BIPOC Authors

Never Tell

By: Stacey Abrams

Narrated by: January LaVoy & Stacey Abrams

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an author's note read by Stacey Abrams.

From popular former gubernatorial candidate, lawyer, and New York Times bestselling author Stacey Abrams comes an audiobook reissue of her romantic suspense novel, Never Tell, written under the name Selena Montgomery.

Criminal psychologist Dr. Erin Abbott wants nothing more than to live... Read more

Be My Baby

By: Ronnie Spector

Narrated by: Rosie Perez

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"This heartfelt, brilliantly narrated memoir — with an introduction by Keith Richards — is one of the best I have ever listened to." -Washington Post

"...actress Rosie Perez stepped in to read the audiobook, and, go figure: She’s a total dream." -Vulture

"With her indefatigable energy, Rosie Perez emerges as the perfect choice to read this... Read more

Rise

By: Jeff Yang, Phil Yu & Philip Wang

Narrated by: Brittany Ishibashi, Fiona Rene, Nick Martineau,...

Length: 19 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

""Hip, entertaining...imaginative.""—Kirkus, starred review *""Essential."" —Min Jin Lee * ""A Herculean effort.""—Lisa Ling * ""A must-read.""—Ijeoma Oluo * ""Get two copies.""—Shea Serrano * ""A book we've needed for ages."" —Celeste Ng * ""Accessible, informative, and fun."" —Cathy Park Hong * ""This book has serious substance...Also, I'm in... Read more

I Am Golden

By: Eva Chen

Narrated by: Eva Chen

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!

This joyful and lyrical audiobook from New York Times bestselling author Eva Chen and illustrator Sophie Diao is a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children.

What do you see when you look in the mirror, Mei? Do you see beauty?

We see eyes that... Read more

Strong Mama

By: Robin Arzón

Narrated by: Robin Arzón

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Mama and baby make one incredible team in this new picture book from New York Times bestselling author and Peloton instructor extraordinaire Robin Arzón.

Before I met you, I dreamed of you. This is the story of how we first met. 

Ultramarathons. Bike sprints. Squats and deadlifts. Naps. Kitchen dance parties! All of it is in preparation for... Read more

The Chosen One

By: Echo Brown

Narrated by: Echo Brown & Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

This memoir filled with “overwhelming emotions and power” (The Mary Sue) testifies to the disappointments and triumphs of a Black first-generation college student in this exploration of the first-year experience.

There are many watchers and they are always white. That’s the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite... Read more

A More Perfect Union

By: Tammye Huf

Narrated by: Gary Furlong, Chanté McCormick & Patryce Williams

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by true events, A More Perfect Union is an epic story of love and courage, desperation and determination, and three people whose lives are inescapably entwined…

Henry O’Toole sails to America in 1848 to escape the famine in Ireland, only to face anti-immigrant prejudice. Determined never to starve again, he changes his surname to Taylor... Read more

America Made Me a Black Man

By: Boyah J. Farah

Narrated by: Preston Butler III

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

NAACP Image Award Nominee · NPR Best Book of 2022A searing memoir of American racism from a Somalian-American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Blacks in his adopted land, the United States.“No one told me about America.”  Born in Somalia and raised in a valley among nomads, Boyah... Read more

Martin & Malcolm & America

By: James H. Cone

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African American leaders of the twentieth century. While Martin Luther King, Jr., saw America as "essentially a dream . . . as yet unfulfilled," Malcolm X viewed America as a realized nightmare. James Cone cuts through superficial assessments of King and Malcolm as... Read more

Plum Bun

By: Jessi Redmon Fauset

Narrated by: Jasmin Walker

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Written in 1929 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance by one of the movement's most important and prolific authors, Plum Bun is the story of Angela Murray, a young black girl who discovers she can pass for white. After the death of her parents, Angela moves to New York to escape the racism she believes is her only obstacle to opportunity. What... Read more

Augusta Savage

By: Marilyn Nelson

Narrated by: Marilyn Nelson & Grace Angela Henry

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful biography in poems​ about a trailblazing artist and a pillar of the Harlem Renaissance—with an afterword by the curator of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Augusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A gifted sculptor, Savage was commissioned to create a portrait bust of W.E.B. Du... Read more

All Day Is A Long Time

By: David Sanchez

Narrated by: Robb Moreira

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

One of The Millions' ""Most Anticipated Books of 2022"" One of PureWow’s ""10 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in January"" One of BookShop.org's ""Notable New Releases"" One of The New York Times Book Review’s ""16 New Books Coming in January"" One of Poets & Writers' ""New and Noteworthy Books” ""David Sanchez's first novel—brilliant, lyrical,... Read more

You Are Radically Loved

By: Rosie Acosta

Narrated by: Rosie Acosta

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning host of the Radically Loved podcast, an invitation to discover the healing power of who you are, body, mind, and spirit.

