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James

By: Percival Everett

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view

In... Read more

The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick

By: Ariel Lawhon

Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer & Ariel Lawhon

Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American... Read more

The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

Narrated by: Joanna Lumley & Jordan Stephens

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times Bestseller

“An odyssey of action and awe.” —The New York Times

“A wry and tender love-letter to the best of being human.” —Benedict Cumberbatch

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide

“What looks like magic is... Read more

The Dutch House

By: Ann Patchett

Narrated by: Tom Hanks

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Audiobook performed by Tom HanksPulitzer Prize Finalist | New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the YearNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping,... Read more

Wintering

By: Katherine May

Narrated by: Rebecca Lee

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 

“Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear but haven't known how to name.” —Krista Tippett, On Being

“Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert  

"Proves that there is grace in letting go, stepping back and giving... Read more

Sociopath

By: Patric Gagne

Narrated by: Patric Gagne

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir of the author’s struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.

“A cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable... Read more

Nothing to See Here

By: Kevin Wilson

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

2020 Audie  Winner – Best Female Narrator
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland. “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and... Read more

The Husbands: A Read with Jenna Pick

By: Holly Gramazio

Narrated by: Miranda Raison

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA’S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK • The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? (“A bottomless champagne flute of a novel —The Washington Post)

When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her... Read more

Bookshops & Bonedust

By: Travis Baldree

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"Read by the author, a talented and animated fantasy narrator who also voiced Legends, the book presents a colorful cast of new and familiar characters that is sure to ensorcell and delight listeners." —Booklist

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need... Read more

Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

Narrated by: Dyfrig Morris, Gabrielle Glaister, Gwyneth Keyw...

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dissonance of finding oneself by exploring life outside one’s community

“Both blunt and exquisite . . . O’Connor’s excellent debut . . .  is an example of precisely observed writing that makes a character’s... Read more

The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

Narrated by: Jordan Waunch & Aaliya Warbus

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty yearsJuly 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mi’kmaq family arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks... Read more

The City We Became

By: N. K. Jemisin

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.

In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But... Read more

Knife

By: Salman Rushdie

Narrated by: Salman Rushdie

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Town & Country, New... Read more

Sleep Tight

By: J. H. Markert

Narrated by: Andi Arndt

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The sole survivor of a serial killer might hold the key to stopping a new spree of murders in this propulsive horror thriller in the vein of The Black Phone and The Whisper Man. Dark and twisting at every turn, fans of Catriona Ward will love this chilling new tale from the deviously inventive horror author that Peter Farris calls the clear heir... Read more

The Black Bird Oracle

By: Deborah Harkness

Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda

Length: 17 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series.

“The Black Bird Oracle deftly explores the nexus of memory, history, and parenthood—the magic, pain, and promises mothers pass onto their children.”—Jodi... Read more

I Cheerfully Refuse

By: Leif Enger

Narrated by: David Aaron Baker

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A storyteller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River, which sold more than a million copies and captured readers’ hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author’s body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I... Read more

Strange Sally Diamond

By: Liz Nugent

Narrated by: Jessica Regan, Stephen Hogan, Sara Lynam & Liz ...

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Shocking, disturbing, and utterly original.” —Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author

This “haunting and poignant tale, one that won’t be easy to forget any time soon” (Mystery and Suspense Magazine), follows an enigmatic woman confronting her unknown past—from internationally bestselling author Liz Nugent.

Reclusive Sally Diamond is... Read more

Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Nat Cassidy

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building.

“This is the horror book of the year.”—Erika T. Wurth, author... Read more

The Collected Regrets of Clover

By: Mikki Brammer

Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Jennifer Pickens provides a nuanced narration of Clover that perfectly mirrors the character’s journey—gentle, compassionate, anxious, and full of joy.” - Library Journal

This program features a bonus conversation between the author and narrator.

What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life?
... Read more

The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henriquez

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick! A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored thereIt is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers... Read more

The Children on the Hill

By: Jennifer McMahon

Narrated by: Erin Moon

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Drowning Kind comes a genre-defying novel, inspired by Mary Shelley’s masterpiece Frankenstein, that brilliantly explores the eerie mysteries of childhood and the evils perpetrated by the monsters among us.

1978: At her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont, the brilliant psychiatrist,... Read more

Luster

By: Raven Leilani

Narrated by: Ariel Blake

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"There is a universal appeal to [Narrator Ariel] Blake's performance as Edie, a protagonist who may be her own worst antagonist. Blake's delivery has an immensely human, relatable quality that makes the listener want the best for Edie as she struggles to make her way in the world." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

AN INSTANT NEW... Read more

No One Goes Alone

By: Erik Larson

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt & Erik Larson

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history.

Pioneering psychologist William James leads an expedition to a remote isle in search... Read more

Mary Jane

By: Jessica Anya Blau

Narrated by: Caitlin Kinnunen

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

""The best book of the summer."" -- InStyle""I LOVED this novel....If you have ever sung along to a hit on the radio, in any decade, then you will devour Mary Jane at 45 rpm."" —Nick HornbyAlmost Famous meets Daisy Jones & The Six in this ""delightful"" (New York Times Book Review) novel about a fourteen-year-old girl’s coming of age in... Read more