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Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • READ BY MERYL STREEPIn this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.“Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.” —The GuardianIn the spring of 2020, Lara’s three... Read more
View audiobookThe Third Gilmore Girl
By: Kelly Bishop
Narrated by: Kelly Bishop
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Goodreads Choice Awards Winner
“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a lifelong career in and out of Hollywood” (The A.V. Club) in this candid and captivating memoir from award-winning and beloved actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show... Read more
Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Ann Napolitano
Narrated by: Maura Tierney
Length: 15 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! From the author of Dear Edward comes a “powerfully affecting” (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
“Another tender tearjerker . . . Napolitano chronicles life’s highs and lows with aching precision.”—The Washington Post
ONE OF... Read more
The Teacher
By: Freida McFadden
Narrated by: Leslie Howard & Danny Montooth
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Lesson #1: Trust no one.
Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly... Read more
Never Lie
By: Freida McFadden
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate… with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end. In search of a... Read more
View audiobookCounting the Cost
By: Jill Duggar
Narrated by: Jill Duggar
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC’s hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation behind the show in this “no-holds barred” (People)... Read more
View audiobookWorst Case Scenario
By: T.J. Newman
Narrated by: Joe Morton
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internationally bestselling author T.J. Newman is back with Worst Case Scenario.
When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which... Read more
I Fight, You Fight
By: Alex Noble
Narrated by: Alex Noble
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
The inspiring story from 2025 NSW Young Australian of the Year Nominee, Alex Noble, whose wisdom and strength can teach us all how to live life to the fullest, no matter what it throws at us.
Sixteen-year-old Alex Noble was a high school rugby star with a promising sporting career ahead of him when an on-field injury left him fighting for his... Read more
All We Were Promised
By: Ashton Lattimore
Narrated by: Shayna Small & Ashton Lattimore
Length: 12 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia—“a gripping novel about standing up to impossible odds” (People, Best New Books)
The rebel . . . the socialite . . . and the fugitive. Together, they will risk everything for one another in... Read more
The Good Part
By: Sophie Cousens
Narrated by: Kerry Gilbert
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Is living the life you’ve wished for really a dream come true?
Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet paper. After another disappointing date, Lucy stumbles upon a wishing machine. Pushing a... Read more
My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy
By: Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin Hill
Narrated by: Clint Hill
Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Mrs. Kennedy and Me comes another New York Times bestseller, which reveals never-before-told stories of Secret Service Agent Clint Hill’s travels with Jacqueline Kennedy through Europe, Asia, and South America. Featuring more than two hundred rare and... Read more
A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold)
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
Narrated by: Kate Simses
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
From NYT bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west.A Night Divided joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!With the rise of the Berlin Wall, Gerta... Read more
View audiobookThe Distance Between Us
By: Kasie West
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers learned early that the rich are not to be trusted. And after years of studying them from behind the cash register of her mom's porcelain-doll shop, she has seen nothing to prove otherwise. Enter Xander Spence—he's tall, handsome, and oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and the fact that he seems to be one of... Read more
View audiobookDrums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
By: Jordan Sonnenblick
Narrated by: Joel Johnstone
Length: 4 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
From first-time novelist Jordan Sonnenblick, a brave and beautiful story that will make readers laugh and break their hearts at the same time.Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey.... Read more
View audiobookBefore Green Gables
By: Budge Wilson
Narrated by: Renée Raudman
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A must-read for generations of book lovers, this remarkable prequel to the classic Anne of Green Gables was specially authorized by L. M. Montgomery's heirs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of the original novel.
Before Green Gables is the story of Anne Shirley's life before her arrival at Green Gables—a heartwarming tale of... Read more