BIPOC Authors

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer

By: Joseph Earl Thomas

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring, unsparing novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intimate connections through the eyes of a struggling ex-Army grad student, from the "extraordinary [and] insightful" author of Sink (New York Times Book Review).

After a deployment in the Iraq War dually defined by threat and interminable mundanity, Joseph... Read more

Make It Count

By: CeCé Telfer

Narrated by: CeCé Telfer

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

By turns harrowing and hopeful, MAKE IT COUNT is the inspiring story of the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title, following her traditional upbringing in Jamaica, her fight to become a US citizen, and her efforts to achieve her Olympic dreams.

CeCé Telfer is a warrior. The first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA championship,... Read more

Craft

By: Ananda Lima

Narrated by: Taylor Harvey

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughout her life, and she writes him stories about beautiful and impossible things. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil is an intoxicating and unsettling linked collection that lures listeners into surreal pockets of the United States and Brazil, where... Read more

Craving A Thug's Love

By: Asia Monique

Narrated by: Winston James & Trei Taylor

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

You're cordially invited to the wedding of Sheldon Black and Monroe Harper.



Him



I was in love with my fiancé—the woman I was marrying in six weeks' time and she had no idea.



Her



I was marrying the love of my life, only he didn't see me in the same way. Falling for my fiancé hadn’t been the plan, but when did things ever go as planned?



They were... Read more

Rakesfall

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace the claws of death, loves that leave their mark on civilization, and promises that nothing can break. This is one such story. Annelid and Leveret met as children in the middle of the Sri Lankan civil war. They found each other... Read more

With Love, Miss Americanah

By: Jane Igharo

Narrated by: Joy Ofodu

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

With Love, Miss Americanah—the Young Adult contemporary romance debut from Jane Igharo—sees a teenager move from Nigeria to America and navigate her senior year with the help of classic teen movies and a new crush, all while working through grief and the rigid expectations of her mother.

17-year-old Enore Adesuwa doesn’t dive into things, she... Read more

Ajakava

By: Chaitanya Murali

Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

When yet another wave of colonizing Felters arrives to strengthen their fortress on the forest's edge, Velu, an indigenous hunter, knows they bring only pain and death. But with them arrives an intriguing older woman who hunts legends.



When Velu learns the woman, Lady Greyback, shares his terrifying visions of the ancient scorpion god, Ajakava,... Read more

Pages of Mourning

By: Diego Gerard Morrison

Narrated by: Andre Bellido

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

It's 2017 and the crisis of forced disappearances has reached a tipping point after forty-three docent students disappeared and are feared dead. Aureliano Más the Second is a fledgling writer at a lucrative fellowship in Mexico City chaired by his aunt, Rose. When Aureliano was very young, his mother left without reason or trace. Aureliano is... Read more

From Replied To Wifey

By: Jahquel J.

Narrated by: Winston James & Nicola Lambo

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Sade Benjworth has always had her life planned out: graduate college, work for a few years, and then try to find herself a husband.
She's accomplished almost all of her goals—except the husband. She's the last of her siblings to get married or have a serious relationship. It doesn’t help that her mom has put a lot of pressure on her to find the... Read more

The Art of Vanishing

By: Lynne Kutsukake

Narrated by: Emily Shelton

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"A fascinating glimpse into the intersection of art, class, and the complexity of adult friendship. . . . I couldn’t put this book down.” —Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Turning Leaves

An intimate, explosive story of creativity and friendship between two young Japanese women in 1970s Tokyo.

Akemi’s desire for independence and aversion to... Read more

All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “tender and open-hearted novel," (Nina LaCour, author of Yerba Buena) Tomas Moniz—a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway and Lambda Literary awards—delivers a commanding new story about the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves.

Efren “Chino” Flores has just moved back to the Bay Area from Seattle, jumping... Read more

Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

Narrated by: Questlove

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure. From hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time in 1979 to directing and producing the 50th Anniversary... Read more

Ajay and the Treasure of Thar

By: Varsha Shah

Narrated by: Susheel Kumar

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

When eight-year-old Kai – custodian of a legendary treasure map – asks the Mumbai Sun team for help, Ajay knows he has landed on his next story.

