BIPOC Authors

Play It Right

By: Kamal Gupta

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

All around the world, the words "Wall Street" conjure up a powerful image. For some, it is the center of America's capitalist system and the engine of its economic growth. For others, it is the home of rapacious bankers and reckless traders whose greed would lead to a global financial crisis. For an Indian-born blackjack player, Wall Street... Read more

The Black Fives

By: Claude Johnson

Narrated by: Claude Johnson

Length: 20 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking history of Black basketballAfrican Americans were making moves in basketball generations before the rise of the NBA. Their pioneering efforts helped popularize the sport in big cities and small towns alike and shaped the game we know and love today. From the invention of the game in 1891 to the racial integration of all-White... Read more

Brown Church

By: Robert Chao Romero

Narrated by: Andre Bellido

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist



Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new.



For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition to... Read more

Boys Don’t Cry

By: Meghna Pant

Narrated by: Malika Choudhury

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A work of power, intimacy and magic' Anees Salim, authorWhen Maneka Pataudi is arrested as the prime suspect for the murder of her ex-husband, she reveals a chilling tale of marital abuse and neglect.But is her confession the truth or a lie? Is she telling the story as a victim or a perpetrator? And, is it better for women to kill for love or be... Read more

25 Lies

By: Vince Everett Ellison

Narrated by: Vince Everett Ellison

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

As a young man, Vince Ellison began his career in the belly of the beast—as a prison guard working in the worst cellblock imaginable—the one housing mass murderers, rapists, child molesters, and others who would never be released, and whose crimes would never be redeemed in this world.



Vince Ellison saw the face of evil up close. He knows it like... Read more

Translating Myself and Others

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan & Jhumpa Lahiri

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Sneha Mathan narrates these luminous essays on translation and self-translation by award-winning writer and literary translator Jhumpa LahiriWith an introduction, afterword, and acknowledgements read by the authorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa... Read more

The 2% Way

By: Dr. Myron L. Rolle

Narrated by: Charles Ray

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

You don't have to change your life overnight--instead, you can make small changes that leave a lasting impact. In The 2% Way, discover the simple, revolutionary practice behind the against-the-odds success story of Dr. Myron L. Rolle.Dr. Rolle has led a remarkable life: from earning a scholarship to a prestigious private high school to becoming... Read more

Ma and Me

By: Putsata Reang

Narrated by: Putsata Reang

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"Putsata Reang's quiet narration of her beautiful, poignant memoir holds both deep compassion and raw pain. Reang's ability to capture both her own and her mother's histories, desires, and dreams--in her voice and her prose--is remarkable." -AudioFile on Ma and Me

This program is read by the author.

"A nuanced mediation on love, identity, and... Read more

A Place to Belong

By: Amber O'Neal Johnston

Narrated by: Amber O'Neal Johnston

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage and embrace inclusivity in the home and beyond.

Gone are the days when socially conscious parents felt comfortable teaching their children to merely tolerate others. Instead, they are looking for a way to authentically embrace the fullness of their diverse communities. A Place... Read more

The Emma Project

By: Sonali Dev

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Emma gets a fresh Indian-American twist from award-winning author Sonali Dev in her heartwarmingly irresistible Jane Austen inspired rom com series.No one can call Vansh Raje’s life anything but charmed. Handsome—Vogue has declared him California’s hottest single—and rich enough to spend all his time on missions to make the world a better... Read more

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

By: Sonora Reyes

Narrated by: Karla Serrato

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award Finalist * William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist * Goodreads Finalist for Best Teen Book of the Year * Walter Honor Award Winner * Pura Belpré Honor Book * Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young AdultA sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling... Read more

His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By: Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa

Narrated by: Dion Graham, Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa

Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN NONFICTION
WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.

A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism... Read more

Black Boy Smile

By: D. Watkins

Narrated by: D. Watkins

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestselling and award-winning author presents a complex story about his coming-of-age journey as a Black boy, from the societal roots of trauma to finding joy.

"If I had two wishes, it would be that D. Watkins spend an entire book writing through the terrifying wonder of Black boyness in America, and for every human to read and... Read more

With Prejudice

By: Robin Peguero

Narrated by: Chris Ciulla

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

No one knows what happened that night. Seven strangers must decide.Earl Thomas, a straight-laced taxman with his fair share of police encounters, is the begrudging foreperson in a high-stakes trial in Miami. Laura Hurtado-Perez is a physician whose unassuming manner conceals a private pain. Joseph Cole is the founder of his local neighborhood... Read more

Help! I’m Alive

By: Gurjinder Basran

Narrated by: Hillary Warden

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerfully emotional story of four people touched by a teen’s death, award-winning author Gurjinder Basran’s Help! I’m Alive is a clear-eyed exploration of meaningful connection in the modern era After video footage of Jay’s death is shared on social media, a suburban Vancouver community is left to try to make sense of what happened to... Read more

Jude and Diana

By: Sharon Robart-Johnson

Narrated by: Shelley Hamilton

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The only mention of Jude in Nova Scotia’s official history relates to her death: a slave-owning family was brought to trial for her murder in 1801. They were acquitted despite overwhelming evidence that they were guilty. Sharon Robart-Johnson pays tribute to such archival glimpses of enslaved people by re-creating the fullness of sisters... Read more

The Movement Made Us

By: David J. Dennis Jr. & David J. Dennis Sr.

Narrated by: Cary Hite & Leon Nixon

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Movement Made Us takes literature to a momentous Southern Black space to which I honestly never thought a book could take us. This is literally the Movement that made us and both Davids love us whole here with a creation that is as ingenious as it is soulfully sincere. Stunning.”—Kiese Laymon, author of HeavyA dynamic family exchange that... Read more

We Need to Build

By: Eboo Patel

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“You don’t create societies by burning things down, You create societies by building things.”

From the former faith adviser to President Obama comes a fresh manifesto for those who seek to promote positive change and build a more diverse and just democracy

The goal of social change work is not a more ferocious revolution; it is a more ... Read more

Woman of Endurance, A \ Indómita (Spanish Edition)

By: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Narrated by: Yetta Gottesman

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

El poder inolvidable de Beloved de Toni Morrison y la atmósfera evocativa de A Respectable Trade de Phillippa Gregory se combinan en esta revolucionaria novela de Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, que ilustra un aspecto poco conocido de la historia –el comercio transatlántico de personas esclavizadas en Puerto Rico– narrado a través de la experiencia de... Read more

Jameela Green Ruins Everything

By: Zarqa Nawaz

Narrated by: Aizzah Fatima

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Jameela Green only has one wish. To see her memoir on the New York Times bestseller list. When her dream doesn’t come true, she seeks spiritual guidance at her local mosque. New imam and recent immigrant Ibrahim Sultan is appalled by Jameela’s shallowness, but agrees to assist her on one condition: that she perform a good... Read more

High Spirits

By: Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Narrated by: Coral Pena

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, by debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez.It is a book centered on one extended family—the Beléns—across multiple generations.It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa—and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights, too.It is... Read more

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

By: Natalia Sylvester

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first real boyfriend and how to feel safe in her own body.Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability.... Read more

So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 1

By: Okina Baba

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

I used to be a normal high school girl but in the blink of an eye, I woke up in a place I've never seen before and-and I was reborn as a spider?! How could something that's nothing more than a tiny spider (that's me) possibly survive in literally the worst dungeon ever? Are there no rules? There should be some rules! Who the hell is responsible... Read more

Liberalism and Its Discontents

By: Francis Fukuyama

Narrated by: Christopher Ragland

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An audiobook about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order.

Classical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe’s wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societies, which is grounded in fundamental... Read more