BIPOC Authors

He's My Next Mistake

By: Jahquel J.

Narrated by: Elyce Anthony & Myles Washington

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine matching on a dating app with the guy of your dreams. Tall—check. Handsome—check. Financially responsible—check check. … and he happens to live in the same city as you. That's what happens when Jru Amber matches with Crew Tims. They both know they're the perfect match on paper, but both of them are far too busy to see if the connection... Read more

A Garden in My Hands

By: Meera Sriram

Narrated by: Mayuri Bhandari

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

There's a wedding tomorrow! And one little girl sits patiently while her mother tenderly applies intricate, delicate henna designs on her hands. As she does, she shares family stories—about weddings, monsoons, and ancestors long gone. The little girl must be careful to protect her hands as the henna dries—one smudge could ruin a story! After a... Read more

This Country Is No Longer Yours

By: Avik Jain Chatlani

Narrated by: Marcelo Arroyo, Arlen Aguayo Stewart & Michel I...

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In Avik Jain Chatlani's explosive debut novel, This Country Is No Longer Yours, a chorus of disparate voices comes together to explore how idealists and opportunists betray ordinary people in war-torn Peru.

One of our dead writers liked to say, "Peru is a beggar sleeping on a bench made of gold." It's a cute phrase, but it's not really true.... Read more

Supplication

By: Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Narrated by: Natalie Liconti

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Astonishing." -Claudia Dey, author of Daughter.

A hallucinatory horror novel set deeply in the consciousness of a woman exploring a changed and frightening world.

Our protagonist comes to in a basement, tied to a chair, with a man looming over her. But someone has a knife. 

We follow her as she emerges from captivity into an unnamed, nightmarish... Read more

Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

Narrated by: Jalyn Hall & LaDarrion Williams

Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he never knew he needed at an HBCU for the young, Black, and magical. The first edition paperback of Blood at the Root features custom designed edges with spellbinding art.

Ten years ago, Malik's life changed forever... Read more

The Dead Don't Need Reminding

By: Julian Randall

Narrated by: Julian Randall

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This “inventive, poetic, vulnerable, and sincere” book from an acclaimed author and poet weaves two wrenching personal narratives of recovery and reclamation, spliced with a dazzle of pop-culture (Kirkus).

The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is a braided story of Julian Randall’s return from the cliff edge of a harrowing depression and his... Read more

If You Live to 100, You Might As Well Be Happy

By: Rhee Kun Hoo

Narrated by: Tim Lounibos

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This endearing, giftable guidebook by Korean bestseller Dr. Rhee reflects on the wisdom he’s learned during his life: how to forgive, persevere, and stop the rat race, plus the joys of living simply and the power of ordinary happiness. He explores his relationships with his wife, children, and grandchildren, and how to stay whole as your body... Read more

Relentless

By: Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Narrated by: Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Essential reading from an expert voice: Luis A. Miranda Jr.’s personal and political memoir reveals a deep understanding of Latino culture and how to build community to change our world for the better.
 
A veteran of New York and national politics, Luis Miranda embodies the relentless spirit of progress of American immigrants.

There is no one on... Read more

Summer Is Here

By: Renée Watson

Narrated by: Renée Watson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Summer Is Here written and read by Renée Watson.

New York Times bestselling creator Renée Watson offers a book ode to a picture-perfect summer day, from sunrise to sunset.

Summer is here!
No dark clouds in the sky,
it's a perfect day for play.
What joy will summer bring me today?

Summer is finally here, and she's bringing the... Read more

Their Divine Fires

By: Wendy Chen

Narrated by: Katharine Chin

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A captivating and intimate debut novel interwoven with folktale and myth, Wendy Chen’s Their Divine Fires tells the story of the love affairs of three generations of Chinese women across one hundred years of revolutions both political and personal.   In 1917, at the dawn of the Chinese Revolution, Yunhong grows up in the southern China... Read more

See Loss See Also Love

By: Yukiko Tominaga

Narrated by: Jensen Olaya

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

* “This debut novel breaks all the rules…capturing loss in all its belligerent rage and raw humor.” —Oprah Daily * “Full of heart.” —PureWow *

A tender, wry, and shamelessly honest novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish mother-in-law as she wrestles with grief, loss, and—strangest of... Read more

Undefeated

By: Shaunie Henderson

Narrated by: Shaunie Henderson

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Shaunie Henderson—wife, mother, entrepreneur, producer, and creator of the hit TV show Basketball Wives—opens up about finding love, offers advice for raising strong, smart, grounded Black children in today’s world, and reveals how to define your career and personal life by your own terms in this inspirational memoir.

