BIPOC Authors

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

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

By: Tia Williams

Narrated by: Mela Lee & Preston Butler

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sexy modern-day fairytale from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician share a soul mate connection told through the history, art, and the magic of Harlem.

The daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, Ricki Wilde is the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. In her... Read more

Trouble in Queenstown

By: Delia Pitts

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

With Trouble in Queenstown, Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful mystery that blends grief, class, race, and family with thrilling results.

"Turpin masterfully distinguishes among characters of different genders, ages, and ethnic backgrounds, ensuring that each voice is distinct and authentic."—AudioFile

Evander... Read more

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

By: Michiko Aoyama

Narrated by: Hanako Footman, Susan Momoko Hingley, Kenichiro...

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation can change a readers’ life.

What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the... Read more

Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Narrated by: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom

“[A]... Read more

Counterfeit

By: Kirstin Chen

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK“A con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious read—but beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and... Read more

Starry Messenger

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"This engaging, conversational book begs to be read aloud, and who better than its author?... Tyson’s warmth and erudition make him a superb narrator of this excellent, thought-provoking book."- Library Journal

"Like a spaceship traveling the stars, Tyson's voice flows smoothly as he delivers complex topics and positive perspectives on the... Read more

Down with the System

By: Serj Tankian

Narrated by: Serj Tankian

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian. 
 
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System Of A Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of... Read more

Drama Free

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

Narrated by: Nedra Glover Tawwab

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a road map for understanding and moving past family struggles—and living your life, your way.

    Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life’s challenges. For... 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

Goodbye Earl

By: Leesa Cross-Smith

Narrated by: Mela Lee, Kamali Minter, Sarah Beth Goer, Erin ...

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Four women take fate into their own hands in this big-hearted story of friendship, resilience, and revenge on monstrous men, from the award-winning author of Half-Blown Rose. 

Taking inspiration from the infamous, empowering song, Goodbye Earl follows four best friends through two unforgettable summers, fifteen years apart.
 
In 2004, Rosemarie,... Read more

Bloodmarked

By: Tracy Deonn

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 22 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!
“Deonn expertly weaves together a universe that both shines a light on the pervasive nature of racism and also harnesses the complexity of Black identity within this space. Deonn writes so much more than simple fantasies or Arthurian retellings.” —Booklist (starred review)

The “worthy successor to an... Read more

Inciting Joy

By: Ross Gay

Narrated by: Ross Gay

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes a "brilliant" intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection (Ada Limón, U.S. poet laureate).

In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prizewinning poet and author Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during... Read more

Pride and Protest

By: Nikki Payne

Narrated by: Kacie Rogers & Ron Nery, Jr.

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A Phenomenal Book Club pick for November 2022!

A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by debut author Nikki Payne.
 
Liza B.—the only DJ who gives a jam—wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer... Read more

Children of Anguish and Anarchy

By: Tomi Adeyemi

Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Erivo narrates Tomi Adeyemi’s long-awaited conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Legacy of Orïsha series.

New allies rise.
The Blood Moon nears.
Zélie faces her final enemy.
The king who hunts her heart.

When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an... Read more

Banyan Moon

By: Thao Thai

Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Catherine Ho & Elyse Dinh

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick""A riveting mother-daughter tale."" — Elle""Radiant. … An intimate account of one family’s planting of roots in American soil and the sacrifices great and small that each member makes along the way.” — Washington PostA sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American... Read more

There is a Rio Grande in Heaven

By: Ruben Reyes Jr.

Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

""Ruben Reyes Jr. is a wonder."" — Héctor Tobar""These are stories to treasure and ponder, long after the last page has been turned."" —Xochitl GonzalezAn electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.An ordinary man... Read more

Brotherless Night

By: V. V. Ganeshananthan

Narrated by: Nirmala Rajasingam

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • A courageous young Sri Lankan woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor in this “heartbreaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war” (Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half).

“This book, a careful, vivid exploration of what’s lost within a... Read more

The Angel of Indian Lake

By: Stephen Graham Jones

Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela...

Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A National Bestseller

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice—only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones’s... Read more

The Bullet Swallower

By: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Narrated by: Lee Osorio

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A “mesmerizing...wildly entertaining” (The Boston Globe) magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to rob a train, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generations in the making.

In... Read more

The Atlas Paradox

By: Olivie Blake

Narrated by: Alexandra Palting, Andy Ingalls, Caitlin Kelly,...

Length: 18 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six—guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos.

Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.
Five are now members of the Society.
Two paths lay before them.

All must pick a... Read more

Silver Nitrate

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Narrated by: Gisela Chípe

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film—and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.

“No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath... Read more

It's Not Hysteria

By: Dr. Karen Tang

Narrated by: Dr. Karen Tang

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

An inclusive and essential new resource for reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, menopause, fertility, sexual health, vaginal and urinary conditions, and overall wellbeing—from leading expert and fierce advocate Dr. Karen Tang

Did you know that up to 90% of women experience menstrual... Read more

Africa Is Not a Country

By: Dipo Faloyin

Narrated by: Dipo Faloyin

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

So often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective, weaving a vibrant tapestry of stories that bring to life Africa's rich diversity, communities, and histories.



Starting with an... Read more