BIPOC Authors

A Realistic Blacktopia

By: Derrick Darby

Narrated by: Diontae Black

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The United States is dogged by racism and racial disparities in income, wealth, health, education, and criminal justice. Philosophers disagree on what kind of politics is needed to address this problem. Do we pursue race-specific remedies to undo racism or do we assume the permanence of racism and opt for non-race-specific remedies in pursuit of... Read more

Murder on Bamboo Lane

By: Naomi Hirahara

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of the Japantown Mysteries, trouble awaits rookie LAPD Officer Ellie Rush as she patrols the mean streets of Los Angeles on her bicycle . . .



Bike cop Ellie Rush dreams of becoming a homicide detective, but it's still a shock when the first dead body she encounters on the job is that of a former college classmate.



At... Read more

Wandering Souls

By: Cecile Pin

Narrated by: Ainsleigh Barber, Aoife Hinds & Ioanna Kimbook

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes a multicast narration.

"Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook, and Ainsleigh Barber perform this stunning debut historical novel, which follows three orphaned Vietnamese refugees." - AudioFile Magazine

"A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope."—Ocean Vuong

A boldly imagined debut novel about three... Read more

Wires that Sputter

By: Britta Badour

Narrated by: Britta Badour

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful debut collection from an award-winning artist, public speaker, and poet.

Trillium Book Award for Poetry, Finalist
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Shortlist
Pat Lowther Memorial Award, Shortlist
Raymond Souster Award, Longlist

With propulsive, intimate stylings and an eye toward Black liberations, pop culture, sports, and familial fractures,... Read more

Melanin Base Camp

By: Danielle Williams

Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, Melanin Base Camp is a celebration of underrepresented BIPOC adventurers that will challenge you to rethink your perceptions of what an outdoorsy individual looks like and inspire you to being your own adventure.

Danielle Williams, skydiver and founder of the online community Melanin Base Camp, profiles... 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

Outlaw Culture

By: Bell Hooks

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore Bell Hooks's electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As Hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture... Read more

Flowers of Fire

By: Hawon Jung

Narrated by: Kathleen Li

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the beginning of the #MeToo movement, tens of thousands of people in South Korea have taken to the street, and many more brave individuals took a stand, to end a decades-long abortion ban and bring down powerful men accused of sexual misconduct—including a popular presidential contender.



Author Hawon Jung shows the world that these women... 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

God Themselves

By: Jae Nichelle

Narrated by: Jae Nichelle

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Let this book be a celebration of queerness, Blackness, and love. Let these words be a modern church, these poems a holy space.
Rising star and spoken word poet Jae Nichelle debuts her luminous thoughts in God Themselves, a new collection of stirring poetry. Nichelle taps into her experiences of growing up in the South as a queer Black woman to... 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

Soul Tourists

By: Bernardine Evaristo

Narrated by: Mercedes Snow

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Stanley Williams, angst-ridden banker and boffin, wonders whether there's more to life than his daily nine-to-five grind. One night he's dragged to a disco at Piccadilly Circus and there he meets Jessie: artiste, motormouth, ducker, and diver. She swoops Stanley out of his soulless life and off on a rollercoaster road trip across Europe,... Read more

The Echo from Dealey Plaza

By: Abraham Bolden

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping and unforgettable true story of bravery and patriotism in the face of bitter hatred.



Abraham Bolden was a young African American Secret Service agent in Chicago when he was asked by John F. Kennedy himself to join the White House Secret Service detail. For Bolden, it was a dream come true—and an encouraging sign of the charismatic... 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

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

Tremors in the Blood

By: Amit Katwala

Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Late one evening in the summer of 1922, Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife’s blood. But was he a grieving husband or a ruthless killer who conspired with bandits to have her murdered? To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology and a new machine that had just been invented in Berkeley... 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

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

A riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high-powered Black woman executive in the entertainment industry.

As an incredible glass-ceiling breaker and the woman who brought timeless television shows like The Game and Being Mary Jane to cable, Debra Lee has been... 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

Who Gets Believed

By: Dina Nayeri

Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars? Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which grows into a reckoning with our culture’s views on believability. From persuading a doctor that she’d prefer a C-section to learning to “bullshit... Read more

Without a Doubt

By: Surbhi Sarna

Narrated by: Surbhi Sarna

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

“An inspiring blueprint to overcome challenges—and thrive” (Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global), and turn doubt into rocket fuel to achieve your dreams, from entrepreneur, CEO, and healthcare investor Surbhi Sarna.

The very qualities that make you an outlier are, in fact, your strengths. Or so Surbhi Sarna discovered after a... Read more

Ana Takes Manhattan

By: Lissette Decos

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Fans of Abby Jimenez and Alexis Daria will love this novel about one New York City woman skilled in producing swoon‑worthy reality TV shows but whose own life is a mess, with nothing ever going according to plan.

As a reality TV producer, Ana Karina orchestrates extravagant marriage proposals that always (well, mostly) go as planned. When they... Read more

The Woman Who Climbed Trees

By: Smriti Ravindra

Narrated by: Deepa Samuel

Length: 16 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“A stunning chronicle of an Indian woman’s coming-of-age... This is electrifying.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Is this a ghost story?” Meena asked the barber’s wife who told the tale. “I don’t want to hear scary stories one night before I marry.” “Not all ghost stories are scary,” said the barber’s wife, laughing at Meena. “Besides, we... Read more