BIPOC Authors

One Eighty

By: Charity Shane

Narrated by: Chance Smolders & Wesleigh Siobhan

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Two people…
Two different objectives…
One ultimate goal… Gideon “Gee” Powers has one hundred and eighty days to secure his rightful place as head of the family. Rhian Barnes has one hundred and eighty days to complete a bucket list.
One night in Sin City blurs the lines and two become one. Read more

Merc

By: B. Love

Narrated by: Winston James & Lacy Laurel

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

For a man like Merc, his reputation has always preceded him. Known for his allegiance to the criminal underworld as a protector, the gangster only shows love to his family… and his son and the woman who birthed him are at the top of that list. When Merc decides to take one last job before retiring, he doesn’t think it will include protecting a... Read more

The Offer

By: T.M. Richardson

Narrated by: Lacy Laurel

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

One Fateful Night. Two Prince Charmings. Alisa hasn’t had the best of luck. Her dream of expanding her salon into a franchise has stalled. Her dating life is non-existent. She spends her nights with wine, takeout, and thriller marathons. Looking to spice up her life, she heads back to the one place she knows will satisfy her desires. Little does... Read more

Passion

By: Monica Walters

Narrated by: Benjamin Charles & Reina Mystique

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

passion /?pa-sh?n/: a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept Giselle King refuses to wait for time to pass her by without obtaining everything she desires. After fulfilling her goal of becoming a dental hygienist and having financial stability, she knows she’s ready for a family. Years of dating proved to be... Read more

Birds on the Brain

By: Uma Krishnaswami

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The sequel to the award-winning Book Uncle and Me features bird lover Reeni and her quest to save her city’s bird count event when the mayor tries to shut it down. Reeni is wild about birds! So when she and her best friend, Yasmin, have to pick a survey topic for a school project, asking their neighbors what they know about birds is an obvious... Read more

¡Vamos! Let's Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos

By: Raúl The Third

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A Junior Library Guild Selection From New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award–winning author-illustrator Raúl the Third, ¡Vamos! Let’s Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos follows Little Lobo and friends on a Halloween and Día de los Muertos adventure in the first World of ¡Vamos! holiday book! Little Lobo is celebrating... Read more

Caring Well

By: Jeanne Porter King

Narrated by: Jeanne Porter King

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Who do you turn to when you have nothing left to give? 
 
Caregiving is a core value in the African American culture. And African American women of faith often fill that role—for elderly parents, sick children, and other members of their community. Yet no one is fully prepared for the reality of disrupted schedules, unpredictable needs, and many... Read more

The DIVA Principle

By: McKinney Michelle Hammond

Narrated by: McKinney Michelle Hammond

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep inside the heart of every woman is a diva just waiting to be released. It lies underneath all of the other things she has supposedly “learned” about herself—truth, fiction, deception, or just the superimposed bad feelings of others who’ve tried to smother the diva within. Although the word diva now evokes the image of a vain or... Read more

EVO UPRISING

By: Kipjo Ewers

Narrated by: Ozzie Jacobs

Length: 17 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven years after the Judgment Virus—also known as the EVO Virus—swept across the globe, humanity finds itself divided. Some have perished, while others have emerged with extraordinary powers, transforming into superhumans. These beings now walk among us, shaping a world where heroism, villainy, and superhuman military units become the new norm,... Read more

Qualified

By: Shari Dunn

Narrated by: Shari Dunn

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking work challenging the false narrative that diversity equals a lack of qualifications by uncovering the impact of “competency checking,” a practice that unjustly scrutinizes Black people and other people of color, forcing them to repeatedly prove their worth, intelligence, and even their right to be in the workplace.The... Read more

Close Protection

By: Eden Victoria

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

IT’S. FINALLY. HAPPENING. The thrilling fake-dating, bodyguard romance YA debut from the original BookTok content creator of the year, Eden Victoria (@EdenVictorria and @edenslife)

Being the heiress of Greenway Discoveries, Daphne Green has always lived a life of privilege. But when there is a break-in at her father’s office, he enlists the... Read more

Allure

By: Iesha Bree

Narrated by: Mari & Dylan Ford

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

allure / ??lo?or /: the power to entice or attract through personal charm In the world of creativity, Lore Reed shines as a beacon of boundless imagination, her sculptures and paintings capturing the essence of emotion and beauty. Raised in a household where freedom and exploration reigned supreme, Lore’s carefree spirit knows no bounds. Yet... Read more

Understanding the Purpose and Power of Authority

By: Myles Monroe

Narrated by: Preston Butler

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

We often view authority as something oppressive, stifling, even fearful. And sometimes—perhaps too often—those impressions bear out in reality. We live in an era of overstepped boundaries and abuse in many fields of life, so that authority has become the enemy.
 
