BIPOC Authors

The Sun Does Shine (Young Readers Edition)

By: Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin & Olugbemi...

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times, now adapted for younger readers.

In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only 29 years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed... Read more

Portrait of a Thief

By: Grace D. Li

Narrated by: Eunice Wong & Austin Ku

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize
Named a New York Times Best Crime Novel of 2022
Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by *Marie Claire* *Washington Post* *Vulture* *NBC News*  *Buzzfeed* *Veranda* *PopSugar* *Paste* *The Millions* *Bustle*... Read more

The Romantic Agenda

By: Claire Kann

Narrated by: Adrienne Walker

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

One of...
Parade's Best Romance Books of All Time
NPR's Books to Celebrate Pride Month
Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated LGBTQ Reads of 2022
Goodreads' Most Anticipated April Romances
Betches' Books To Add To Your Spring 2022 Reading List

Joy is in love with Malcolm.
But Malcolm really likes Summer.
Summer is in love with love.
And Fox is Summer’s... Read more

People Change

By: Vivek Shraya

Narrated by: Vivek Shraya

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

*FINALIST FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY W.O. MITCHELL BOOK PRIZE*

“A deeply generous and honest gift to the world.”
—Elliot Page

The author of I’m Afraid of Men lets readers in on the secrets to a life of reinvention.

Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels.... Read more

Jesus and the Disinherited

By: Howard Thurman

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape the civil rights movement and changed our nation’s history forever.

In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader... Read more

Symptoms of a Heartbreak

By: Sona Charaipotra

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Doogie Howser, M.D. meets The Fault in Our Stars in this tender romcom." —Teen Vogue

The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds—and falls head over heels—in Sona Charaipotra's contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak.

Sixteen-year-old Saira has always juggled family, friendships, and her Girl Genius... Read more

Lose Your Mother

By: Saidiya Hartman

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman traces the history of the Atlantic slave trade by recounting a journey she took along a slave route in Ghana. Following the trail of captives from the hinterland to the Atlantic coast, she reckons with the blank slate of her own genealogy and vividly dramatizes the effects of slavery on three centuries of... Read more

God of Neverland

By: Gama Ray Martinez

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In this magical re-imagining of J. M. Barrie’s classic tale, Michael Darling—the youngest of the Darling siblings and former Lost Boy, now all grown up—must return to the life he left behind to save Neverland from the brink of collapse and keep humanity safe from magical and mythological threats, as well as answer the ultimate question: Where is... Read more

Tough

By: Terry Crews

Narrated by: Terry Crews

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, the deeply personal story of his lifelong obsession with strength—and how, after looking for it in all the wrong places, he finally found it

Terry Crews spent decades cultivating his bodybuilder physique and bravado. On the outside, he seemed invincible: he escaped his abusive father, went pro in the NFL,... Read more

Reclaim the Stars

By: Zoraida Córdova

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & Zoraida Córdova

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of 2022
One of Pop Sugar's Best New YA of 2022

From stories that take you to the stars, to stories that span into other times and realms, to stories set in the magical now, Reclaim the Stars takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world.

Follow princesses warring in space,... Read more

The First, the Few, the Only

By: Deepa Purushothaman

Narrated by: Deepa Purushothaman

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Axiom Award Bronze Medalist for Women / BIPOC in BusinessA deeply personal call to action for women of color to find power from within and to join together in community, advocating for a new corporate environment where we all belong—and are accepted—on our own terms.Women of color comprise one of the fastest-growing segments in the corporate... Read more

A Thousand Steps into Night

By: Traci Chee

Narrated by: Grace Rolek

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the National Book AwardFrom bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a fantasy perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli. When a girl who’s never longed for adventure is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life, but along the way is... Read more

Letters to the Sons of Society

By: Shaka Senghor

Narrated by: Shaka Senghor

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sons—one whom he is raising and the other whose childhood took place during Senghor's nineteen-year incarceration.
 
“A visceral and visual journey for the ages . . . the perfect road... Read more

Caregiving with Love and Joy

By: Patricia A. Boswell, LPN, MBA

Narrated by: Patricia A. Boswell, LPN, MBA

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolutionary, practical, uplifting guide for the caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.


When it comes to caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, the right caregiving can make all the difference. Here, Patricia Boswell shares structured routines, life hacks, and best practices that are evidence-based... Read more

Simon B. Rhymin' Takes a Stand

By: Dwayne Reed

Narrated by: Dwayne Reed

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This humorous and heartwarming sequel to Simon B. Rhymin' follows a young rapper navigating the inequality and injustice within his school and community.Eleven-year-old Simon and his friends are disappointed with the lack of funding at Booker T. Washington School—there’s no AC, only one space for school activities, and the money for... Read more

Heartbreak Symphony

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

Narrated by: Robb Moreira & Tania Possick

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Clap When You Land meets On the Come Up in this heart-gripping story about navigating first love and overcoming grief through the power of music.

Aarón Medrano has been haunted by the onstage persona of his favorite DJ ever since his mother passed away. He seems to know all of Aarón’s deepest fears, like that his brain doesn’t work the way it... Read more

An Arrow to the Moon

By: Emily X.R. Pan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Shawn K. Jain & David Shih

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After.

Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He’s sick of being haunted by his family’s past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his little... Read more

Kaikeyi

By: Vaishnavi Patel

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 17 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“With a graceful, measured elegance” (The New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient epic the Ramayana, giving voice to an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.I was born on the full moon under an auspicious... Read more

The Song of Our Scars

By: Haider Warraich

Narrated by: Haider Warraich & Fajer Al-Kaisi

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A doctor’s personal and unsparing account of how modern medicine’s failure to understand pain has made care less effective

In The Song of Our Scars, physician Haider Warraich offers a bold reexamination of the nature of pain, not as a simple physical sensation, but as a cultural experience.

Warraich, himself a sufferer of chronic pain, considers... Read more

A Different Pond

By: Bao Phi

Narrated by: Bao Phi

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

As a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. A successful catch meant a fed family. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their... Read more

StarTalk

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Luzma Ortiz, Kevin R. Free...

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere.This pioneering, provocative audiobook brings together the best of StarTalk, his beloved podcast and television show devoted to solving the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and... Read more

Dating Dr. Dil

By: Nisha Sharma

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani & Vikas Adam

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

""Nisha Sharma's Dating Dr. Dil is what would happen if you put all my favorite romantic comedy tropes into a blender: a frothy, snarky, hilarious treat with a gooey, heartwarming center. The perfect addition to any rom-com lover's shelf."" —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on VacationNisha Sharma’s new... Read more

Essential Labor

By: Angela Garbes

Narrated by: Angela Garbes

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change.The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and... 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