BIPOC Authors

Asian American Histories of the United States

By: Catherine Ceniza Choy

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history

Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. Reckoning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the... Read more

The Stardust Thief

By: Chelsea Abdullah

Narrated by: Nikki Massoud, Sean Rohani & Rasha Zamamiri

Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp.Neither here nor there, but long ago . . . Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn... Read more

Say Hello to My Little Friend

By: Jennine Capó Crucet

Narrated by: Krizia Bajos

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Scarface meets Moby Dick in Say Hello to My Little Friend—“a masterclass in pace and precision…brilliant” (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, National Book Award Finalist of Chain Gang All Stars) about a young man’s attempt to capitalize on his mother’s murky legacy—a story steeped in Miami’s marvelous and sinister magic.

Failed Pitbull impersonator... 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

This Is Why They Hate Us

By: Aaron H. Aceves

Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer—get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his other romantic prospects. Nevermind that he’s only out to his best friend, Fabiola. Nevermind that he has absolutely zero game. And definitely forget the fact that good and kind and, not to mention, beautiful Saleem is leaving LA for the summer to... Read more

The MAGA Diaries

By: Tina Nguyen

Narrated by: Tina Nguyen

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This explosive “must-read for anyone who cares about the future of our democracy” (Brian Stelter, New York Times bestselling author) chronicles the rise of the MAGA movement from acclaimed political journalist Tina Nguyen, who began her career—and her education—on the ground levels of the conservative recruiting machine.

Her very first job was... 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

Unbecoming

By: Seema Yasmin

Narrated by: Reena Dutt & Suehyla El-Attar Young

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Two Muslim teens in Texas fight for access to abortion while one harbors a painful secret in this funny and heartfelt near-future speculative novel perfect for fans of Unpregnant.

In a not-too-distant America, abortions are prosecuted and the right to choose is no longer an option. But best friends Laylah and Noor want to change the world. After... Read more

Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls

By: Atinuke

Narrated by: Mutiyat Ade-Salu

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Too Small Tola lives in an apartment with her clever sister, Moji; her big brother, Dapo; and Grandmommy, who is very bossy. In the first of three endearing new adventures, Tola is sized just right to wriggle under the bed and rescue Grandmommy’s prized possession when it goes missing. Her savvy and math skills save the day when Grandmommy gets... Read more

Umbilical 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

Calling for a Blanket Dance

By: Oscar Hokeah

Narrated by: Oscar Hokeah & Rainy Fields

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving and deeply engaging novel about a young Native American man as he learns to find strength in his familial identity. 

Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father’s injury at the hands... Read more

Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Narrated by: Sura Siu

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human—that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast—elderly people, children, babies—now live in... Read more

Honey and Spice

By: Bolu Babalola

Narrated by: Weruche Opia

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • A TIKTOK BOOK CLUB PICK""Sexy, messy and wry, Honey and Spice more than delivers."" — New York Times Book Review""A vibrant debut novel . . . Babalola is incisively funny, capturing the kick and sweetness of her title with her words."" — Entertainment WeeklyNamed a Best Book of the Year by... Read more

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

By: Julia Alvarez

Narrated by: Alma Cuervo

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Literary icon Julia Alvarez, the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic.
Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn’t want to end up like her... Read more

Merci Suárez Plays It Cool

By: Meg Medina

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

For Merci Suárez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It’s a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not... Read more

Woman of Light

By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Narrated by: Melinna Bobadilla

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “dazzling, cinematic, intimate, lyrical” (Roxane Gay) epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award finalist Sabrina & Corina
 
“Sometimes you just step into a book and let it wash over you, like you’re... Read more

To Paradise

By: Hanya Yanagihara

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Feodo...

Length: 28 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS

To Paradise is a... Read more

The Idea of You

By: Robinne Lee

Narrated by: Robinne Lee

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine.



Solène Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of an art gallery in Los Angeles, is reluctant to take her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band. But since her divorce, she's more eager than ever to be close to Isabelle. The last thing Solène expects is to make... Read more

You Are Life

By: Bao Phi

Narrated by: Bao Phi

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This joyful poem celebrates the wonderful and complex identity of children of immigrants and refugees, embracing all that they are—a dancer, a shining light, a K-pop song—and promising what they will never be: invisible. Read more

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By: Talia Hibbert

Narrated by: Amina Koroma & Jonathan Andrew Hume

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors—and each other.

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He’s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top... Read more

Another Word for Love

By: Carvell Wallace

Narrated by: Carvell Wallace

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

“Carvell Wallace narrates his beautiful memoir with poignant urgency-- and a whole lot of love…His voice, like his prose, has a poetic cadence. At times, his narration seems to fly, reaching higher and higher before culminating in an emotional crescendo.”—AudioFile

A transformative memoir that reimagines the... Read more

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding

By: Chencia C. Higgins

Narrated by: Rebecca Lee

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant I Do could be Kris Zavala’s big break. She’s right on the cusp of really making it as an influencer, so a stint on reality TV is the perfect chance to elevate her brand. And $100,000 wouldn’t hurt either. D’Vaughn Miller is just trying to break out of her shell. She’s sort of neglected to come out to her mom for years, so a big splashy... Read more

Mango, Mambo, and Murder

By: Raquel V. Reyes

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Food anthropologist Miriam Quiñones-Smith's move from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, puts her academic career on hold to stay at home with her young son. Adding to her funk is an opinionated mother-in-law and a husband rekindling a friendship with his ex. Gracias to her best friend, Alma, she gets a short-term job as a Caribbean cooking expert... Read more

He Who Drowned the World

By: Shelley Parker-Chan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 18 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Natalie Naudus is an admirable guide through a complicated plot with multiple points of view...She illuminates the few tender moments amid the overall violence and sets a quick, smooth pace that never lags." —AudioFile

The sequel and series conclusion to She Who Became the Sun, the accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping... Read more