Today, Shaunie Henderson is... Read more

Black Shield Maiden

By: Willow Smith & Jess Hendel

Narrated by: Willow Smith

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From Willow Smith and Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical saga about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings.

“Intimate, tender, and fiercely epic.”—Tomi Adeyemi, author of Children of Blood and Bone

Lore, legend, and history tell us of the Vikings: warrior kings on epic journeys of conquest and plunder. But the... Read more

Hot Boy Summer

By: Joe Jiménez

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Four gay teens in Texas have the summer of their lives while discovering important truths about realness, belonging, and friendship in this “explosive prose debut for the gays and theys growing up outside of the box” (Booklist, starred review).

Mac has never really felt like he belonged. Definitely not at home—his dad’s politics and toxic... Read more

A Run at Love

By: Toni Shiloh

Narrated by: Dioni Michelle Collins

Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A CONTENDER RUNNING FOR THE ROSESAs a Black woman in a field with little diversity, Piper McKinney is determined to make her mark on the horse-racing world. Raised on a Thoroughbred farm in Kentucky, Piper’s dream is for her horse to win the prestigious Kentucky Derby. With the help of her best friend and trainer, Tucker Hale, she gains national... Read more

Bits and Pieces

By: Whoopi Goldberg

Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.If it weren’t for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life,... Read more

Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

Narrated by: Shala Nyx

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II, Hiba Noor Khan weaves a breathtaking tale of suspense, compassion, and courage, starring an extraordinary young heroine readers will never forget. Safiyyah loathes the brutal Nazi occupation of Paris, even though her Muslim... Read more

Bite by Bite

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Narrated by: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from natureIn Bite by Bite, poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the way food and drink evoke our associations and remembrances—a subtext or... Read more

Maria’s Scarf

By: Zoro

Narrated by: Zoro

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautiful and transformative memoir, Maria’s Scarf is the incredible story of a mother’s love, a family’s unbreakable bond, and a starry-eyed boy who never lost sight of his dreams.As the fatherless biracial child of a Mexican immigrant, Danny Donnelly was never expected to amount to much. Before the age of nine, his single mother had moved... Read more

What's Eating Jackie Oh?

By: Patricia Park

Narrated by: Ami Park

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A Korean American teen tries to balance her dream to become a chef with the cultural expectations of her family when she enters the competitive world of a TV cooking show. A hilarious and heartfelt YA novel from the award-winning author of Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim and Re Jane.

"Park’s novel delivers authentic... Read more

Financially Lit!

By: Jannese Torres

Narrated by: Jannese Torres

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Build financial literacy, improve your money management skills, and make the dinero work for you!

In many immigrant households, money isn’t often a topic of discussion, so financial education can be minimal—especially when a family is just trying to survive the day-to-day. Despite being the largest minority group in the United States, the... Read more

Missing White Woman

By: Kellye Garrett

Narrated by: Ariel Blake

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

A "propulsive page-turner" (Alyssa Cole) and "thriller not to be missed" (Michael Connelly) from the award-winning author of Like a Sister, in which a woman thinks she’s waking up to a romantic vacation—only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone.

The truth is never skin deep.
 
It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend... Read more

Power Moves

By: Sarah Jakes Roberts

Narrated by: Sarah Jakes Roberts

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times Bestseller!Read by the author.Unleash the superpower of being yourself. Sarah Jakes Roberts, bestselling author of Woman Evolve, will help you craft a language toward your issues with intentionality.Stripping our minds of the expectations that inundate our world has never been more difficult. One quick scroll of our phones... Read more

Wild Dreamers

By: Margarita Engle

Narrated by: Zac Aleman, Andre Bellido & Alejandra Reynoso

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the National Book Award

In this stirring young adult novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle, love and conservation intertwine as two teens go on a “transformative journey celebrating the power of overcoming personal struggles to make a lasting impact” (Kirkus Reviews).

Ana and her mother have been living out of... Read more