BIPOC Authors

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

The Thing About Home

By: Rhonda McKnight

Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Bitter and Sweet, an emotional love story about a woman who returns to the South to find her roots that combines the "vivid low country history" (Publisher's Weekly) of the Lowcountry with a story of love and family.Home is not a place--it's a feeling.Casey Black needs an escape. When her picture-perfect vow renewal ceremony... Read more

The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

Narrated by: Jalyn Hall

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

Streaming series now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James! This audio is read by series star Jalyn Hall.The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse.“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is... Read more

Drama Free

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

Narrated by: Nedra Glover Tawwab

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a road map for understanding and moving past family struggles—and living your life, your way.

    Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life’s challenges. For... Read more

You Are Only Just Beginning

By: Morgan Harper Nichols

Narrated by: Morgan Harper Nichols

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author with eleven audiobook-exclusive bonus poems!Find the inspiration you need to embrace your next adventure in life with confidence.It can be difficult and scary to take that first step into your future and surrender to the unknown. This illustrated collection of poetry and essays will empower you to strike out on your journey... Read more

It All Adds Up

By: Devon Kennard

Narrated by: Devon Kennard

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Gain access to the ultimate playbook to help you win at your financial game.Money is a game of survival, and you can’t get ahead with the outdated playbook of the American Dream. Don’t let rising debt, stagnant wages, and increased inflation make it impossible to create financial stability. Create investment opportunities to... Read more

Made to Belong

By: David Kim

Narrated by: David Kim

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Author and pastor David Kim shares his experiences with loneliness as a Korean American immigrant and delivers compelling research about belonging that includes the revolutionary five anchors for developing meaningful relationships.Even though we are connected more than ever--through social media, video calls and texts, and... Read more

The Swiss Nurse

By: Mario Escobar

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"Within the harrowing landscape of both the Spanish Civil War and World War II, Escobar shines a light on hope and humanity. Descriptions and prose, both startling and lyrical, bring you into the scene and into the lives of both Elisabeth and Isabel as they strive to survive, thrive, and care for others in this gripping tale of destruction, war,... Read more

Change Starts with You

By: Sam Acho

Narrated by: Sam Acho & Gabe Wicks

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Injustice, division, and suffering may loom large in this broken world, but you have the power to stand up for truth, unity, and healing. Join writer, motivational speaker, humanitarian, and NFL veteran Sam Acho as he gives you the courage you need to be a changemaker.When gold is put into a crucible over a fire, the... Read more

Surrender Your Story

By: Tara Sun

Narrated by: Tara Sun

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.“I could not think of a better read and better reminder that He writes the best stories.”—Sadie Robertson Huff, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and founder of Live Original There’s a lie masquerading as truth that’s running rampant in our culture. It goes something like this: you are powerful enough to control your... Read more

My Sunday Best

By: La Verne Ford Wimberly

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes an audiobook-exclusive interview with the author!After posting selfies in her Sunday best for fifty-two consecutive weeks during the pandemic, octogenarian Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly became a viral sensation during Easter 2021, appearing everywhere from the Washington Post to CNN to Fox News.Her hats made us smile.Her smile gave us... Read more

Black Folk Could Fly

By: Randall Kenan

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction.



Virtuosic in his use of literary forms, nurtured and unbounded by his identities as a Black man, a gay man, an intellectual, and a Southerner, Randall Kenan was known for his groundbreaking... Read more

The Faithless

By: C. L. Clark

Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri

Length: 17 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In the second installment of C.L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy, soldier Touraine and princess Luca must return to Balladaire to reclaim Luca's throne and to face the consequences of dismantling an empire.

The rebels have won, and the empire is withdrawing from Qazal. But undoing the tangled web that binds the two nations will not be easy,... Read more

I Am Debra Lee

By: Debra Lee

Narrated by: Debra Lee

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), a riveting "must-read" memoir about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high-powered Black female executive in the entertainment industry (Alicia Keys).

Debra Lee has been the visionary responsible for elevating Black images and storytelling for decades with timeless television... Read more

Hoop Muses

By: Seimone Augustus & Kate Fagan

Narrated by: Kate Fagan

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“In vibrant color and style, Hoops Muses tells the vital stories that celebrate the history and tradition of our game.” —Sue Bird, WNBA legend

Hoops Muses is an homage to the game, bringing style and flair to all the details, moments, and people who have shaped the collective world of (women’s) hoops.

Hoops Muses will take us through time –... Read more

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It

By: Jeremie Harris

Narrated by: Jeremie Harris

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2024 NON-FICTION KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS OF CANADA AWARD

An entertaining and accessible dive into the riveting world described by quantum mechanics, from physicist, AI risk expert, and Hollywood “alternative reality” consultant Jérémie Harris.

Are human beings immortal? Are... Read more

Butter

By: Gayl Jones

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing, and Palmares

“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truth-telling, filled with... Read more

Merci Suárez no sabe bailar

By: Meg Medina

Narrated by: Jane Santos

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Séptimo grado va a ser todo un desafío para Merci Suárez: los maestros son más estrictos, las amistades son más complicadas y su familia es todavía… bueno, ellos siempre hacen que las cosas sean interesantes. Merci también tiene que gestionar la tienda de la escuela con un varón… y el hecho de que él es —pudiéramos decir— amable hace que todo... Read more

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking

By: Raquel V. Reyes

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking-show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school's Fall Festival the day before. Miriam's luck does not improve. Her passive-aggressive mother-in-law puts her in... Read more

A Quiet Teacher

By: Adam Oyebanji

Narrated by: Curtis Michael Holland

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Greg Abimbola is a language teacher at the prestigious Calderhill Academy in Pittsburgh. Only that's not his real name or the only secret he's hiding. Greg has a closetful. When the murder of a wealthy parent on school premises shines an unwanted spotlight on Calderhill Academy, Greg is determined to avoid attention—that is until the closest... Read more

My Name Is Ona Judge

By: Suzette D. Harrison

Narrated by: Tovah Ott & Aure Nash

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

New Hampshire, 1796. “My name is Ona Judge, and I escaped from the household of the President of the United States. I was the favored maid of George and Martha Washington, but they deemed me a slave and thought me property, and I hear ten dollars is offered as reward for my capture. Now I must write the truth that I have lived, and tell my... Read more

Race Rebels

By: Robin DG Kelley

Narrated by: L. Malaika Cooper

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Many black strategies of daily resistance have been obscured—until now. Race rebels, argues Kelley, have created strategies of resistance, movements, and entire subcultures. Here, for the first time, everyday race rebels are given the historiographical attention they deserve, from the Jim Crow era to the present. Read more

The Common Wind

By: Julius S. Scott

Narrated by: Earl McLean

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and enslaved masses of the New World. Having delved deep into the gray obscurity of official eighteenth-century records in Spanish, English, and French, Julius S. Scott has written a powerful "history from below." Scott follows the... Read more

Out of the Fire

By: Jennifer Shepard Payne, PhD, LCSW

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

As Black people, we are more likely to face a traumatic experience or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But being Black is about more than the violence that has been perpetrated against us. It also means living a life of dignity and self-worth. We can pull ourselves out of the fire of painful experiences and gain the... Read more