BIPOC Authors

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

Layla, the Last Black Unicorn

By: Tiffany Haddish & Jerdine Nolen

Narrated by: Tiffany Haddish

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From beloved comedian, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Haddish comes Layla, the Last Black Unicorn, a hilarious, original book about a lovable but awkward unicorn who learns why her uniqueness is her biggest strength.It’s not easy to fit in when you stand out. When Layla arrives for her first day of school at Unicornia,... Read more

The Last Queen

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR!LONGLISTED for 2022 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD!She rose from commoner to become the last reigning queen of India’s Sikh Empire. In this dazzling novel, based on true-life events, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni presents the unforgettable... Read more

One True Loves

By: Elise Bryant

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Happily Ever Afters comes another irresistible YA romantic comedy full of self-discovery and Black love—and a dreamy European cruise. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances.Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style... Read more

My Name Is a Story

By: Ashanti

Narrated by: Ashanti

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From Grammy Award-winning singer Ashanti comes an empowering story about a girl who learns to love her unique name. First days aren’t easy for a girl with a name like Ashanti. It feels like no one can pronounce it correctly! But with some encouragement from her mom, Ashanti spells her name and learns just how special it is.A is for awesome, S is... Read more

The Old Woman with the Knife

By: Gu Byeong-mo

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

*A New York Times Editors' Choice* Pick
*A Most Anticipated Read in LitHub, CrimeReads, Thrillist, and Popsugar*

The kinetic story of a sixty-five-year-old female assassin who faces an unexpected threat in the twilight of her career—this is an international bestseller and the English language debut from an award-winning South Korean author 

At... Read more

The Chandler Legacies

By: Abdi Nazemian

Narrated by: Abdi Nazemian & Vikas Adam

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enclosed world of privilege and silence at an elite boarding school and the unlikely group of friends who dare to challenge the status quo through their writing. Perfect for fans of E. Lockhart, Kathleen Glasgow, and Jandy Nelson, with crossover... Read more

Hope and Glory

By: Jendella Benson

Narrated by: Kelechi Okafor

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the year’s most anticipated by Marie Claire, Essence, Debutiful, & GoodreadsA brilliant debut by a British-Nigerian author—a heartfelt family drama that will delight book club readers and fans of books like The Girl with the Louding Voice and Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows.“Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world. The... Read more

Gut Renovation

By: Dr. Roshini Raj

Narrated by: Andi Arndt

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining the latest developments and research discoveries, board-certified gastroenterologist and medical host on CNN and Fox News, Dr. Roshini Raj shows the ways in which the microbiome impacts overall well-being, and helps readers reset their biological clocks by improving their gut health.
With one in four Americans suffering from digestive... Read more

Eyes That Speak to the Stars

By: Joanna Ho

Narrated by: Justin Chien

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling team Joanna Ho and Dung Ho present Eyes That Speak to the Stars, companion to the acclaimed Eyes That Kiss in the Corners.“A brilliant treatise to love of self and heritage.” —School Library Journal (starred review)“A beautifully validating book that builds on the necessary work of its predecessor.” —Kirkus“Affirmative... Read more

Level Up

By: Stacey Abrams, Lara Hodgson & Heather Cabot

Narrated by: Lara Hodgson, Heather Cabot & Stacey Abrams

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring and revelatory guide to starting and scaling a small business, from powerhouse duo Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson

Like many business owners, renowned politician and activist Stacey Abrams didn’t start a business because she dreamed of calling herself an entrepreneur. Her part-time post (and its $17,310 annual salary) as a member of... Read more

Harlem Sunset

By: Nekesa Afia

Narrated by: Shayna Small

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a 2022 People Magazine best book of the summer!

A riveting Harlem Renaissance Mystery featuring Louise Lloyd, a young Black woman working in a hot new speakeasy when she gets caught up in a murder that hits too close to home...

