BIPOC Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.
Actions Speak Louder
By: Deanna Singh
Narrated by: Deanna Singh
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
"A timely, practical resource on creating teams and organizations where everyone has the opportunity to succeed."
--Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife
A step-by-step guide for managers, teams, and DEI leaders looking to create impactful, lasting change in their organization, from... Read more
Awop Bop Aloo Mop
By: Tina Andrews
Narrated by: Sean Crisden
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
As much music history as biography, Awop Bop Aloo Mop celebrates "Little" Richard Wayne Penniman, who burst onto the American scene in 1955 with his mega-hit "Tutti Frutti." Almost by himself, Little Richard wrote the anti-rules and poured the concrete for the foundation of a new musical art form he created. Alan Freed would call it "Rock &... Read more
View audiobookAn Olive Grove in Ends
By: Moses McKenzie
Narrated by: Louis McKenzie
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A “vivid, urgent” (Entertainment Weekly) story that follows a young man faced with a fraught decision: escape a dangerous past alone—or brave his old life and keep the woman he loves. Sayon Hughes longs to escape the volatile Bristol neighborhood known as Ends, the tight-knit but sometimes lawless world in which he was raised, and forge a... Read more
View audiobookRise of the School for Good and Evil
By: Soman Chainani
Narrated by: Kit Young
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is the #1 movie now streaming on Netflix—starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and many others! The battle between Good and Evil begins.Two brothers.One Good.One Evil.Together they... Read more
View audiobookThe Fae Keeper
By: H.E. Edgmon
Narrated by: Dani Martineck
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
In the heart-stopping sequel to The Witch King, Wyatt and Emyr attempt to rebuild Asalin despite unexpected new enemies within their kingdom.
Two weeks after the door to Faery closed once more, Asalin is still in turmoil. Emyr and Wyatt are hunting Derek and Clarke themselves after having abolished the corrupt Guard, and are trying to convince... Read more
All Signs Point to Yes
By: Cam Montgomery, g. haron davis & Adrianne White
Narrated by: Erin Ruth Walker, Nancy Wu, Elena Rey, Sophie A...
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A literal star-studded anthology that delivers a love story for every star sign straight from the hearts of thirteen multicultural YA authors.
A haunted Aquarius finds love behind the veil. An ambitious Aries will do anything to stay in the spotlight. A foodie Taurus discovers the best eats in town (with a side of romance). A witchy Cancer... Read more
Krista Kim-Bap
By: Angela Ahn
Narrated by: Vicki Kim
Length: 3 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
In debut author Angela Ahn’s middle grade novel, all Krista wants is to figure out the three F’s: food, family, and friends…Krista and Jason have been best friends since preschool. It never mattered that he was a boy with reddish-brown hair and she was the “Korean girl” at school. Now in fifth grade, everyone in their class is preparing... Read more
View audiobookUmbilical Cord
By: Hasan Namir
Narrated by: Amir Haidar
Length: 1 hour 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Dear Child
Once upon a time
Your baba fell in love with your dad
We got married and dreamt of having a baby
A roller coaster of emotions and feelings
We were always hopefulLambda Literary and Stonewall Book Award-winner Hasan Namir shares a joyful collection about parenting, fatherhood and hope. These warm free-verse poems document the journey that... Read more
Smells Like Stars
By: D. Nandi Odhiambo
Narrated by: Duffy Mikkelson
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Kerstin Ostheim, a journalist, and P. J. Banner, a freelance photographer, have been together six months after meeting on a dating website. They are getting married in two weeks and as the wedding fast approaches, they question their compatibility while investigating mysterious horse killings that are taking place in Ogweyo's Cove, the Pacific... Read more
View audiobookTainna
By: Norma Dunning
Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau & Eric Schweig
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Drawing on both lived experience and cultural memory, Norma Dunning brings together six powerful short stories centered on modern-day Inuk characters in Tainna. Ranging from homeless to extravagantly wealthy, from spiritual to jaded, from young to elderly, and even from alive to deceased, Dunning’s characters are united by shared feelings of... Read more
View audiobookLiner Notes for the Revolution
By: Daphne A. Brooks
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 20 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible, she asks, that iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the... Read more
View audiobookPlay It Right
By: Kamal Gupta
Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
All around the world, the words "Wall Street" conjure up a powerful image. For some, it is the center of America's capitalist system and the engine of its economic growth. For others, it is the home of rapacious bankers and reckless traders whose greed would lead to a global financial crisis. For an Indian-born blackjack player, Wall Street... Read more
View audiobookBlack Utopias
By: Jayna Brown
Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as a way of exploring alternative states of being, doing, and imagining in Black culture. Musical, literary, and mystic practices become utopian enclaves in which Black people engage in modes of creative worldmaking. Brown explores the lives and work of Black women mystics Sojourner... Read more
View audiobookCookies & Milk
By: Shawn Amos
Narrated by: Shawn Amos
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
It's a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this semi-autobiographical novel that's as irresistible as a fresh-baked cookie.