Growing up in East L.A. in the nineties, Rosie Acosta dismissed spirituality and wellness as something people like her didn’t do. But after being arrested at age fifteen, she knew that only a radical... Read more

Dream of the Divided Field

By: Yanyi

Narrated by: Yanyi

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From an award-winning poet comes a collection on heartbreak and transitions, written with a piercing lyric ferocity. 

FINALIST FOR THE NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY • “Written with great tenderness and intimacy, Dream of the Divided Field reveals what we do (and do not) owe to others, and what we owe to ourselves.”—Poets & Writers

The... Read more

The Anti-Viral Gut

By: Robynne Chutkan, MD

Narrated by: Robynne Chutkan, MD

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A practical plan for strengthening the incredible antiviral defenses located in your gut and resolving symptoms—from a renowned gastroenterologist and the author of Gutbliss.

Multiple studies have now confirmed a dramatic link between the health of our microbiome—the trillions of bacteria that live in our digestive tract—and our likelihood of... Read more

Rethinking Sex

By: Christine Emba

Narrated by: Christine Emba

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Part searing examination, part call to arms—a bold case against modern sexual ethics, from young Washington Post columnist Christine Emba.

For years now, modern-day sexual ethics has held that “anything goes” when it comes to sex—as long as everyone says yes, and does so enthusiastically. So why, even when consent has been ascertained, are so... Read more

I'm So (Not) Over You

By: Kosoko Jackson

Narrated by: Timothy Bell Reese

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"Shine[s] with a beautiful, blooming sense of wonder.”—New York Times Book Review

A 2023 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER!

One of...
Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best LGBTQ+ Romance Novels of the Last Five Years
Essence's New Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2022
Oprah Daily’s Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2022
Buzzfeed’s Highly Anticipated LGBTQ... Read more

How to Talk to Your Boss About Race

By: Y-Vonne Hutchinson

Narrated by: Y-Vonne Hutchinson

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

An indispensable practical toolkit for dismantling racism in the workplace without fear

Reporting and personal testimonials have exposed racism in every institution in this country. But knowing that racism exists isn’t nearly enough. Social media posts about #BlackLivesMatter are nice, but how do you push leadership towards real anti-racist... 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

A Hero of Our Time

By: Naben Ruthnum

Narrated by: Raoul Bhaneja

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Yellowface and American Fiction, A Hero of Our Time is a vicious takedown of superficial diversity initiatives and tech culture, with a beating heart of broken sincerity that the Toronto Star calls "a powerful, unexpected reading experience."

Osman Shah is a pitstop on his white colleague Olivia Robinson’s quest for corporate... Read more

Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

Narrated by: Cary Hite & Sisi Aisha Johnson

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Debut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.

Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he... Read more

Mirror Girls

By: Kelly McWilliams

Narrated by: Deanna Anthony, Carmen Jewel Jones & Robin Eller

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling gothic horror novel about biracial twin sisters separated at birth, perfect for fans of Lovecraft Country and The Vanishing Half As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for loving across the color line. Now, at the dawn of the Civil... Read more

Bake Infinite Pie with X + Y

By: Eugenia Cheng

Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Aspiring bakers will embrace this charming picture book about baking pie by using simple math, from one of the world’s most creative and celebrated mathematicians.

X + Y are dreaming of baking infinite pie. But they don’t know if infinite pie is real. With the help of quirky and uber-smart Aunt Z, and a whole lot of flour and butter, X and Y will... Read more

Kamila Knows Best

By: Farah Heron

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Jane Austen's Emma goes Bollywoood in this delightful retelling from the highly acclaimed author of Accidentally Engaged, perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez and Jasmine Guillory.Kamila Hussain’s life might not be perfect, but, whew, it’s close. She lives a life of comfort, filled with her elaborate Bollywood movie parties, a dog with more... Read more