BIPOC Authors

Black and Blur

By: Fred Moten

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 14 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In Black and Blur—the first volume in his sublime and compelling trilogy consent not to be a single being—Fred Moten engages in a capacious consideration of the place and force of blackness in African diaspora arts, politics, and life. In these interrelated essays, Moten attends to entanglement, the blurring of borders, and other practices that... Read more

Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic

By: Whoopi Goldberg & Deborah Underwood

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg—now featuring brand-new illustrations!  At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chassé, plié, and jeté with their Sugar Plum Sisters—but things don't always go to plan! As the girls encounter challenges both on and off... Read more

Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble

By: Whoopi Goldberg & Deborah Underwood

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The second book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg—now featuring brand-new illustrations! At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chassé, plié, and jeté with their Sugar Plum Sisters—but things don't always go to plan! As the girls encounter challenges both on and off... Read more

What's Mine and Yours

By: Naima Coster

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

An instant New York Times bestseller!

A USA Today bestseller!

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Amazon • Esquire • Marie Claire • Refinery29 • Kirkus • Redbook • Ms. Magazine • The Millions • Undomesticated Magazine • Paperback Paris

"A once-every-few-years reading experience."—Mary Beth Keane, New York... Read more

Never After: The Stolen Slippers

By: Melissa de la Cruz

Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a new middle-grade fantasy saga from Melissa de la Cruz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Descendants series, with Never After: The Stolen Slippers, where real life and fairy tales collide!

Tossed back into the not-so-familiar fairy-tale world of Never After, Filomena Jefferson-Cho and her friends set off on another... Read more

Why?

By: Taye Diggs

Narrated by: Taye Diggs

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by Taye Diggs. It contains sound design.

A conversation about race.

"Daddy?"
"Yes, my sweet boy."
"Why are those people shouting?"
"Our people are shouting because we need to be heard. We need to be heard."

Why? is a question asked by children daily, and in this stirking and timely story, it begins a straightforward and... Read more

Surveillance State

By: Josh Chin & Liza Lin

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Where is the line between digital utopia and digital police state?

Surveillance State tells the gripping, startling, and detailed story of how China’s Communist Party is building a new kind of political control: shaping the will of the people through the sophisticated—and often brutal—harnessing of data.

It is a story born in Silicon Valley and... Read more

Lost to the World

By: Shahbaz Taseer

Narrated by: Adam Karim

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Shahbaz Taseer’s memoir of his five-year-long captivity at the hands of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

In late August 2011, Shahbaz Taseer was driving to his office in Lahore when he was dragged from his car at gunpoint and kidnapped by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a Taliban-affiliated Uzbek terrorist group.... Read more

Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds

By: Samira Ahmed

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling author Samira Ahmed comes a thrilling fantasy adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the Land of Stories.
 
On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can’t stop their bickering while attending a special exhibit on medieval... Read more

Culturally Responsive School Leadership

By: Muhammad Khalifa

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Culturally Responsive School Leadership focuses on how school leaders can effectively serve minoritized students—those who have been historically marginalized in school and society. The book demonstrates how leaders can engage students, parents, teachers, and communities in ways that positively impact learning by honoring indigenous heritages... Read more

Black Lives Matter at School

By: Denisha Jones & Jesse Hagopian

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts, Mirron Willis & Kirsten Potter

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Black Lives Matter at School is an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system." —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author.



Black Lives Matter at School succinctly generalizes lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the... Read more

La mitad evanescente

By: Brit Bennett

Narrated by: Jane Santos

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Nº1 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST Nominada al National Book Award 2020 y al Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 Nº1 de la Indie Next List Entre los mejores libros del 2020 según The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, People, Time Magazine y Vanity Fair «Una reflexión AMBICIOSA sobre la RAZA y la IDENTIDAD.»
The New York Times Generación... Read more

Sixty-One

By: Chris Paul

Narrated by: Chris Paul

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Paul, "The Point God," a member of the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team and current point guard for the Phoenix Suns, narrates this compelling memoir. Deeply affected by the untimely death of his grandfather, Nathaniel "PaPa Chili" Jones, Paul recounts the inspiration and influence PaPa Chili continues to play in his life and career.

