BIPOC Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.
Fiona and Jane
By: Jean Chen Ho
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
A TIME, NPR, VOGUE, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)
One of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022
“Ho's debut work is the perfect modern example of great American fiction. . . . You will love it.” —Jake Tapper
“Intimate, cinematic. . . . The world Ho creates between the two women feels like one friend reading the other’s story,... Read more
Talking about Race
By: Isaac Adams
Narrated by: Rick N. Jones
Length: 6 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Conversations about racism are as important as they are hard for American Christians.Yet the conversation often gets so ugly, even among the faithful who claim unity in Jesus. Why is that the case? Why does it matter? Can things get better, or are we permanently divided?In this honest and hopeful book, pastor Isaac Adams doesn't just show you... Read more
View audiobookHow to Fight Racism Young Reader's Edition
By: Jemar Tisby
Narrated by: Jemar Tisby
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Kids deal with racism and social justice issues every day; give them the tools to effectively fight injustices using Christian principles and practical tools. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Jemar Tisby helps young readers ages 8-12 understand how everyday prejudice affects them, what they can do... Read more
View audiobookOne True Loves
By: Elise Bryant
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of Happily Ever Afters comes another irresistible YA romantic comedy full of self-discovery and Black love—and a dreamy European cruise. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances.Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style... Read more
View audiobookPeople Change
By: Vivek Shraya
Narrated by: Vivek Shraya
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes
Abridged: No
*FINALIST FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY W.O. MITCHELL BOOK PRIZE*
“A deeply generous and honest gift to the world.”
—Elliot Page
The author of I’m Afraid of Men lets readers in on the secrets to a life of reinvention.
Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels.... Read more
Velorio
By: Xavier Navarro Aquino
Narrated by: Diana Pou, Vico Ortiz, María Victoria Martínez,...
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
“This debut novel traces a group of survivors who fall under the spell of an authoritarian cult leader in the days following Hurricane Maria’s destruction in Puerto Rico. It is deeply imagined and deeply felt – imagistic and strange and haunting – and simmering with grief and rage.” -- Gabriela Garcia, New York Times bestselling authorSet in... Read more
View audiobookIn Every Mirror She’s Black
By: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Narrated by: Sara Powell & Rosemarie Akwafo
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people.
Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the US to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation's largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco... Read more
Raising Free People
By: Akilah S. Richards
Narrated by: Akilah S. Richards
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
No one is immune to the byproducts of compulsory schooling and standardized testing. And while reform may be a worthy cause for some, it is not enough for countless others still trying to navigate the tyranny of what schooling has always been. Raising Free People argues that we need to build and work within systems designed for any human to... Read more
View audiobookThe Bride Experiment
By: MiMi Jefferson
Narrated by: Khalid Hill
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
James is days away from being married when he learns his fiancé Raquel has been keeping an explosive secret. Humiliated and with his reputation on the line, he sets out to destroy Raquel. The bride-to-be strikes back with a blow so intense it leaves James defenseless, with his life spiraling out of control.Within days, he is a shell of the... Read more
View audiobookSearching for Right
By: Brittney Holmes
Narrated by: D. S. VanNiel
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Lauren, Jayda, Danielle, and Brenda are finishing their senior year of high school. They seem to have perfect lives, but these girls have more to worry about than finals and college applications.Lauren has an inextinguishable infatuation with her history teacher, and she will do whatever it takes to get what she wants, even if it means hurting... Read more
View audiobookOn Bended Knee
By: Brittney Holmes
Narrated by: D. S. VanNiel
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Nineteen-year-old Devon Torres has lived the past several years of his life dealing drugs and running the streets of South Atlanta. Separating himself from his family and clinging to his business, Devon recruits young teens throughout his neighborhood to help maintain order in the community. He seems to have everything figured out—until he meets... Read more
View audiobookDon’t Ask, Don’t Tell
By: M. T. Pope, Tina Brooks McKinney, Brenda Hampto...
Narrated by: Khalid Hill & Rhyan Neco
Length: 12 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Private Kyle Sullivan is a happily married man who thinks he’s left his homosexual experiences in his past. What he didn’t count on was the high-ranking officer who forces a sexual relationship with him.After breaking off a relationship with her abusive girlfriend, Lauren Burns has finally made her dreams come true by becoming a member of the US... Read more
View audiobookYoung and Hungry
By: Michel Moore & Marlon P. S. White
Narrated by: Khalid Hill
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death …Not only is the city of Detroit bankrupt, it also has one of the highest murder rates in the country. When government-enforced power restrictions are applied, hell on earth becomes hotter in the already anything-goes, cutthroat city. Even the predators become prey. No loyalty, no... Read more
View audiobookThey Don’t Play Fair
By: Clifford “Spud” Johnson
Narrated by: Tony Isabella
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Papio and Special are back! Their love for one another has withstood the drama and turmoil of their chaotic lives, but their thirst for the dollar has once again set them on a crash course for mayhem. They’ve accumulated a long list of enemies, and now it’s time to do battle. Calling on some strong allies to assist them, they insist that no one... Read more
View audiobookBecoming Abolitionists
By: Derecka Purnell
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
For more than a century, activists in the United States have tried to reform the police. From community policing initiatives to increasing diversity, none of it has stopped the police from killing about three people a day.Millions of people continue to protest police violence because these “solutions” do not match the problem: the police cannot... Read more
View audiobookRace After Technology
By: Ruha Benjamin
Narrated by: Mia Ellis
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity.
Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen... Read more
The Passing Playbook
By: Isaac Fitzsimons
Narrated by: Jamie K. Brown
Length: 7 hours
Abridged: No
Love, Simon meets Bend It Like Beckham in this feel-good contemporary romance about a trans athlete who must decide between fighting for his right to play and staying stealth.
“A sharply observant and vividly drawn debut. I loved every minute I spent in this story, and I’ve never rooted harder for a jock in my life.” – New York Times bestselling... Read more
The Girl With Stars in Her Eyes
By: Xio Axelrod
Narrated by: Alexander Cendese & Tamika Simone
Length: 13 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Her name's Antonia "Toni" Bennette (yeah, she's heard all the jokes before) and she's not a rock star. Neither are the Lillys—not yet. But the difference between being famous and being almost famous can be a single wrong note... or the start of something that'll change your life forever. Growing up in dive bars up and down the East Coast, Toni... Read more
View audiobookJackson
By: LaQuette
Narrated by: Eboni Flowers
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
Aja Everett longs to turn her old family ranch into a place where anyone can find rest and healing. But her big heart's bound to get her in trouble if she's not careful—someone wants her gone, and they'll do whatever it takes to drive her away from the land that's her lifeblood. Whether she's willing to admit it or not, she needs help. She needs... Read more
View audiobookPen Pal (Prison Letters From A Free Spirit On Slow Death Row)
By: Tiyo Attallah Salah-El
Narrated by: Carl Weathers, Jack Daniel, Wendy Shapero, Lanc...
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Tiyo Attallah Salah-El died in 2018 on “Slow Death Row” while serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania prison. He was a man with a dizzying array of talents and vocations: author, scholar, teacher, musician, and activist: he was the founder of the Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons. He was also, as is apparent from the letters written over... Read more
View audiobookThe Leavers
By: Lisa Ko
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 14 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a... Read more
View audiobookGames without Rules
By: Tamim Ansary
Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
Length: 14 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real, but it sits atop an older struggle between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan—a tribal universe of village republics... Read more
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