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Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Within These Wicked Walls
Lauren Blackwood
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Within These Wicked Walls

By: Lauren Blackwood

Narrated by: Nneka Okoye

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

REESE'S BOOK CLUB FALL 2021 YA PICK

"Lauren Blackwood’s can’t-miss debut is a magical, Ethiopian-inspired remix of Jane Eyre." -
Harper's Bazaar

What the heart desires, the house destroys...

Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she... Read more

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Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
Once Upon a Wardrobe
Patti Callahan
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan

Once Upon a Wardrobe

By: Patti Callahan

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

College student Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncovering the truth behind his favorite story. What transpires is a fascinating look into the bond between siblings and the life-changing magic of stories.1950: Margaret Devonshire (Megs) is a seventeen-year-old student of mathematics and physics at... Read more

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The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall
The Future of Geography
Tim Marshall
The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall

The Future of Geography

By: Tim Marshall

Narrated by: Tim Marshall

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an “insightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinating” (Daily Express) book on today’s space race—including the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth.

Spy satellites... Read more

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The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore
The Glutton
A.K. Blakemore
The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore

The Glutton

By: A.K. Blakemore

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times EDITORS’ CHOICE | Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize | MOST ANTICIPATED by The GuardianPaste MagazineLitHub The MillionsLibrary Journal

From the prizewinning author of The Manningtree Witches, a subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy turned showman, said to... Read more

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We Have Always Been Who We Are by Sofia T. Romero
We Have Always Been Who We Are
Sofia T. Romero
We Have Always Been Who We Are by Sofia T. Romero

We Have Always Been Who We Are

By: Sofia T. Romero

Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos, Inés del Castillo & Frankie Corzo

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From Pushcart Prize–nominated author Sofia T. Romero comes a breathtaking debut collection of interrelated stories suffused with magical realism.In stories that evoke the haunting beauty of New England beaches and resonate with a bittersweet loneliness, Romero blurs the lines between life and death, reality and fantasy. A deceased woman counsels... Read more

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The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer
The Witching Tide
Margaret Meyer
The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer

The Witching Tide

By: Margaret Meyer

Narrated by: Miranda Raison

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and “reminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnet” (Jezebel), The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England.

East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived... Read more

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Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart
Ordinary Wonder Tales
Emily Urquhart
Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart

Ordinary Wonder Tales

By: Emily Urquhart

Narrated by: Anne Wessel

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday.“I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with... Read more

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The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
The Lost Year
Katherine Marsh
The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

Narrated by: Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, Jesse Vilins...

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrators Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, and Jesse Vilinsky combine talents in this compelling historical fiction, which takes place during the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s."- AudioFile

Author's note read by the author.

From the author of Nowhere Boy—called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times—comes a brilliant...
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Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Pandora
Susan Stokes-Chapman
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman

Pandora

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

Narrated by: Olivia Vinall

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 Sunday Times BestsellerA Library Journal Best Book of 2023“Lush, evocative and utterly irresistible.”—Jennifer Saint, author of AriadnePrepare to lift the lid on a lush reimagination of the mythological Pandora….Susan Stokes-Chapman’s atmospheric debut, PANDORA, immerses the reader in the dangerous, mysterious world of ancient antiquities... Read more

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Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
Never Ever Getting Back Together
Sophie Gonzales
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Never Ever Getting Back Together

By: Sophie Gonzales

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik & Natalie Naudus

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

"Enjoy this rambunctious performance by glowing narrators Barrie Kreinik and Natalie Naudus."- AudioFile

When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen year old girls—one bent on revenge, the other open to rekindling romance—get tangled up in an unexpected twist when they fall for each other...
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Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne
Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One
Maggie Horne
Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne

Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One

By: Maggie Horne

Narrated by: Tara Sands

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A “must-read for tweens and their parents"" (SLJ, starred review), this funny, feminist, and queer contemporary middle grade debut follows 12-year-old loner Hazel Hill, who after one of her classmates is harassed online, devises a plan to catch the school's golden boy in the act. Seventh grader Hazel Hill is too busy for friends. No, really. She... Read more

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My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
My Government Means to Kill Me
Rasheed Newson
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

My Government Means to Kill Me

By: Rasheed Newson

Narrated by: Jelani Alladin

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by actor, singer, and dancer Jelani Alladin, who originated the role of Kristoff in Broadway's Frozen musical.

