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See picks from all bookstoresThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINE
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023
“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming,... Read more
Fourth Wing
By: Rebecca Yarros
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 21 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Now with two bonus chapters read by Teddy Hamilton. Re-download the title now to listen to the extended version!A #1 New York Times bestseller • Optioned for TV by Amazon Studios • Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 • Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 • Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 • NPR “Books We Love” 2023 • Audible Best Books... Read more
View audiobookKillers of the Flower Moon
By: David Grann
Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee & Danny Campbell
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE
“A... Read more
The Seven Year Slip
By: Ashley Poston
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
"A gorgeous love story from one of the finest romance writers out there." —Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2023
A Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ PopSugar ∙ Real Simple ∙ BookRiot ∙ and more!
An overworked book publicist with a perfectly... Read more
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, included on Library Journal's Best SFF of 2016, the Barnes & Nobles Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog Best Books of 2015, the Tor.com Best Books of 2015, Reader’s Choice, as well as nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Kitschie, and the Bailey's Women's... Read more
View audiobookWhen Women Were Dragons
By: Kelly Barnhill
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr & Mark Bramhall
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A GOODREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A fiery feminist fantasy tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are.
"Ferociously imagined…and as exhilarating as a ride on dragonback."... Read more
The Fury
By: Alex Michaelides
Narrated by: Alex Jennings
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
"Alex Jennings' impeccable accent keeps the already propulsive novel quite engaging, and moving like a steam train about to run you over."—Vulture
"Narrator Alex Jennings offers a sparkling performance, providing layered character portraits and enlivening the story with British, American, and Greek accents...listeners who enjoy whodunits and... Read more
The Body Keeps the Score
By: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 New York Times bestseller
“Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies
A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New... Read more
Outlive
By: Peter Attia, MD
Narrated by: Peter Attia, MD
Length: 17 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert
“One of the most important books you’ll ever... Read more
Kindred
By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
The first science fiction written by a Black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of Black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably... Read more
View audiobookRaw Dog
By: Jamie Loftus
Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
One of BookPage's Best Audiobooks of 2023
"Loftus is a charming narrator...goofy, engaging, and always game to do a silly voice." —The New York Times
"There’s something terribly irresistible about her narration, which is often incredibly funny." —BookPage
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's debut,... Read more
The Shadow of the Wind
By: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Length: 18 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
“Wondrous...masterful...The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate... Read more
The Color of Law
By: Richard Rothstein
Narrated by: Adam Grupper
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate... Read more
View audiobookNightcrawling
By: Leila Mottley
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK • A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice “bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole” (Tommy Orange, author of There There).
A BEST BOOK OF... Read more
It Came from the Closet
By: Joe Vallese & various authors
Narrated by: various narrators, Graham Halstead, Aven Shore,...
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Through the lens of horror—from Halloween to Hereditary—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist... Read more
View audiobookMinor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
Narrated by: Siiri Scott
Length: 3 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A searing, beautiful novel meditating on war, violence, memory, and the sufferings of the Palestinian people.
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba—the catastrophe that led to the displacement and exile of some 700,000 people—and the Israelis celebrate as the War of... Read more
The Second Chance Hotel
By: Sierra Godfrey
Narrated by: Ri Paige
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
It’s all fun and games until you accidentally marry a stranger in Greece and inherit a hotel.Amelia Lang’s life is kind of a mess. She’s stuck living at home with her narcissistic mother. Her tech bro ex-boyfriend deliberately sabotages her at work, and she gets fired after throwing a mug at his head (it’s okay! She missed.) Then she has a major... Read more
View audiobookBad Fruit
By: Ella King
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Just graduated from high school and waiting to start college at Oxford, Lily lives under the scrutiny of her volatile Singaporean mother, May, and is unable to find kinship with her elusive British father, Charlie. When May suspects that Charlie is having an affair, there's only one thing that calms May down: a glass of perfectly spoiled orange... Read more
View audiobookStolen
By: Ann-Helén Laestadius
Narrated by: Jade Wheeler
Length: 13 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
* NOW A NETFLIX FILM * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *
A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family’s reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law.
On a winter day north of the... Read more
All That’s Left in the World
By: Erik J. Brown
Narrated by: Barrett Leddy & Andrew Gibson
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
What If It's Us meets They Both Die at the End in this postapocalyptic, queer YA adventure romance from debut author Erik J. Brown. Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera, Alex London, and Heartstopper by Alice Oseman.When Andrew stumbles upon Jamie’s house, he’s injured, starved, and has nothing left to lose. A deadly pathogen has killed off most of... Read more
View audiobookThe Bookshop of Second Chances
By: Jackie Fraser
Narrated by: Ell Potter
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A woman desperate to turn a new page heads to the Scottish coast and finds herself locked in a battle of wills with an infuriatingly aloof bookseller in this utterly heartwarming debut, perfect for readers of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
“Humor and charm abound. . . . [This] love story hits the spot.”—Publishers Weekly
Thea Mottram is having a bad... Read more
The Seven Sisters
By: Lucinda Riley
Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton
Length: 18 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A sweeping tale of love and loss, the epic saga of the Seven Sisters begins here. From Lucinda Riley, the international number one bestselling author.
Read by Tuppence Middleton (Thirty Days in Paris, The Doll Factory).
Maia D’Aplièse, in her early thirties, gathers together with her five sisters at their childhood home: a fabulous, secluded... Read more
Fahrenheit 451
By: Ray Bradbury
Narrated by: Toni Mora
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
El libro más emblemático de Bradbury llega a Minotauro Esenciales. Un clásico de la literatura. Fahrenheit 451: la temperatura a la que el papel se enciende y arde. Guy Montag es un bombero y el trabajo de un bombero es quemar libros, que están prohibidos porque son causa de discordia y sufrimiento. El Sabueso Mecánico del Departamento de... Read more
View audiobook13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
By: Mona Awad
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
A darkly funny, deeply resonant, and exquisitely written literary debut, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl is the story of one woman’s journey from fat adolescence to an ex-fat adulthood, as she seeks love and acceptance from everyone except herself.Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the... Read more
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