BIPOC Authors

This Could Be Us

By: Kennedy Ryan

Narrated by: Ines del Castillo, Jakobi Diem & Kennedy Ryan

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Heart-searing, sensual, and life affirming.” ―EMILY HENRY, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She’s a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one... Read more

The Sacrifice

By: Rin Chupeco

Narrated by: Pun Bandhu

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

An island oasis turns deadly when a terrifying legend threatens to kill off visitors one by one in this haunting novel from the highly acclaimed author of The Girl from the Well and the Bone Witch trilogy.Pristine beaches, lush greenery, and perfect weather, the island of Kisapmata would be the vacation destination … if not for the curse. The... Read more

The World We Make

By: N. K. Jemisin

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.

All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the... Read more

Cobalt Red

By: Siddharth Kara

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an author's note read by the author.

An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all.

Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the... Read more

He/She/They

By: Schuyler Bailar

Narrated by: Schuyler Bailar

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From a trans rights activist and athlete, an urgent guide that changes the conversation about gender identity.

Anti-transgender legislation is being introduced in state governments around the United States in record-breaking numbers. Trans people are under attack in sports, healthcare, school curriculum, bathrooms, bars, and nearly every walk of... Read more

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

By: Moniquill Blackgoose

Narrated by: Charley Flyte

Length: 16 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NEBULA AND LODESTAR AWARDS • FINALIST FOR THE ASTOUNDING, LOCUS, AND BRITISH FANTASY NEWCOMER AWARDS • “My favorite book of the year . . . a coming-of-age story that is cozy and hair-raising in equal measure.”—Charlie Jane Anders, The Washington Post

“I tore through it, caught up in an enthusiasm for dragons... Read more

The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente

Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.

“A beguiling fantasy not to be missed.”—Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown’s Game

WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD • WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD •... 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

Decolonizing Therapy

By: Jennifer Mullan, PsyD

Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones

Length: 17 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A call to action for therapists to politicize their practice through an emotional decolonial lens.



An essential work that centers colonial and historical trauma in a framework for healing, Decolonizing Therapy illuminates that all therapy is—and always has been—inherently political. To better understand the mental health oppression and... Read more

So Let Them Burn

By: Kamilah Cole

Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Kamali Minter

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland—perfect for fans of Iron Widow and The Priory of the Orange Tree. 
 
Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island... Read more

The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

Narrated by: Samantha Tan

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

In this “espionage-laden family epic” (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.

Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger:... Read more

One of Us Knows

By: Alyssa Cole

Narrated by: Susan Dalian

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts of her past. Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical... Read more

The House of Hidden Meanings

By: RuPaul

Narrated by: RuPaul

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing... Read more

The Violin Conspiracy

By: Brendan Slocumb

Narrated by: JD Jackson & Brendan Slocumb

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! • Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world.

“I... Read more

The Birdcatcher

By: Gayl Jones

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2022

Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022

“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature."
—Imani Perry

Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile

Gayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called... Read more

Heart of the Sun Warrior

By: Sue Lynn Tan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin—the daughter of Chang’e and the mortal archer, Houyi—as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope. After winning her mother’s freedom from the Celestial... Read more

Infinity Alchemist

By: Kacen Callender

Narrated by: Wes Haas

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding fantasy novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward dangerous truth, legendary love, and extraordinary power.

With their signature "prowess" (FIYAH) and "unbridled creativity" (New York Times Book Review), acclaimed author Kacen Callender turns their formidable skill to young adult fantasy... Read more

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Narrated by: Gisela Chípe

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.

“This is historical science fiction at its best: a dreamy reimagining of a classic story with vivid descriptions of... Read more

The Sum of Us

By: Heather McGhee

Narrated by: Heather McGhee

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE... Read more

Master Slave Husband Wife

By: Ilyon Woo

Narrated by: Janina Edwards & Leon Nixon

Length: 12 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography

“A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant, exploiting assumptions about race, class, and disability to hide in public on their journey to the North, where they... Read more

The Seventh Veil of Salome

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Atlanta Amado, Victoria Villarre...

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine—but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

“Whenever I want to read a book I know will be good, I go to Silvia Moreno-Garcia.”—Taylor... Read more

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

“A love story like no other, and this one…will have you gripped from page one.” —Vogue

“An unabashed ode to living with, and despite, pain and mortality.” —The New York Times Book Review

A New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and “one of our greatest living writers” (Shondaland)... Read more

The Palace of Eros

By: Caro De Robertis

Narrated by: Caro De Robertis

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“It’s a literary gift to see gender expansiveness depicted in an ancient myth with such grace and ease.” —Electric Literature

Fans of Circe and Black Sun, “prepare to be astonished” (R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries) with this bold and subversive feminist and queer retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros.

Young, headstrong Psyche has... Read more

The School for Good Mothers

By: Jessamine Chan

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
Longlisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize
Selected as One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022!

In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young... Read more