Phoenix Books
Local bookseller recommendations
Find audiobooks personally recommended by our booksellers.
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
By: H. G. Parry
Narrated by: Calum Gittens
Length: 18 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, this sparkling debut is a "delight of magic and literature, love and adventure" (Kat Howard) featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary characters into the world.
For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can't quite control: He can bring characters from books... Read more
The Last Resort
By: Marissa Stapley
Narrated by: Caroline Slaughter
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of Lucky, A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK!
NAMED ONE OF 2019’S BEST BEACH READS BY Oprah Magazine • New York Post • PopSugar • The Globe and Mail
FEATURED IN Us Weekly • Parade • Hollywood Reporter • Chatelaine
“Marissa Stapley’s writing is a gift.”—Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author
Miles Markell is missing, and everyone is a... Read more
In Other Lands
By: Sarah Rees Brennan
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
Length: 17 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
The Borderlands aren't like anywhere else. Don't try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border—unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay.) There are elves, harpies, and—best of all as far as Elliot is concerned—mermaids.
Elliot? Who's Elliot? Elliot is thirteen... Read more
An Unkindness of Ghosts
By: Rivers Solomon
Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
Length: 11 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space... Read more
View audiobookIlluminae
By: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Narrated by: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, Johnathan ...
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
For fans of Marie Lu comes the first book in an epic series that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension.
“A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form." —Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
... Read more
Melissa (previously published as GEORGE)
By: Alex Gino
Narrated by: Jamie Clayton
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
BE WHO YOU ARE.When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the... Read more
View audiobookIn a Dark, Dark Wood
By: Ruth Ware
Narrated by: Imogen Church
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
*AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 and THE LYING GAME
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
An NPR Best Book of the Year * An Entertainment Weekly Summer Books Pick * A Buzzfeed “31 Books to Get Excited About this Summer” Pick * A Publishers Weekly “Top Ten Mysteries and Thrillers”... Read more
Beauty Queens
By: Libba Bray
Narrated by: Libba Bray
Length: 14 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray, the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray, the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.Teen beauty queens. A "Lost"-like island. Mysteries and dangers.... Read more
View audiobookSharp Objects
By: Gillian Flynn
Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW AN HBO® LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen... Read more