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The Death of Vivek Oji

By: Akwaeke Emezi

Narrated by: Yetide Badaki & Chukwudi Iwuji

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Electrifying." — O: The Oprah Magazine

Named a Best Book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, USA TODAY, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Shondaland, Teen Vogue, Vulture, Lit Hub, Bustle, Electric Literature, and BookPage

What does it mean for a... Read more

True Grit

By: Charles Portis

Narrated by: Donna Tartt

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Mattie Ross, a fourteen-year-old girl from Dardanelle, Arkansas, sets out to avenge her Daddy who was shot to death by a no-good outlaw. Mattie convinces one-eyed "Rooster" Cogburn, the meanest U.S. marshal in the land, to ride along with her. In True Grit, we have a true American classic, as young Mattie -- as vital as she is innocent --... Read more

Such Sharp Teeth

By: Rachel Harrison

Narrated by: Kristen Sieh

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A young woman in need of a transformation finds herself in touch with the animal inside in this gripping, incisive USA Today bestselling novel from the author of Cackle and The Return.

Rory Morris isn’t thrilled to be moving back to her hometown, even if it is temporary. There are bad memories there. But her twin sister, Scarlett, is pregnant,... Read more

The Spite House

By: Johnny Compton

Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

"The plotting is intricate, following the points of view of many characters from the past and present, all of whom are expertly performed by Adam Lazarre-White." - Library Journal

"Adam Lazarre-White narrates this terrifying debut novel with a Southern drawl that puts the gothic into this gothic thriller."- AudioFile

A terrifying Gothic thriller... Read more

A Long Petal of the Sea

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.

“One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and... Read more

Less Is Lost

By: Andrew Sean Greer

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In the follow-up to the “bedazzling, bewitching, and be-wonderful” (NYTBR) best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning Less: A Novel, the awkward and lovable Arthur Less returns in an unforgettable road trip across America.

“Go get lost somewhere, it always does you good.”

For Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately... Read more

Animal

By: Lisa Taddeo

Narrated by: Emma Roberts

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon Three Women, comes an “intoxicating” (Entertainment Weekly), “fearless” (Los Angeles Times), and “explosive” (People) novel about “what happens when women are pushed beyond the brink, and what comes after the reckoning” (Esquire).

Joan has spent a lifetime enduring... Read more

A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick

By: Megha Majumdar

Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Priya Ayyar, Deepti Gupta, Ulka Sim...

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK! • A "gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary"  (USA Today) about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.

Jivan is a Muslim... Read more

The Dance Tree

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Narrated by: Ruta Gedmintas

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

""If some prose sings, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s truly dances. Although set in the early sixteenth century, The Dance Tree addresses issues of the utmost importance today—the subjection of women, class inequality, the dangers of religious fundamentalism. Ultimately, however, the book’s wisdom, compassion, and beauty transcend historical... Read more

The Princess Trap

By: Talia Hibbert

Narrated by: Cornell Collins

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling author Talia Hibbert comes a story of wicked royals, fake engagements, and the fed-up office worker trapped in the midst of it all . . .



Cherry Neita is thirty, flirty, and done with men. As far as she can tell, they're overrated, overpaid, and underperforming—in every area of life. But a girl has needs, and the smoking-hot... Read more

Against the Loveless World

By: Susan Abulhawa

Narrated by: Susan Abulhawa

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Arab American Book Award Winner
2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist
2020 Athenaeum Literary Award Finalist
2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner
Longlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize

“Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevices of lives, conflicts, horrendous injustices, and dares to shine light that can... Read more

A Song to Drown Rivers

By: Ann Liang

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick • An October 2024 Indie Next Pick • An October 2024 LibraryReads Pick

“Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you.” —Shelley Parker-Chan, #1 bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun

Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an... Read more

Violeta [English Edition]

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.

“An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—People

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar,... Read more

Intimations

By: Zadie Smith

Narrated by: Zadie Smith

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

“[Smith’s] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America’s social systems.” —TIME, The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

“While quarantined amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Smith penned six dazzling, trenchant essays burrowing deep into our... Read more

The Indian Card

By: Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz

Narrated by: Amy Hall

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States

“Candid, unflinching . . . Her thorough excavation of the painful history that gave rise to rigid enrollment policies is a courageous gift to our understanding of contemporary Native life.” —The Whiting Foundation... Read more

Vladimir

By: Julia May Jonas

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR, Washington Post, Time, People, Vulture, Guardian, Vox, Kirkus Reviews, Newsweek, LitHub, and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * “Delightful…cathartic, devious, and terrifically entertaining.” —The New York Times * “Timely, whip-smart, and darkly funny.” —People (Book of the Week) * One of Shondaland’s 13 Best College-Set... Read more

You Should See Me in a Crown

By: Leah Johnson

Narrated by: Alaska Jackson

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Becky Albertalli meets Jenny Han in a smart, hilarious, black girl magic, own voices rom-com by a staggeringly talented new writer.Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever:... 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

White Horse

By: Erika T. Wurth

Narrated by: Tonantzin Carmelo

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"The audiobook narrated by Tonantzin Carmelo is enthralling." - Buzzfeed

"Narrator Tonantzin Carmelo’s portrayal of Kari imbues her with a rebellious and tenacious attitude that makes her immediately likable." - Library Journal

Erika T. Wurth's White Horse is a gritty, vibrant debut novel about an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she... Read more

Signal Fires

By: Dani Shapiro

Narrated by: Dani Shapiro

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • From the beloved author of Inheritance: "a haunting, moving, and propulsive exploration of family secrets” (Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings)

Two families. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.

A TIME Best Fiction Book of the Year • A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction • A Real Simple Best Book... Read more

Natural Beauty

By: Ling Ling Huang

Narrated by: Carolyn Kang

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Fiction

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

Sly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost.

Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory... Read more

Fight Night

By: Miriam Toews

Narrated by: Miriam Toews & Georgia Toews

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Women Talking and All My Puny Sorrows, a compassionate, darkly humorous, and deeply wise new novel about three generations of women.“You’re a small thing,’’ Grandma writes, “and you must learn to fight.’’ Swiv’s grandma, Elvira, has been fighting all her life. From her upbringing in a strict religious community,... Read more

On Juneteenth

By: Annette Gordon-Reed

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s On Juneteenth provides a historian’s view of the nation’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction... Read more

The Foundling

By: Ann Leary

Narrated by: Laura Benanti

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the “harrowing, gripping, and beautiful” (Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author) story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test when they meet years later at an institution—based on a shocking and little-known piece of American... Read more