A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s New York City, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and...
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The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell
The Maker of Swans
Paraic O'Donnell
The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell

The Maker of Swans

By: Paraic O'Donnell

Narrated by: Imogen Wilde & Mike Grady

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In the dead of night, shots ring out over the grounds of a sprawling English estate. The world-weary butler Eustace recognizes the gunman—his longtime employer, Mr. Crowe—and knows he must think and act quickly. Who is the man lying dead on the lawn? Who is the woman in his company? Can he clean up his master's mess like he always has before? Or... Read more

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Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle
Love Radio
Ebony LaDelle
Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt & JaQwan J. Kelly

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“Readers won’t be able to get enough of these dope-ass characters.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, author of Clap When You Land

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this “mega swoon-worthy, effortlessly cool” (Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author) novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a popular radio segment who believes he can... Read more

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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Jen Ferguson
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

Narrated by: Julie Lumsden

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. A William C. Morris Award Honor Book and a Stonewall Award... Read more

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The Golden Swift by Lev Grossman
The Golden Swift
Lev Grossman
The Golden Swift by Lev Grossman

The Golden Swift

By: Lev Grossman

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In this thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling Silver Arrow series, Kate and Tom must confront the limits of what even magic can do—all while trying to bring balance back to the world.

A lot has changed for Kate in a year. She and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental... Read more

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Paradise Falls by Keith O'Brien
Paradise Falls
Keith O'Brien
Paradise Falls by Keith O'Brien

Paradise Falls

By: Keith O'Brien

Narrated by: Eileen Stevens

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times best-selling journalist, the staggering, hidden story of an unlikely band of mothers who discovered the deadly secret of Love Canal, and exposed one of America’s most devastating environmental disasters.

Lois Gibbs, Luella Kenny, and other mothers loved their neighborhood on the east side of Niagara Falls. It had an... Read more

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Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum
Atomic Anna
Rachel Barenbaum
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum

Atomic Anna

By: Rachel Barenbaum

Narrated by: Traci Odom, Natalie Naudus, Emily Lawrence & Za...

Length: 15 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Atomic Anna is a dazzling work of ingenuity and imagination.”―Téa Obreht,National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Inland

From the author of A Bend in the Stars, an epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their... Read more

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Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
Mari Lowe
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk

By: Mari Lowe

Narrated by: Leah Horowitz

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A long ago “accident.” An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her.

That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a... Read more

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No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado
No Filter and Other Lies
Crystal Maldonado
No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado

No Filter and Other Lies

By: Crystal Maldonado

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

You should know, right now, that I’m a liar. 
 
They’re usually little lies. Tiny lies. Baby lies. Not so much lies as lie adjacent.
           
But they’re still lies.

Twenty one-year-old Max Monroe has it all: beauty, friends, and a glittering life filled with adventure. With tons of followers on Instagram, her picture-perfect existence seems... Read more

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What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
What the Fireflies Knew
Kai Harris
What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

What the Fireflies Knew

By: Kai Harris

Narrated by: Zenzi Williams

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

An NAACP Image Award Nominee
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize
A Marie Claire Book Club pick

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by *Marie Claire* *Teen Vogue* *Buzzfeed* *Essence* *Ms. Magazine* *NBCNews.com* *Bookriot* *Bookbub* and more! 

“Harris rewrites the coming-of-age story with Black girlhood at the center.”
New...
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Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
Circus of Wonders
Elizabeth Macneal
Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal

Circus of Wonders

By: Elizabeth Macneal

Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the “lush, evocative Gothic” (The New York Times Book Review) The Doll Factory comes an atmospheric and spectacular novel about a woman transformed by the arrival of a Victorian circus of wonders—“as moving as it is deeply entertaining” (Daniel Mason, New York Times bestselling author).

Step up,... Read more

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Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor
Fire Becomes Her
Rosiee Thor
Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor

Fire Becomes Her

By: Rosiee Thor

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy story with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the socialladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes.Flare is power.With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground -- and seventeen-year-oldIngrid Ellis... Read more

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Tides by Sara Freeman
Tides
Sara Freeman
Tides by Sara Freeman

Tides

By: Sara Freeman

Narrated by: Amy Rutherford

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Henfield Prize–winner and brilliant newcomer Sara Freeman debuts with an intoxicating, compact novel about a woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town. After a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy seaside town. Mired in her grief, Mara detaches from the outside world and spends her... Read more

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