A powerful... Read more

How to Kidnap the Rich

By: Rahul Raina

Narrated by: Homer Todiwala

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“A raucous novel, narrated in deadpan voice-over by Ramesh, a self-described ‘lower lower middle class’ 24-year-old scammer. . . . His perspective is a delight. . . . a tartly entertaining novel, a potential summer blockbuster.” —New York Times Book ReviewA fresh look at modern-day India hailed as ""a monstrously funny and unpredictable wild... Read more

The Cryptopians

By: Laura Shin

Narrated by: Laura Shin

Length: 15 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses.

In their short history, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone through booms, busts, and internecine wars, recently reaching a market valuation of more than $2 trillion. The central promise of crypto endures—vast fortunes made from... Read more

Black American Refugee

By: Tiffanie Drayton

Narrated by: Tiffanie Drayton

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Named "most anticipated" book of February by Marie Claire, Essence, and A.V. Club
 
"…extraordinary and representative."—NPR

"Drayton explores the ramifications of racism that span generations, global white supremacy, and the pitfalls of American culture."—Shondaland
 
After following her mother to the US at a young age to pursue economic... Read more

Fiona and Jane

By: Jean Chen Ho

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A TIME, NPR, VOGUE, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)

One of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022

“Ho's debut work is the perfect modern example of great American fiction. . . . You will love it.” —Jake Tapper

“Intimate, cinematic. . . . The world Ho creates between the two women feels like one friend reading the other’s story,... Read more

How to Fight Racism Young Reader's Edition

By: Jemar Tisby

Narrated by: Jemar Tisby

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Kids deal with racism and social justice issues every day; give them the tools to effectively fight injustices using Christian principles and practical tools. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Jemar Tisby helps young readers ages 8-12 understand how everyday prejudice affects them, what they can do... Read more

Talking about Race

By: Isaac Adams

Narrated by: Rick N. Jones

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Conversations about racism are as important as they are hard for American Christians.Yet the conversation often gets so ugly, even among the faithful who claim unity in Jesus. Why is that the case? Why does it matter? Can things get better, or are we permanently divided?In this honest and hopeful book, pastor Isaac Adams doesn't just show you... Read more

We Go On

By: John Onwuchekwa

Narrated by: John Onwuchekwa

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Do you often ask the question "What is my purpose in life?" Rich with black-and-white photography, powerful stories, and life-changing reflections from the book of Ecclesiastes, We Go On, by pastor and entrepreneur John Onwuchekwa calls you to find the true answer to the question: Why am I here?In a world that encourages us to... Read more

Brilliance Beyond Borders

By: Chinwe Esimai

Narrated by: Chinwe Esimai

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

What if the traditional narrative about immigrant women--that those who come to the United States will succeed as long as they work hard, stay focused, and have supportive families--is a lie?Of the 73 million women in the US workforce, 11.5 million are foreign-born. The truth is--even in the midst of headlines and political debates about... Read more

Two Old Broads

By: Dr. M. E. Hecht & Whoopi Goldberg

Narrated by: Devon O'Day & Jackie Schlicher

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Written by renowned surgeon and expert on the art of aging, Dr. M.E. Hecht, with her friend Whoopi Goldberg lending her unique point of view, Two Old Broads is laugh out loud funny and?tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years.Whoopi joins... Read more

The Daily Check-In

By: Michelle Williams

Narrated by: Michelle Williams

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.In The Daily Check-In, singer and actress Michelle Williams helps you process the emotions that cause you to feel overwhelmed and gives you powerful strategies for discovering freedom and wholeness.In her book Checking In, Michelle Williams shared the painful seasons of struggle that left her feeling like she couldn't go on.... Read more

Ahead of the Game

By: Kevin J. Ryan

Narrated by: Charles Ray

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Prepare to be inspired by the story of Delane Parnell, the unlikeliest of CEOs now leading a gaming empire at the center of the booming, multibillion-dollar esports industry. This audiobook edition includes an exclusive interview between the author and Delane!Delane Parnell is not your typical tech entrepreneur. He was raised in a gang-riddled... Read more