The team is propelled into a journey through the Blue City of Jodhpur, to the temples of Ranakpur, and the desert city of Jaisalmer.

But a dastardly billionaire treasure hunter has heard of the map too .... Read more

Dancers of the Dawn

By: Zulekhá A. Afzal

Narrated by: Safiyya Ingar

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Deep in the desert a storm is brewing. The first in a slow burning YA romantasy.

'Enchanting.' Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness

Under the blazing sun, an elite troupe of dancers are trained to harness their magic. They are the queen's most formidable assassins. Aasira has one of the rarest talents – for she is a flame-wielder.... Read more

Better Must Come

By: Desmond Hall

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Barely Missing Everything meets American Street in this “well-plotted, taut page-turner” (Booklist, starred review) that looks at the darker side of light-filled Jamaica and how a tragedy and missing drug money helplessly entangle the lives of two teens who want to change their fate.

Deja is a “barrel girl”—one of the Jamaican kids who get... Read more

Everything and Nothing at Once

By: Joél Leon

Narrated by: Joél Leon

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and combines several original tracks from Joél Leon and his collaborators, Arthur Lewis and Trevon Squirewell, and a thought-provoking collection of essays. Everything and Nothing at Once is an all-encompassing audio experience.

For readers of Heavy, Punch Me Up to The Gods, and A Little Devil in America, a... Read more

12 Trips in 12 Months

By: Jen Ruiz

Narrated by: Jen Ruiz

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A LibraryReads pick for Notable NonfictionOne of Book Riot’s 10 Best New Nonfiction Books for AdultsBestselling author Jen Ruiz takes readers on a trip around the globe in 12 Trips in 12 Months, defying societal expectations of what a woman is supposed to be—and empowering others to do the same.The year before her thirtieth birthday, Jen Ruiz... Read more

Pardon My Frenchie

By: Farrah Rochon

Narrated by: J.Y. Kora & Redd Vines

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Almost There delivers the start of a new rom-com series with an enemies-to-lovers romance, perfect for readers of Abby Jimenez and Jasmine Guillory.

Ashanti Wright is thrilled over the success of her doggie daycare, Barkingham Palace. But handling the business and taking care of her teen twin sisters is a... Read more

The Spindle of Fate

By: Aimee Lim

Narrated by: Jennifer Sun Bell

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

When Evie Mei discovers that her recently passed mother was the head of a guild of magical weavers, she enters the Chinese netherworld to try and bring her back in this middle-grade debut. Twelve-year-old Evie Mei Huang never did like helping in her mom’s tailor shop. She hated dyeing and spooling the thread and how the measuring tape gets all... Read more

Bow Down

By: Authoress Masterpiece

Narrated by: Jamal Roque & Charlie L. Wood

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

She never thought that she would beg or even bow… Markela, aka Bossi, is in a league of her own. She has written off love based on her past and what was displayed to her as a child. She is a beautiful full-figured woman thriving and maintaining her rehab clinics that were passed down to her from her mother. Trauma keeps her locked into a world... Read more

An Intrigue of Witches

By: Esme Addison

Narrated by: Amber Battaglia

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

National Treasure meets A Discovery of Witches… Introducing the Secret Society mystery series, and kick-ass red-headed heroine Sidney Taylor. Thirty-year-old Black woman Sidney Taylor is a talented early American history professor, working in fast-paced Washington DC, with her eyes on promotion. She's also currently persona non grata. Who knew... 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

The War We Won Apart

By: Nahlah Ayed

Narrated by: Nahlah Ayed

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII.

On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d’Artois, a French-Canadian soldier and thunderstorm of a man, are preparing... Read more

A Little Kissing Between Friends

By: Chencia C. Higgins

Narrated by: Lauryn Nichols & J. Shani Michaels

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“Triumphantly Black, queer and contemporary… The dialogue snaps and shimmers.” —New York Times Book Review on D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding

Music producer on the rise Cyn Tha Starr knows what she likes, from her sickening beats in the studio to the flirty femmes she fools around with. Her ever-rotating roster has never been a problem until her... Read more