BIPOC Authors

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

888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers

By: Abraham Chang

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Eunice Wong breathes life into the diverse cast of characters with an energetic precision that gives this audiobook the feeling of a lively radio drama."—AudioFile

“Abraham Chang’s novel, packed with pop culture, is wonderfully alive. This is a beautifully tender and funny examination of love, of identity, of making your way in a world... 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

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

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

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

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

Murder on Demand

By: Al Roker & Matt Costello

Narrated by: Al Roker

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Murder on Demand, the new book in the delightful Morning Show Murders series from bestselling author and TV news icon Al Roker, finds Billy Blessing investigating a suspicious boating accident in Long Island.Ten years have passed since Billy Blessing’s adventure in Chicago, and a lot has changed. With the advances in television—the vanishing... 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

Understanding the Purpose and Power of Change

By: Myles Monroe

Narrated by: Preston Butler

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Thriving in a Constantly Changing World 

Changes and disruptions come to us all—whether we are prepared for them or not. We also face sweeping societal changes in our day as pivotal arenas of life converge to transform our globe. How we deal with those inevitable changes, no matter what their source, determines whether they will ultimately be a... Read more

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

By: Chanel Miller

Narrated by: Chanel Miller

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestseller!

Award-winning author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story of friendship and community starring Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on returning all the lonely only socks left behind in her parents' NYC laundromat.

Down at the bottom of the tall... Read more

The Everything War

By: Dana Mattioli

Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt & Dana Mattioli

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Most Anticipated by Foreign Policy, Globe and Mail

“Riveting and explosive.” – Christopher Leonard

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of Amazon's endless strategic greed, from destroying Main Street to remaking corporate power, in pursuit of total domination, by any... Read more

The After Party

By: Curtis Chang & Nancy French

Narrated by: Greg Stafford & Curtis Chang

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

For the exhausted, the hurting, and the faithful, The After Party helps reframe our political identity away from the “what” of political positions and toward the “how” being centered on Jesus.This paradigm-shifting book complements The After Party Project--a six-part, video-based, highly interactive curriculum that provides churches, small... Read more

New Suns 2

By: Nisi Shawl

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson & Diontae Black

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Octavia E. Butler said, "There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns."



New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking—breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery. Like the first New Suns anthology (winner of the... Read more

Out of Darkness

By: Denise Chong

Narrated by: Denise Chong

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A TORONTO STAR BESTSELLER

From the bestselling author of The Concubine’s Children and The Girl in the Picture, a gripping story of a domestic assault that shocked the world, of the exercise of power and political influence, and of the Bangladeshi woman whose irrepressible spirit found light in sudden darkness.

From the outside, Rumana seemed an... Read more

Blood Justice

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Terry J. Be...

Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration and an author's note and acknowledgments read by the author.

"Robinson and Abbott-Pratt alternate the first-person chapters with skill, pulling out every emotion in the story's closely held secrets, romance, and magic" —AudioFile on Blood Debts

Blood Justice is the hotly anticipated sequel to Terry J.... Read more

Merciless Saviors

By: H.E. Edgmon

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The stunning conclusion to the Ouroboros series, a contemporary fantasy duology in which a teen, Gem, finds out they’re a reincarnated god from another world.

That day at the First Church of Gracie changed everything for Gem Echols, and not just because Marian and Poppy betrayed them. Forced to use the Ouroboros knife on Zephyr, who had... Read more

Weird Black Girls

By: Elwin Cotman

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Jade Wheeler, James Fouhe...

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Belletrist Book Club Pick

From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black—a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.

A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate... Read more

My Lost Freedom

By: George Takei

Narrated by: George Takei

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II—from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist, and author of the New York Times bestselling graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy.

February 19, 1942. George Takei is four years old when his world changes forever. Two months... Read more

The Band

By: Christine Ma-Kellams

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A psychologist with a savior complex offers shelter to a recently cancelled K-pop idol in this “first great K-pop literary phenomenon” (Debutiful) that is perfect for fans of Mouth to Mouth and Black Buck.

Sang Duri is the eldest member and “visual” of a Korean boy band at the apex of global superstardom. But when his latest solo single... Read more

Courage and Confidence

By: Nicole O. Salmon

Narrated by: Nicole O. Salmon

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever felt like you're living a subpar version of yourself? Have you given God your yes, but still struggle to step into your full potential? If so, it's time to tap into your God-given potential, embrace your unique identity, and live a purpose-filled life. In Courage and Confidence, Nicole Salmon provides the tools you need to evict... Read more

Now and Not Yet

By: Ruth Chou Simons

Narrated by: Ruth Chou Simons

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out.Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever struggle with embracing your right now because you are so focused on the future?Too often, we feel disappointed with our "right now"—our life circumstances, our... Read more

Mind Your Manners

By: Sara Jane Ho

Narrated by: Sara Jane Ho

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Founder of a global etiquette school and star of her own Netflix series Sara Jane Ho teaches readers how to thrive socially in a variety of situations, in person and online. Etiquette, Sara Jane says, is the glue that holds society together. Humans are social creatures, after all—we need connection to survive. But with global cultures in flux... Read more

La princesa y el guerrero

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

Narrated by: Christian Barillas

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Galardonado creador Duncan Tonatiuh da vida a una querida leyenda mexicana ¡Mención de Honor del Premio Pura Belpré al Ilustrador y un Libro Infantil Notable de ALA/ALSC! Itza era la princesa más hermosa de la tierra, y muchos pretendientes viajaban de todas partes para cortejarla. Aun siendo la hija del emperador, Itza no quería casarse con un... Read more