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Meat Cute by Gail Carriger
Meat Cute
Gail Carriger
Meat Cute by Gail Carriger

Meat Cute

By: Gail Carriger

Narrated by: Emma Newman

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the comedic mind of New York Times bestseller Gail Carriger comes the much requested prequel short story to Soulless. Narrated by the wonderful Emma Newman!  Alexia Tarabotti attends what appears to be a very dull London party, until the new werewolf Alpha turns up, is unconscionably rude to her, and sits on a hedgehog.Don't miss this... Read more

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: 9 from the Nine Worlds by Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: 9 from the Nine Worlds
Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: 9 from the Nine Worlds by Rick Riordan

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: 9 from the Nine Worlds

By: Rick Riordan

Narrated by: Various

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Beloved characters from the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series star in these hilarious and imaginative new short stories, each set in a different one of the Nine Worlds from Norse mythology.

The Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard trilogy may have concluded, but we haven't heard the last of our favorite peeps from the Nine Worlds. Join... Read more

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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
A.S. Byatt
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

By: A.S. Byatt

Narrated by: Virginia Leishman

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Glowing with narrator Virginia Leishman's finely tuned phrasing, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye is the perfect introduction to A.S. Byatt, an author who continues to receive international awards and acclaim. Her wondrous fairy tales are iridescent stories full of spells, marvelous creatures, and beautiful princesses. The title tale focuses... Read more

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Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
Life Ceremony
Sayaka Murata
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

Life Ceremony

By: Sayaka Murata

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, variou...

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existenceWith Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan,... Read more

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The Hodgeheg and Other Stories by Dick King-Smith
The Hodgeheg and Other Stories
Dick King-Smith
The Hodgeheg and Other Stories by Dick King-Smith

The Hodgeheg and Other Stories

By: Dick King-Smith

Narrated by: Ciaran Saward

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Puffin.

This wonderfully funny audio collection contains eight adventures from the master of animal tales, Dick King-Smith.

Perfect for young listeners, this magical collection features one of Dick King-Smith's most-loved stories: The Hodgeheg.

Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but it's on the... Read more

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Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere
Sindya Bhanoo
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere

By: Sindya Bhanoo

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

These intimate stories of South Indian immigrants and the families they left behind center women's lives and ask how women both claim and surrender power—a stunning debut collection from an O. Henry Prize winner

Traveling from Pittsburgh to Eastern Washington to Tamil Nadu, these stories about dislocation and dissonance see immigrants and their... Read more

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The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay
The Beast You Are
Paul Tremblay
The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay

The Beast You Are

By: Paul Tremblay

Narrated by: Johnny Heller, Xe Sands, Ewan Chung, Graham Hal...

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World. Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this... Read more

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Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties

By: Carmen Maria Machado

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado... Read more

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The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

The Office of Historical Corrections

By: Danielle Evans

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nicole Lewis, Brittany Pr...

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2021 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY O MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, THE WASHINGTON POST, REAL SIMPLE, THE GUARDIAN, AND MORE 

FINALIST FOR: THE STORY PRIZE, THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, THE CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE

“Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging . . . an extraordinary...
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Florida by Lauren Groff
Florida
Lauren Groff
Florida by Lauren Groff

Florida

By: Lauren Groff

Narrated by: Lauren Groff

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The universally-acclaimed return of the New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds

In Lauren Groff’s Florida, the hot sun shines, but a wild darkness lurks. Florida is a "superlative" book (Boston Globe), "gorgeously weird and limber" (New Yorker), "frequently funny" (San Francisco...
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Speculation by Nisi Shawl
Speculation
Nisi Shawl
Speculation by Nisi Shawl

Speculation

By: Nisi Shawl

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

After Winna's little sister breaks her glasses, her grandfather gives her an old-timey pair of spectacles that belonged to her great-aunt Estelle. The specs are silver and perfectly circular, with tiny stars on the bridge and earpieces that curl all the way around her ears.

Best of all, they're magic.

Because when Winna makes a wish beginning... Read more

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The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne
The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh

By: A.A. Milne

Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Geof...

