and hurt, and challenges readers to keep what looks like endings from discouraging or derailing us. The pain we experience is... Read more

Mixed

By: Eli Bonilla Jr.

Narrated by: Eli Bonilla Jr. & Tom Parks

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Many of us feel like we don't belong or are out of touch with our true identity. Discover how you can gain a stronger sense of who God made you to be and step confidently into every relationship, fully owning your unique distinctions and celebrating the differences of others.Group dynamics can be based on the simplest forms of... Read more

Why Am I Like This?

By: Kobe Campbell

Narrated by: Kobe Campbell

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Why does our past pain continue to affect our present?Though many of us can point to patterns of brokenness in our lives, we don’t know why they're there. No matter how hard we work, we can’t seem to outrun the very things that break our hearts. That's because our everyday setbacks are rooted in our unaddressed wounds.In Why... Read more

The Recall Paradox

By: Julian Ray Vaca

Narrated by: Sophia Courage & Tyler Kwiatkowski

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

What if everything you remember is a lie?Freya Izquierdo and Fletcher Cohen believe they’re done with top-secret memory knifing. After successfully hacking a terrorist’s memories and foiling the Memory Ghosts’ next attack, they spend their school break intending to clear Fletcher’s dad of being accused of colluding with the radical... Read more