We may also have a limited idea of what authority means. Even with legitimate... Read more

Class Dismissed

By: Anthony Abraham Jack

Narrated by: Anthony Abraham Jack

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Anthony Abraham Jack reveals the entrenched inequities that harm our most vulnerable students and what colleges can do to help them excel Elite colleges are boasting unprecedented numbers with respect to diversity, with some schools admitting their first majority-minority classes. But when the twin pandemics of... Read more

The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Goblin's Revenge

By: Marcus Rashford

Narrated by: Kenton Thomas

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Goblin's Revenge is the sixth book in an exciting mystery series by England International footballer, child food-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE, inspired by Marcus's own experiences growing up!

A mischievous goblin has been giving bullies a taste of their own medicine at Rutherford... Read more

Embrace

By: Mya

Narrated by: Chance Smolders & Opal Black

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

embrace /im-?br?s/ to clasp in the arms; to take up especially readily or gladly Suvi Summers never had luck in the love department. Failed relationship after failed relationship leads her to an unforgettable interview with the matchmaking service, Arranged Hearts. Blaze Snow was a ladies' man through and through. He’d never had any trouble... Read more

Desire

By: Kay Shanee

Narrated by: Aria Addison & Chance Smolders

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

desire /d??z?(?)r /: a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen Unsettled… That is the word Desire Chambries uses to describe how she feels. Although her preschool students bring her joy, her personal life needs resuscitating. She’d love to get married, but the dating scene lacks quality men. Most were... Read more

Transmentation | Transience

By: Darkly Lem

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

From bestselling authors Darkly Lem comes Transmentation | Transience, the first book in a sweeping multiverse of adventure and intrigue, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and The Expanse series.Over thousands of years and thousands of worlds, universe-spanning societies of interdimensional travelers have arisen. Some seek to make the... Read more

Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras

By: Odie Henderson

Narrated by: Odie Henderson

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema—the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre—from a distinctive voice in film history and criticism



In 1971, two films grabbed the movie business, shook it up, and launched a genre that would help define the decade. Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, an... Read more

Being Black in America's Schools

By: Brian Rashad Fuller

Narrated by: Brian Rashad Fuller

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In a polarizing and racially divided America, what do children of color learn about themselves before they even go to school? How do they see themselves and is that image only exacerbated by spending twelve years in a public education system that perpetuates negative stereotypes? Brian Rashad Fuller personally knows that the impact of low... Read more

Koda

By: Natisha Raynor

Narrated by: J. Shani Michaels & Myles Washington

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Koda Perry is a self-made millionaire who can't seem to form his own identity as anything other than a spoiled rich kid. Determined to build his own legacy, he branched out on his own, built a company from the ground up, and became a millionaire before the age of thirty—but for his billionaire father, that's not good enough. In his mother's... Read more

Chloe

By: Connie Briscoe

Narrated by: Chanté McCormick

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Connie Briscoe updates Daphne Du Maurier’s classic Rebecca in this chilling tale of domestic suspense centered on a spirited woman named Angel who marries a Black billionaire, only to discover that he remains haunted by his first wife who took her own life—or did she? A mansion haunted by the ghost of a cool,... Read more

Home of the Happy

By: Jordan LaHaye Fontenot

Narrated by: Christine Lakin

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A compelling blend of true crime and memoir tracing the author’s investigation into the kidnapping and murder of her great-grandfather in 1980s Louisiana and the reverberations on her family and community throughout the decades""Riveting and atmospheric, Home of the Happy is also a heartfelt grappling with a trauma in the author’s family and her... Read more

Hail Mary

By: Funmi Fetto

Narrated by: Funmi Fetto

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In this stunning collection, nine Nigerian women discover what it means to confront traditional expectations that have held them hostage for too long.Meet Ifeoma. She’s been ready to leave her violent husband for some time, but her plans for a quiet departure take an unexpectedly gruesome turn...Nkechi a housemaid for a rich Lagos family, bears... Read more