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNIE-THE-POOH
POOH GOES VISITING and other stories
Story 1
In which we are introduced
Story 2 In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place
Story 3 In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle
Story 4 In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one
Story 5 In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water
Story 6 In... Read more

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Dear Life by Alice Munro
Dear Life
Alice Munro
Dear Life by Alice Munro

Dear Life

By: Alice Munro

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr & Arthur Morey

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant new collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time.

Alice Munro’s peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief but always spacious and timeless stories is once again everywhere apparent in this brilliant new collection. In story after story, she illumines the moment a life is... Read more

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Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
Milk Blood Heat
Dantiel W. Moniz
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

Milk Blood Heat

By: Dantiel W. Moniz

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A livewire debut from Dantiel W. Moniz, one of the most exciting discoveries in today's literary landscape, Milk Blood Heat depicts the sultry lives of Floridians in intergenerational tales that contemplate human connection, race, womanhood, inheritance, and the elemental darkness in us all. Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each... Read more

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Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Look Both Ways
Jason Reynolds
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

Look Both Ways

By: Jason Reynolds

Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms, Chris Chalk, Bahni Turpin...

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019!

UK Carnegie Medal winner
A National Book Award Finalist
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019

A Time Best Children’s Book of 2019
A Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019
A School Library... Read more

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Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie
Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie

Partners in Crime

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are Partners in Crime—or rather partners in crime solving—and must demonstrate their deductive skills in a wide range of confounding cases after agreeing to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency.Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over... Read more

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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
Helene Tursten
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

By: Helene Tursten

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Don't let her age fool you. Maud may be nearly ninety, but if you cross her, this elderly lady is more sinister than sweet.

Just when things have finally cooled down for eighty-eight-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep. Though Maud dodges their... Read more

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Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
Afterparties
Anthony Veasna So
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

Afterparties

By: Anthony Veasna So

Narrated by: Jason Sean

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK WINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTIONNamed a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper’s Bazaar * TIME *... Read more

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Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen
Land Of Big Numbers
Te-Ping Chen
Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

Land Of Big Numbers

By: Te-Ping Chen

Narrated by: Eddy Lee, Fiona Rene, Matt Yang King, Christine...

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A Best Book of the Year: Barack Obama · NPR · The Washington Post · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Esquire · Kirkus Reviews · Chicago Public Library · Electric Literature Malala Yousafzai’s Fearless Book Club Pick for Literati 
""Dazzling...Riveting."" New York Times Book Review
“Gripping and illuminating . . . At the heart of Te-Ping Chen’s... Read more

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Grand Union by Zadie Smith
Grand Union
Zadie Smith
Grand Union by Zadie Smith

Grand Union

By: Zadie Smith

Narrated by: Zadie Smith & Doc Brown

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal! 

A dazzling collection of short fiction


Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of life... Read more

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Full Throttle by Joe Hill
Full Throttle
Joe Hill
Full Throttle by Joe Hill

Full Throttle

By: Joe Hill

Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Neil...

Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

2020 Audie Awards® WINNER - Short Stories/Collections
The number one New York Times best-selling author of The Fireman and Strange Weather returns with a dark and ingenious collection of 13 compelling short stories that showcase his ability to “push genre conventions to new extremes” (New York Times Book Review), performed by a stunning... Read more

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His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler
His Hideous Heart
Dahlia Adler
His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler

His Hideous Heart

By: Dahlia Adler

Narrated by: amanda lovelace, Caitlin Davies, Caleb Roehrig,...

Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"His Hideous Heart is an audiobook dream. Half of the stories are read by their authors and the other half are read by professional narrators; all are delightful and, of course, haunting." -- Paste

Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.

Edgar Allan Poe... Read more

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Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
Mouthful of Birds
Samanta Schweblin
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin

Mouthful of Birds

By: Samanta Schweblin

Narrated by: Various

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star.

Unearthly and unexpected, the stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary, masterful collection.

Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where... Read more

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Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall
Women! In! Peril!
Jessie Ren Marshall
Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall

Women! In! Peril!

By: Jessie Ren Marshall

Narrated by: Rachel Noe Nishizawa

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Full of wry humor, sharp social commentary, and an irrepressible sense of hope, a ferociously feminist debut short story collection from award-winning playwright Jessie Ren Marshall.

In this brash and unputdownable collection, we meet a sex bot trying to outlast her return policy, a skeptical lesbian grappling with her wife’s mysterious... Read more

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