Eleven-year-old Ellis Johnson has the summertime blues. He dreamed of spending the summer of 1976 hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica. Instead, he'll be sleeping on a lumpy... Read more
Progressive Dystopia
By: Savannah Shange
Narrated by: Diana Blue
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
San Francisco is the endgame of gentrification, where racialized displacement means that the Black population of the city hovers at just over three percent. The Robeson Justice Academy opened to serve the few remaining low-income neighborhoods of the city, with the mission of offering liberatory, social justice-themed education to youth of... Read more
View audiobookCity of Orange
By: David Yoon
Narrated by: Intae Kim
Length: 11 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone. He used to live in a place called California, but how did he wind up here with a head wound and a bottle of pills in his pocket?
He navigates his surroundings, one rough shape at a time. Here lies a pipe, there a reed that could be carved into a weapon, beyond a city he once... Read more
The Black Fives
By: Claude Johnson
Narrated by: Claude Johnson
Length: 20 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
A groundbreaking history of Black basketballAfrican Americans were making moves in basketball generations before the rise of the NBA. Their pioneering efforts helped popularize the sport in big cities and small towns alike and shaped the game we know and love today. From the invention of the game in 1891 to the racial integration of all-White... Read more
View audiobookLord of Light
By: Roger Zelazny
Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons. Lord of Light. Read more
View audiobookHow to Grow
By: Marcus Bridgewater
Narrated by: Marcus Bridgewater
Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
“Garden Marcus is not only a trove of information if you’re looking to flex your green thumb, but a balm for the chaos happening in the world.”—Vogue“Bridgewater’s planting tips are just as valuable when applied to life.”—The RootIn this transformative guide, TikTok’s most popular gardener, Marcus Bridgewater—aka Garden Marcus—offers lessons for... Read more
View audiobookThis Life
By: Quntos KunQuest
Narrated by: Sean Crisden
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Lil Chris is just nineteen when he arrives at Angola as an AU—an admitting unit, a fresh fish, a new vict. He's got a life sentence with no chance of parole, but he's also got a clear mind and sharp awareness—one that picks up quickly on the details of the system, his fellow inmates, and what he can do to claim a place at the top. When he meets... Read more
View audiobookAlabama v. King
By: David Fisher & Dan Abrams
Narrated by: Fred D. Gray & Korey Jackson
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The forgotten story of a criminal trial that brought national attention to a young defendant named Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as told by Fred D. Gray, Dr. King’s lawyer and friend, along with New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher. The audiobook concludes with an exclusive conversation between Fred Gray and Dan Abrams.
On... Read more
A Worthy Piece of Work
By: Michael Hines
Narrated by: Andrew Barnes
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
The story of Madeline Morgan, the activist educator who brought Black history to one of the nation’s largest and most segregated school systems
A Worthy Piece of Work tells the story of Madeline Morgan (later Madeline Stratton Morris), a teacher and an activist in WWII-era Chicago, who fought her own battle on the home front, authoring curricula... Read more
Boys Don’t Cry
By: Meghna Pant
Narrated by: Malika Choudhury
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
A work of power, intimacy and magic' Anees Salim, authorWhen Maneka Pataudi is arrested as the prime suspect for the murder of her ex-husband, she reveals a chilling tale of marital abuse and neglect.But is her confession the truth or a lie? Is she telling the story as a victim or a perpetrator? And, is it better for women to kill for love or be... Read more
View audiobookA Place to Belong
By: Amber O'Neal Johnston
Narrated by: Amber O'Neal Johnston
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage and embrace inclusivity in the home and beyond.
Gone are the days when socially conscious parents felt comfortable teaching their children to merely tolerate others. Instead, they are looking for a way to authentically embrace the fullness of their diverse communities. A Place... Read more
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