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Ancillary Justice
By: Ann Leckie
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 12 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards: This record-breaking novel follows a warship trapped in a human body on a quest for revenge. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey.Â
"There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi
On a remote, icy... Read more
Horror Movie
By: Paul Tremblay
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos, Dani Martineck, Micky Shiloah, Mic...
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Instant New York Times bestseller!A chilling twist on the âcursed filmâ genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World.In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick.The weird part? Only three of the filmâs... Read more
View audiobookThe Creative Act
By: Rick Rubin
Narrated by: Rick Rubin
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times bestseller.
"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.â âAnne Lamott
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping... Read more
The Lincoln Highway
By: Amor Towles
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland & Dion Graham
Length: 16 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
More than ONE MILLION copies sold
A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readersâ Choice Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year
âWise and wildly entertaining . . .... Read more
Godkiller
By: Hannah Kaner
Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
Length: 12 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!âAn epic fantasy odyssey begins.â â Entertainment Weekly""A richly rendered world . . . Kaner writes action that's both fun and intelligible . . . If ""The Last of Us"" didn't slake your thirst for stories of a grizzled fighter taking a tough kid on the road, then Godkiller should be... Read more
View audiobookThe Only Good Indians
By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a âmasterpieceâ (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition. Labeled âone of 2020âs buzziest horror novelsâ (Entertainment Weekly), this is a remarkable horror story that âwill give you nightmaresâthe... Read more
The Hunter
By: Tana French
Narrated by: Roger Clark
Length: 16 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Bestseller ⢠A New York Times Best Thriller of the Year (So Far) ⢠An NPR Favorite Fiction Read of 2024 â˘Â A Parade Best Book of 2024 So Far â˘Â A New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year (So Far) ⢠Named a Best Beach Read of 2024 by Entertainment Tonight and Harperâs Bazaar
âHailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, French... Read more
The Fraud
By: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Zadie Smith
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestseller â˘Â One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year ⢠One of NPR's Best Books of the Year â˘Â Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly
â[A] brilliant new entry in Smithâs catalog . . . The Fraud is not a change for Smith, but a demonstration of how expansive her talents are.â âLos Angeles Times
From... Read more
Clear
By: Carys Davies
Narrated by: Russ Bain
Length: 3 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
âTender, riveting, and inventive is Clear, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies. It will take your breath awayâŚWhat a thrill.â âSarah Jessica Parker
One of Vogueâs Best Books of the Year
Winner of the 2024 Bookmark Festival Book of Year
Shortlisted for the 2024 Books Are My Bag Award and the Historical Writersâ... Read more
Delilah Green Doesn't Care
By: Ashley Herring Blake
Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting loveâwith all its complicationsâfrom the author of Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail.
Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Fallsânothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant... Read more
Leave the World Behind
By: Rumaan Alam
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan AlamA Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist... Read more
View audiobookThe Tainted Cup
By: Robert Jackson Bennett
Narrated by: Andrew Fallaize
Length: 13 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A Holmes and Watsonâstyle detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett
âGreat fantasy detective stories are too rare, but Bennettâ[a] rising star of fantasyâmore than delivers.ââCharlie Jane Anders, The Washington Post
âA thoroughly satisfying delight from... Read more
Apples Never Fall
By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
Length: 18 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
2021 AudioFile Best Audiobooks
2021 Washington Post Best Books of the Year
From Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, an audiobook that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.
The Delaney family love one... Read more
The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
Narrated by: Yangsze Choo
Length: 14 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
"Choo narrates the book herself with a grace of voice and manner that is rare in authors. Further, she delivers Chinese names and phrases with the intonation of a native speaker, lending another level of authenticity to this odd and wonderful tale."âThe Washington Post
"Yangsze Choo again takes on narration... Read more
One Last Stop
By: Casey McQuiston
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 12 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
*INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER*
*INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER*
"Narrator Natalie Naudus brings a quiet intensity to this genre-crossing audiobook...the perfect fit for a tale of queer joy, first love, and self-discovery." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
From the New York Times bestselling author of... Read more
In a Holidaze
By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Patti Murin
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
This instant New York Times bestseller from Christina Lauren will wrap you âin its cozy, jolly embrace like a beloved holiday sweaterâ (Entertainment Weekly) as Maelyn Jones discovers what happens when Christmas wishes comes true.
Itâs the most wonderful time of the yearâŚbut not for Maelyn Jones. Sheâs living with her parents, hates her... Read more
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
By: Angie Cruz
Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell & Rossmery Almonte
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
This program features original sound design.
"Together, [narrators] Almonte and Wetherell are the key to this exceptional novel. A brilliantly narrated immigrant story, spiked with heart and flair, that will have patrons rooting for Caraâs success." - Library Journal
"Rossmery Almonte's pitch-perfect narration of Angie Cruz's inventive new novel... Read more
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
By: Peter S. Beagle
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A USA TODAY bestseller
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Unicorn comes a new novel with equal amounts of power and whimsy in which a loveable cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come together to take their fates into their own hands.
Dragons are common in the backwater... Read more
Whale Fall
By: Elizabeth O'Connor
Narrated by: Dyfrig Morris, Gabrielle Glaister, Gwyneth Keyw...
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE â˘Â A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dissonance of finding oneself by exploring life outside oneâs community
âBoth blunt and exquisite . . . OâConnorâs excellent debut . . . Â is an example of precisely observed writing that makes a... Read more
Death at the Sign of the Rook
By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Jason Isaacs
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
THE INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER (SUNDAY TIMES, UK) â˘Â The highly anticipated return of "irresistible" (New York Times) private eye Jackson Brodie in the newest installment of the bestselling series hailed as "unputdownable" by Time
âHow delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world... Read more
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton & Prentice Onayemi
Length: 29 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today Bestseller ⢠AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION ⢠ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021 ⢠WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times â˘Â Time â˘Â Washington Post ⢠Oprah Daily â˘Â People â˘Â Boston... Read more
View audiobookAmerican Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Jeanine Cummins
Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
Length: 16 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 New York Times Bestseller
OPRAHâS BOOK CLUB PICK
âExtraordinary.ââStephen King
âThis book is not simply the great American novel; itâs the great novel of las Americas. Itâs the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.ââSandra Cisneros
TambiĂŠn de este lado hay sueĂąos. On this side too, there are dreams.
Lydia... Read more
A Thousand Ships
By: Natalie Haynes
Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the YearâGorgeous.... With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War.ââMadeline Miller, author of CirceShortlisted for the Womenâs Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many... Read more
View audiobookBeautiful World, Where Are You
By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
"Aoife McMahon is a gem of a narrator, helping create the perfect atmosphere for Rooneyâs story." -Book Riot
"McMahon's acting dexterity shows in seamless shifts between points of view, characters, and emotions. Male to female, white-collar to blue-collar, anger to passion - her crisp Irish accent makes these transitions with the lightness of a... Read more