Harlem, 1927. Twenty-seven-year-old Louise Lloyd has found the perfect job! She is the new manager of the Dove, a... Read more

We Do What We Do in the Dark

By: Michelle Hart

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Hart’s novel does something exceptional that few pieces of fiction have done successfully….[H]as flashes of Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends." – New York Times

“An unforgettable account of a forbidden romance.” – Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Patsy

“Moving and memorable.” – Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion

“Sensual and... Read more

Things We Do in the Dark

By: Jennifer Hillier

Narrated by: Carla Vega

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between the author and actor Brandi Cyrus.

Winner of Best Audiobook at the 2023 ITW (International Thriller Writers) Thriller Awards.

Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris... Read more

How Maya Got Fierce

By: Sona Charaipotra

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In How Maya Got Fierce by Sona Charaipotra, The Bold Type meets Younger when a teen who gets her dream job at a fashion magazine, despite being only seventeen.

Maya dreams of working in magazines. But as the daughter of garlic farmers, her path is set: it’s off to Cow Camp instead. But when she ends up in the New York City area and realizes... Read more

Radical Radiance

By: Angela Jia Kim

Narrated by: Angela Jia Kim

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

A magical 12-week self-love program that helps readers to radiate inner and outer glow to manifest beauty, abundance and joy, from the founder and CEO of Savor Beauty + Spa.

We can all think of someone who radiates beauty, vibrancy, and confidence that emanates from a lit-from-within quality. But what exactly... Read more

The Unfair Advantage

By: Ash Ali & Hasan Kubba

Narrated by: Ash Ali, Hasan Kubba & Raj Ghatak

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The winner of the UK's Business Book of the Year Award for 2021, this is a groundbreaking exposé of the myths behind startup success and a blueprint for harnessing the things that really matter.

What is the difference between a startup that makes it, and one that crashes and burns? Behind every story of success is an unfair advantage.

But an... Read more

Tokyo Dreaming

By: Emiko Jean

Narrated by: Ali Ahn

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean's Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After.

When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and... Read more

Beating Heart Baby

By: Lio Min

Narrated by: Alejandro Antonio Ruiz & Jensen Silvio

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Lio Min’s Beating Heart Baby is a “dizzying, sexy, and utterly heartfelt” (Mary H. K. Choi) love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rock

When artistic and sensitive Santi arrives at his new high school, everyone in the wildly talented marching band welcomes him with open arms. Everyone except for the prickly, proud musical prodigy... Read more

The Sizzle Paradox

By: Lily Menon

Narrated by: Abhay Ahluwalia & Brittany Pressley

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Kiss Quotient meets Love Potion No. 9 in the next sparkling romantic comedy by Lily Menon, The Sizzle Paradox.

Lyric Bishop feels like a fraud—she’s studying sexual chemistry in romantic partners and what makes for a successful long-term relationship, only she can’t seem to figure it out in her own dating life. The science is sound, but how... 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

My Seven Black Fathers

By: Will Jawando

Narrated by: Will Jawando

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author, Will Jawando, who has been called “the progressive leader we need” by the late congressman John Lewis.

"Will Jawando's account of mentorship, service, and healing lays waste to the racist stereotype of the absent Black father. By arguing that Black fathers are not just found in individual families, but are... Read more

Black Skinhead

By: Brandi Collins-Dexter

Narrated by: Brandi Collins-Dexter

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

For fans of Bad Feminist and The Sum of Us, Black Skinhead sparks a radical conversation about Black America and political identity.

In Black Skinhead, Brandi Collins-Dexter, former Senior Campaign Director for Color Of Change, explores the fragile alliance between Black voters and the Democratic party. Through... Read more

Other Names for Love

By: Taymour Soomro

Narrated by: Homer Todiwala

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

As Soomro moves his characters from urban Karachi to rural Abad to the faraway escape of London, Todiwala consistently and attentively distinguishes the changing cast with practiced ease." - Booklist

A charged, hypnotic debut novel about a boy’s life-changing summer in rural Pakistan: a story of fathers, sons, and the consequences of desire.

At... Read more