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The Great Transition
By: Nick Fuller Googins
Narrated by: Stacy Carolan & Stacy Gonzalez
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
This richly imaginative, immersive, and “electrifyingly relevant” (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel follows a shocking disappearance amid the climate crisis of our near future—perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Last Thing He Told Me.
Emi Vargas, whose parents helped save the world, is tired of being... Read more
The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE AND KIRKUS REVIEWS
The New York Times–bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection
“I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez’s novels. I find... Read more
Better the Blood
By: Michael Bennett
Narrated by: Miriama McDowell & Richard Te Are
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand’s indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Maori screenwriter and directorA tenacious Maori detective, Hana Westerman is juggling single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a... Read more
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Greta & Valdin
By: Rebecca K Reilly
Narrated by: Natalie Beran, Jackson Bliss, Eilidh Beaton, Ni...
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Editors’ Choice • “Laugh-out-loud-funny.” —Harper’s Bazaar • “Quintessential rom-com meets the delicious family sprawl of a Russian classic.” —Vanity Fair • “Say hello to your new favorite fictional family.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
For fans of Schitt’s Creek and Sally Rooney’s Normal People, an irresistible and... Read more
After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
Narrated by: Gilli Messer
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Part of Quindlen’s gift is that you don’t just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love.”—People (A Book of the Week Pick)
“[A] quietly revelatory and gently gleaming gem of a book.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
Anna Quindlen’s trademark... Read more
Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri & Ali Nasser
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
“Behind You Is the Sea fearlessly confronts stereotypes about Palestinian culture, weaving a remarkable portrait of life's intricate moments, from joyous weddings to heart-wrenching funerals, from shattered hearts to hidden truths—I wept and grew alongside this family. This is a story that challenges perceptions, offering a heartfelt glimpse... Read more
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White Tears/Brown Scars
By: Ruby Hamad
Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Called "powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist, this explosive book of history and cultural criticism reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women, and women of color.
Taking us from the... Read more
Dinosaurs
By: Lydia Millet
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
"Over twelve novels and two collections, Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist, writing vividly about the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extinction. Her exquisite new novel, the first since A Children’s Bible, tells the story of an Arizona man’s relationship with the family next door, whose house has one... Read more
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How to Protect Bookstores and Why
By: Danny Caine
Narrated by: Danny Caine
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Why bookstores matter, and how we can help Can bookstores save the world? As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and sources of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, maybe they can. But only if we protect them and the critical roles they fill in our communities. Danny Caine, author of the... Read more
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The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
Narrated by: Samantha Tan
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
In this spellbinding novel, an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is... Read more
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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If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
Narrated by: Torian Brackett
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
"If I Survive You is a collection of connected short stories that reads like a novel, that reads like real life, that reads like fiction written at the highest level. There are no limits to where Jonathan Escoffery will go." —Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House
"Torian Brackett's skillful narration fully embodies the family at the center of... Read more
A Good Life
By: Virginie Grimaldi
Narrated by: Liz Fodor
Length: 7 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Full of humor and compassion, a profound exploration of sisterhood, healing, and the ineffable beauty of life from France‘s most beloved contemporary novelist Laughter, tears, the transformative power of love, unexpected revelations, and striking natural beauty: these are the ingredients that combine to make best-selling author Virginie... Read more
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Glorious Exploits
By: Ferdia Lennon
Narrated by: Ferdia Lennon
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.
On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of war into a rock quarry and left them to rot. Looking... Read more
The Puppets of Spelhorst
By: Kate DiCamillo
Narrated by: Allan Corduner
Length: 1 hour 39 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller!
“Kate DiCamillo's dazzling first title in the Norendy Tales trilogy is brimming with wit, whimsy, and heart as it follows five puppets fulfilling their thrilling shared destiny.” – Shelf Awareness
Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends—a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an... Read more
Holler, Child
By: LaToya Watkins
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Aaron Goodson, JD Jackson...
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Longlisted for the National Book Award
An extraordinary short story collection about community, home, betrayal, and forgiveness—from a writer whose “spellbinding, buoyant”* storytelling will break your heart as it tends to the wounds.
*Texas Monthly
In Holler, Child’s eleven brilliant stories, LaToya Watkins presses at the bruises of guilt,... Read more
Wonder Boy
By: Angel Au-Yeung & David Jeans
Narrated by: Kurt Kanazawa
Length: 11 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
"Kurt Kanazawa presents this absorbing story of the initial success and later downward spiral of Tony Hsieh, tech founder and former CEO of Zappos. Kanazawa's youthful tone and vocal energy connect with Hsieh's wealth and celebrity status without glossing over his descent into drugs, alcohol, and mental health problems."-- AudioFile
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The Racism of People Who Love You
By: Samira Mehta
Narrated by: Fareeda Pasha
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
An unflinching look at the challenges and misunderstandings mixed-race people face in family spaces and intimate relationships across their varying cultural backgrounds
In this emotionally powerful and intellectually provocative blend of memoir, cultural criticism, and theory, scholar and essayist Samira Mehta reflects on many facets of being... Read more
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions
By: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
Narrated by: Liz Femi & Korey Jackson
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
“I couldn’t put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist?“Poignant and beautiful. . . . Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi will sweep you away with these subtle yet profound stories.... Read more
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Love Marriage
By: Monica Ali
Narrated by: Ayesha Dharker
Length: 15 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a Best Book of 2022 So Far by The New Yorker!
“Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose—they’re all here in this romp of a book.” —Oprah Daily
A Phenomenal Book Club Pick and a New York Times Book Review Group Text Selection, Love Marriage is a glorious moving novel from Booker Prize shortlisted Monica Ali, who... Read more
Night Theater
By: Vikram Paralkar
Narrated by: Raj Ghatak
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A surgeon flees a scandal in the city and accepts a job at a village clinic. He buys antibiotics out of pocket, squashes roaches, and chafes at the interventions of the corrupt officer who oversees his work. But his outlook on life changes one night when a teacher, his pregnant wife, and their young son appear. Killed in a violent robbery, they... Read more
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Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?
By: Brock Clarke
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
With the comic unpredictability of a Wes Anderson movie and the inventive sharpness of a John Irving novel, author Brock Clarke introduces listeners to an ordinary man who is about to embark on an absurdly extraordinary adventure.
After his mother, a theologian and bestselling author, dies in a fiery explosion, forty-nine-year-old Calvin... Read more
Cape May
By: Chip Cheek
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
"In Chip Cheek's intense, erotic debut novel, narrator George Newbern offers perfect voices for innocent newlyweds Henry, 20, and Effie, 18." — AudioFile Magazine
A mesmerizing debut by Chip Cheek, Cape May explores the social and sexual mores of 1950s America through the eyes of a newly married couple from the genteel south corrupted by... Read more
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