BIPOC Authors
Listen to audiobooks released this year by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.

The Woman in the Library
By: Sulari Gentill
Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quietāuntil the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table,... Read more »
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An Immense World
By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Ed Yong
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. Pulitzer Prizeāwinning science journalist Ed Yong takes us on āaĀ thrilling tour of nonhuman perceptionā (The New York Times), allowing us to experience the skeins of scent, waves... Read more »
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Woman of Light
By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Narrated by: Melinna Bobadilla
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award finalist Sabrina & Corina
A Phenomenal Book Club Pick ⢠āSometimes you just step into a book and let it wash over you, like youāre swimming under a big,... Read more »

Finding Me
By: Viola Davis
Narrated by: Viola Davis
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Narrated by Viola Davis
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.
This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in...
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Counterfeit
By: Kirstin Chen
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
āA con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious readābut beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and...
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How High We Go in the Dark
By: Sequoia Nagamatsu
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure & Jason Culp
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE ⢠ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK
"Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits."Ā āĀ New York Times Book Review
"Haunting and luminous . . . Beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing...
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Nightcrawling
By: Leila Mottley
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ⢠OPRAHāS BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice systemāthe debut of a blazingly original voice and "a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope" (Oprah Winfrey)
āNightcrawling bursts at the seams of every page...

The School for Good Mothers
By: Jessamine Chan
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance, in this āsurrealā (People), āremarkableā (Vogue), and āinfuriatingly timelyā (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel.
Frida Liu is... Read more »

Fevered Star
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by: Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis & Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Return to The Meridian with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorseās sequel to the most critically hailed epic fantasy of 2020 Black Sunāfinalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Lambda, and Locus awards.
There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. āTeek saying
The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the... Read more »

We Were Dreamers
By: Simu Liu
Narrated by: Simu Liu
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
The star of Marvelās first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story of being a Chinese immigrant, his battles with cultural stereotypes and his own identity, becoming a TV star, and landing the role of a lifetime.
In this honest, inspiring and relatable memoir, newly-minted superhero Simu Liu...
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess
By: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 15 hours
Abridged: No
The acclaimed national and international bestseller
āEpic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.āāStephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series
āAn all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense."āBookPage, starred review
A captivating and romantic debut epic...
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
By: Akwaeke Emezi
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, Vulture, Harperās Bazaar, Thrillist, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Glamour, Marie Claire, Parade, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, Business Insider, The Guardian, Financial Times, PopSugar, Book Riot, LitHub, Bookish, LGBTQ Reads, and more!
āA... Read more »

Yerba Buena
By: Nina LaCour
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
Abridged: No
"Full of sensory details, vivid characters, and moment after moment of gorgeously rendered ordinary life, this audiobook is a queer must-listen." -AudioFile
This program is masterfully narrated by award-winning "Golden Voice" narrator Julia Whelan.
Yerba Buena is the debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour,...

Take My Hand
By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Narrated by: Lauren J. Daggett
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
āDeeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gazeā¦an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption.ā āCeleste Ng
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āHighlights the horrific discrepancies in our healthcare system and illustrates their heartbreaking consequences.ā āEssence
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Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a... Read more »

Olga Dies Dreaming
By: Xochitl Gonzalez
Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Armando Riesco & InƩs del Castillo
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
"All three narrators are Puerto Ricanāborn and deliver the Spanish passages with musical grace, thereby enhancing an already fine novel." āThe Washington Post
āThe narratorsā accents and code-shifting create a vibrant auditory experience. In particular, Guerraās luscious voice conveys Olgaās transformation from fighter to a compassionate woman as...

The Cartographers
By: Peng Shepherd
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, Karen Chilton, Ron Butler, Neil Hellegers, Jason Culp & Brittany Pressley
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
From the critically acclaimed author ofĀ The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased fatherās belongings holds an incredible, deadly secretāone that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her familyās dark history.Ā
What is the purpose of a map?Ā
Nell...
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
By: Axie Oh
Narrated by: Rosa Escoda
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Deadly storms have ravaged Minaās homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as... Read more »
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What My Bones Know
By: Stephanie Foo
Narrated by: Stephanie Foo
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life
āAchingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.āāLori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
ONE OF THE... Read more »

The Stardust Thief
By: Chelsea Abdullah
Narrated by: Nikki Massoud, Sean Rohani & Rasha Zamamiri
Length: 15 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp.
Neither here nor there, but long ago . . .Ā
Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn...
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How to Raise an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The book that every parent, caregiver, and teacher needs to raise the next generation of antiracist thinkers, from theĀ author of How to Be an Antiracist and recipient of the MacArthur āGeniusā Grant.
āKendiās latest . . . combines his personal experience as a parent with his scholarly expertise in showing how racism... Read more »

Trust
By: Hernan Diaz
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò & Orlagh Cassidy
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
āBuzzy and enthralling ā¦A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable miseryā¦Fun as hell to read.ā āOprah Daily
"A genre-bending, time-skipping story about New York Cityās elite in the roaring ā20s and Great Depression."āVanity Fair
āA riveting story of class, capitalism, and... Read more »

Black Cake
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman & Simone Mcintyre
Length: 12 hours
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ā¢Ā Two estranged siblings delve into their motherās hidden pastāand how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cakeāin this immersive family saga, āa character-driven, multigenerational story thatās meant to be savoredā (Time).
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āWilkerson transports you... Read more »

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding
By: Chencia C. Higgins
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Instant I Do could be Kris Zavalaās big break. Sheās right on the cusp of really making it as an influencer, so a stint on reality TV is the perfect chance to elevate her brand. And $100,000 wouldnāt hurt either. DāVaughn Miller is just trying to break out of her shell. Sheās sort of neglected to come out to her mom for years, so a big splashy... Read more »
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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
Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by *Marie Claire* *Washington Post* *Vulture* *NBC News*Ā *Buzzfeed* *Veranda* *PopSugar* *Paste* *The Millions* *Bustle* *Crimereads* Goodreads* *Bookbub* *Boston.com* and more!
"The thefts are engaging and surprising, and the narrative brims with international intrigue. Li,... Read more »
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