BIPOC Authors

Dawning And Resurgence

By: K.C. Mills

Narrated by: Reina Mystique & Winston James

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

“I’ll never ask for you to be with me, to love me, to appreciate me and what I have to offer. Everything I do will be for you. I will be unabashedly devoted to making you happy. The choice will always have to be yours. But if you continue to choose me? I promise to give you everything I am, everything I will ever be, everything you can even... Read more

The Washington Book

By: Carlos Lozada

Narrated by: Carlos Lozada

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Pulitzer Prize–winning opinion columnist at The New York Times and “an absolutely original genius” (Bob Woodward, The Washington Post) Carlos Lozada explores how people in power reveal themselves through their books and writings and, in doing so, illuminate the personal, political, and cultural conflictions driving Washington and the... Read more

And

By: Felicia Murrell

Narrated by: Felicia Murrell

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

While others often respond to the cares and concerns of our day through anger, And: The Restorative Power of Love in an Either/Or World attempts to offer a response steeped in the heartbeat of Love. 

This book is an invitation to encounter the lived experience and philosophical musings of another as a human, not as a project or agenda to... Read more

Sito

By: Laurence Ralph

Narrated by: Andre Santana

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A "profound", heart-wrenching story of violence, grief, and the American justice system, explored through the story of one teenager (Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted).

In September of 2019, Luis Alberto Quiñonez—known as Sito— was shot to death as he sat in his car in the Mission District of San Francisco. He was... Read more

Batshit Seven

By: Sheung-King

Narrated by: Derek Kwan

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From Governor General's Award-nominated author Sheung-King comes a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests, as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just won’t gel.

Glen Wu (aka Glue) couldn’t care less about his job. He’s returned to Hong Kong, the city he grew up in, and he’s... Read more

Sun of Blood and Ruin

By: Mariely Lares

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there’s a new vigilante in town serving justice. This reimagining of Zorro—featuring a heroic warrior sorceress—weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history two decades after the Spanish conquest into a swashbuckling, historical debut fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery, and... Read more

LatinoLand

By: Marie Arana

Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell

Length: 18 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“A perfect representation of Latino diversity” (The Washington Post), LatinoLand draws from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research to give us both a vibrant portrait and the little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority, in “a work of prophecy, sympathy, and courage” (Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning... Read more

But You Don't Look Arab

By: Hala Gorani

Narrated by: Hala Gorani

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels? How can people find a sense of belonging when they have never felt... Read more

Slow Noodles

By: Chantha Nguon

Narrated by: Clara Kim

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen. 

Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale... Read more

The Temple of Persephone

By: Isabella Kamal

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Bridgerton meets Greek mythology in Isabella Kamal’s delightful historical romance debut, The Temple of Persephone.Persephone Honeyfield is witty, intelligent, and very aware that the only way to escape the monotony of the life she shares with her father and sister in the English countryside—and the wagging, ever-critical tongues of the people... Read more

Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

Narrated by: Christina Wong

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for 2024 Canada Reads Longlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence through the American Library Association A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes... Read more

The Power of Du'a

By: Aliyah Umm Raiyaan

Narrated by: Aliyah Umm Raiyaan

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

What seems impossible can become possible through du’a

In The Power of Du’a, Sunday Times bestselling author and revert, Aliyah Umm Raiyaan takes you on a journey that shows how faith and practising du’a (a personal supplication) can transform your life.

Featuring inspirational real-life stories from those who have... Read more

Rebel Skies

By: Ann Sei Lin

Narrated by: Susan Momoko-Hingley

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Ann Sei Lin's enchanting and action-packed debut, first in a series, will sweep readers away to an aerial world of magic, danger and political intrigue. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim, Kalynn Bayron and the films of Studio Ghibli.

Kurara has never known any other life than being a servant onboard the Midori, a flying ship serving the military... Read more

The Expiration Date

By: Kimberly Brown

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith & J. Shani Michaels

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Audrey Pilar is a master in the art of breaking up. Her friends have dubbed her ritual of leaving men as “The Expiration Date.” Hurt from her past has caused Audrey to protect her heart at all costs, even if it means self sabotage. She’s developed the habit of looking for red flags, and it seems to work for her—until she meets Sullivan Santiago.... Read more

A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic

By: Yi Shun Lai

Narrated by: Jade Wheeler

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Two starred reviews!

A teen’s fight for suffrage turns into one of survival when her crew’s Antarctic expedition ship gets stuck in the ice in this historical “gripping—and sometimes gut-wrenching—adventure tale” (Shelf Awareness, starred review) told in journal entries perfect for fans of Gary Paulsen and The Downstairs Girl.

November 1914.
... Read more

Swimming into Trouble

By: Angela Ahn

Narrated by: Vicki Kim

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Temporarily sidelined from her swim team by an earache, Julia won't be kept down in this buoyant novel for ages 7 to 10 by acclaimed writer Angela Ahn.

As a member of the Vipers Swim Team, Julia Nam's always in the pool. Mountainview Community Center is like her second home, not only because swimming at the aquatic center is her favorite thing in... Read more

The Roof Beneath Their Feet

By: Geetanjali Shree

Narrated by: Anuj Datta & Mala Mangla

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In this beautifully crafted novel, roofs have a special place; they are meant for wild things, for romance and for play, they are places to dry pickles and grains while exchanging gossip about quiet caresses. But above all, they are realms of freedom. In The Roof Beneath their Feet, Chachcho and Lalna use their roofs to build a friendship that... Read more

Thick with Trouble

By: Amber McBride

Narrated by: Amber McBride

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From National Book Award finalist Amber McBride, a mystical, transcendent poetry collection about Black womanhood in the American South

In Thick with Trouble, award-winning poet Amber McBride interrogates if being “trouble”—difficult, unruly, fearsome, defiant—is ultimately a weakness or an incomparable source of strength. Steeped in the Hoodoo... Read more

Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

Narrated by: Renée Watson

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson.

In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes
about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender.

Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections... Read more

What Have We Here?

By: Billy Dee Williams

Narrated by: Billy Dee Williams

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.

Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household... Read more

The Rooftop Garden

By: Menaka Raman-Wilms

Narrated by: Alison Deon

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Rooftop Garden is a novel about Nabila, a researcher who studies seaweed in warming oceans, and her childhood friend Matthew. Now both in their twenties, Matthew has disappeared from his Toronto home, and Nabila travels to Berlin to find him and try to bring him back. The story is interspersed with scenes from their childhood, when... Read more

stay up

By: Khodi Dill

Narrated by: Khodi Dill

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice. Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don’t know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy... Read more

This is How You Fall in Love

By: Anika Hussain

Narrated by: Aysha Kala

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents This is How You Fall in Love by Anika Hussain, read by Aysha Kala.

Best friends Zara and Adnan must navigate the twists and turns of fake dating, family dynamics and cultural stereotypes in this swoon-worthy YA Desi rom-com.

Zara loves love in all forms: rom-coms and romance novels and grand sweeping gestures. She's desperate... Read more

Drawing Deena

By: Hena Khan

Narrated by: Reena Dutt

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of Amina’s Voice and Amina’s Song comes a “nuanced and quietly powerful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a young Pakistani American artist determined to manage her anxiety and forge her own creative path.

Deena’s never given a name to the familiar knot in her stomach that appears when her... Read more