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By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view • From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure is the basis for Cord Jefferson’s critically acclaimed film American... Read more
View audiobookTaste
By: Stanley Tucci
Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a Notable Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of... Read more
How to Be Perfect
By: Michael Schur
Narrated by: Michael Schur, Kristen Bell, D'Arcy Carden, Ted...
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,500 years of deep thinking from around the world. Read by the author, this one-of-a-kind audio production features guest appearances by members of the cast of The Good Place.
Most people think... Read more
Upgrade
By: Blake Crouch
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade.”—The New York Times Book Review
“You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series
“Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply... Read more
The Book of Longings
By: Sue Monk Kidd
Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò & Sue Monk Kidd
Length: 13 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
“An extraordinary novel . . . a triumph of insight and storytelling.” —Associated Press
“A true masterpiece.” —Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed
An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The... Read more
Hello, Molly!
By: Molly Shannon & Sean Wilsey
Narrated by: Molly Shannon
Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly ShannonAt age four, Molly Shannon’s world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated... Read more
View audiobookThe One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
By: Marianne Cronin
Narrated by: Sheila Reid & Rebecca Benson
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
“A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life’s obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friendship, finds meaning in difficulty and lets the reader explore dark places while always allowing for the possibility of light. Lenni and Margot are fine companions for all our springtime... Read more
View audiobookHave I Told You This Already?
By: Lauren Graham
Narrated by: Lauren Graham
Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and the New York Times bestselling author of Talking as Fast as I Can comes an “insightful, honest, funny, and moving collection of captivating stories” (BuzzFeed).
“Graham is fast and furiously funny. . . . Where Graham leads, we will definitely follow.”—E! Online
Lauren Graham... Read more
I Must Betray You
By: Ruta Sepetys
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Ruta Sepetys
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 New York Times Bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal!
A gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray.
Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across... Read more
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light
By: Helen Ellis
Narrated by: Helen Ellis
Length: 2 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with an “inspiring, hilarious, straight-to-the-point” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of essays on friendship among grown-ass women.
"Ellis' prose is filled with so many laugh lines, you might want to go ahead and book the Botox.” —NPR
When Helen Ellis and her lifelong... Read more
Frankie & Bug
By: Gayle Forman
Narrated by: Stockard Channing
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A 2022 Audie Award Finalist
“Joyful, occasionally heartbreaking, deeply moving.” —R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of Wonder
In the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family, friendship,... Read more
Brat
By: Andrew McCarthy
Narrated by: Andrew McCarthy
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Fans of Patti Smith's Just Kids and Rob Lowe's StoriesI Only Tell My Friends will love this beautifully written, entertaining, and emotionally honest memoir by an actor, director, and author who found his start as an 80s Brat pack member.
Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at... Read more
The Reunion
By: Kit Frick
Narrated by: Zac Aleman, Andre Bellido, Marisa Blake, Kurt K...
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of I Killed Zoe Spanos comes a “suspenseful and atmospheric” (Kirkus Reviews) YA thriller in the vein of The White Lotus and Karen M. McManus’s The Cousins following a doomed family reunion at a posh Caribbean resort, where old grudges and dangerous secrets culminate in murder.
Eleven Mayweathers went on vacation. Ten came home.
... Read more
It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway
By: Elizabeth Passarella
Narrated by: Elizabeth Passarellla
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Read by the author.A collection of refreshingly honest and hilarious essays from Southern Living columnist Elizabeth Passarella about navigating change--whether emotional or logistical--and staying sane during life's unexpected twists and turns.After Elizabeth Passarella and her husband finally decided that it was time to sell their two-bedroom... Read more
View audiobookHula
By: Jasmin Iolani Hakes
Narrated by: Mapuana Makia
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE“Stunning…an intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a collective voice, while also telling Hi’i’s deeply personal and devastating story of trying to find her way.” –Los Angeles Times“A full-throated chant for Hawai'i.... Read more
View audiobookOne Great Lie
By: Deb Caletti
Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Four starred reviews!
A “quietly triumphant” (Horn Book Magazine) and atmospheric YA story of romance, mystery, and power about a young woman discovering her strength in lush, sultry Venice—from the Printz Honor–winning author of A Heart in a Body in the World.
When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the... Read more