BIPOC Authors

Stay True

By: Hua Hsu

Narrated by: Hua Hsu

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu

“This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.”—Rachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling... Read more

Curvy Girl Summer

By: Danielle Allen

Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Survival of the Thickest in Danielle Allen’s CURVY GIRL SUMMER, a smoking-hot, hilarious novel about the perils of online dating.

“There’s got to be an easier way than dating. I want the shortcut. I just want to find my person and start our lives together.”
After a one-night stand with her clingy ex, Aaliyah James has... 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

Portrait of a Thief

By: Grace D. Li

Narrated by: Eunice Wong & Austin Ku

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize
Named a New York Times Best Crime Novel of 2022
Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by *Marie Claire* *Washington Post* *Vulture* *NBC News*  *Buzzfeed* *Veranda* *PopSugar* *Paste* *The Millions* *Bustle*... Read more

The Roommate Risk

By: Talia Hibbert

Narrated by: Rooke Kingston & Keval Shah

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Romance is weakness, and Jasmine Allen doesn’t have time for either. Lifelong cynic Jas is the queen of one-night things—until a plumbing disaster screws everything up and leaves her temporarily homeless. Luckily, she has someone to turn to: her best friend Rahul. For seven years, Rahul Khan has followed three simple rules. -Don’t touch Jasmine... Read more

Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club)

By: Angie Kim

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Thomas Pruyn...

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • When a father goes missing, his family’s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek.

OPRAH DAILY’S #1 NOVEL OF... Read more

The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

Narrated by: Susan Lieu

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Susan Lieu's narration of her memoir, The Manicurist's Daughter, adds to the already raw emotion that flows throughout her journey to know her mother."—The Berkshire Eagle

This program is read by the author.

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother... Read more

Kaikeyi

By: Vaishnavi Patel

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 17 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“With a graceful, measured elegance” (The New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient epic the Ramayana, giving voice to an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.I was born on the full moon under an auspicious... Read more

Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K Reilly

Narrated by: Natalie Beran, Jackson Bliss, Eilidh Beaton, Ni...

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • “A heartfelt portrait of a complex family.” —People • “Very funny and moving…Precious and specific.” —NPR • “Quintessential rom-com meets the delicious family sprawl of a Russian classic.” —Vanity Fair

The... Read more

The Sunbearer Trials

By: Aiden Thomas

Narrated by: André Santana

Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

"Listeners will be captivated by the detailed descriptions of the cities within Reino del Sol and the fantastical beings who inhabit them. Santana keeps the tension in his narration taut as Teo wrestles with both physical challenges and his own feelings of inferiority." - AudioFile Magazine

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses... Read more

Woman, Eating

By: Claire Kohda

Narrated by: Jane Lui

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An IndieNext Pick! A Best Book of 2022 in Harper’s Bazaar, Daily Mail, Glamour, and Thrillist!Most Anticipated of 2022 in The Millions, Ms. Magazine, LitHubA young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with her incessant hunger in this stunning debut novel from a writer-to-watch.Lydia is... Read more

Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.

“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —Vogue • “A novel of triumph.” —The Washington Post • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —People
... Read more

Disability Intimacy

By: Alice Wong

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.

What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating... Read more

Devil Is Fine

By: John Vercher

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by award-winning narrator Dion Graham.

"Devil Is Fine is self-deprecatingly tender, often bracingly hilarious, and at its heart is a runaway train through the haunted house of us. And I loved it. Don't miss it." —Dion Graham

"Graham’s rich, inviting, sigh-inducing voice magically weaves another irresistible aural web...Graham... Read more

The Book Eaters

By: Sunyi Dean

Narrated by: Katie Erich

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Katie Erich’s riveting and emotionally rich realization of Dean’s strange and vivid world makes this an entrancing listen from start to finish; we hope to hear much more from author and narrator alike." - The Seattle Times

"Katie Erich narrates Devon with the voice of a true storyteller, providing a mesmerizing performance that communicates the... Read more

Ada Twist and the Disappearing Dogs

By: Andrea Beaty

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Blue River Creek has a problem: there's a pet thief on the loose! Or at least, Sofia and Iggy are convinced that there is, once their pets go missing. But as a scientist, Ada knows it's important not to jump to conclusions and to follow the facts. How will they find out what really happened to the town's pets? By using the Scientific Method, of... Read more

Age of Revolutions

By: Fareed Zakaria

Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.

Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the 21st century may... Read more

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Eveen the Eviscerator is skilled, discreet, professional, and here for your most pressing needs in the ancient city of Tal Abisi. Her guild is strong, her blades are sharp, and her rules are simple. Those sworn to the Matron of Assassins—resurrected, deadly, wiped of their memories—have only three unbreakable vows.First, the contract must be... Read more

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

By: Roshani Chokshi

Narrated by: Steve West & Sura Siu

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

""A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense: a haunting dream full of blood and love, vicious truths and beautiful lies. It swallowed me whole, and I went willingly."" — Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House“Decadence laced with horror . . . A delightfully meta fairy tale . . . Magic emanates from every... Read more

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

Narrated by: Hanako Footman

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.

What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time?


Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up... Read more

The Song of the Cell

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize!

Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!

In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning... Read more

Gay the Pray Away

By: Natalie Naudus

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn’t know it yet. When she finds a queer book at the library and smuggles it home, her conservative Christian homeschooling world begins to crack. And when the cutest girl she’s ever met shows up to Bible class, she starts to question everything.Riley is so confident and kind, and she and Valerie bond... Read more

The Trees

By: Percival Everett

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone



Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance... Read more

Briefly Perfectly Human

By: Alua Arthur

Narrated by: Alua Arthur

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America’s most visible death doula.""A truly unique, inspiring perspective on the time we have, what we do with it, and how we let go of this world.... There is no one I'd... Read more