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The Palace of Eros
By: Caro De Robertis
Narrated by: Caro De Robertis
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
âItâs a literary gift to see gender expansiveness depicted in an ancient myth with such grace and ease.â âElectric Literature
Fans of Circe and Black Sun, âprepare to be astonishedâ (R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries) with this bold and subversive feminist and queer retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros.
Young, headstrong Psyche has... Read more
Silver in the Wood & Drowned Country
By: Emily Tesh
Narrated by: Cornell Collins & Matthew Lloyd Davies
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Silver in the Wood
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads.
When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry... Read more
Black Sheep
By: Rachel Harrison
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Best Horror Book of the YearÂ
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional familyâs dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle.
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Nobody has a ânormalâ family, but Vesper Wrightâs is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked... Read more
The Waters
By: Bonnie Jo Campbell
Narrated by: Lili Taylor
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town.On an island in the Great Massasauga Swampâan area known as âThe Watersâ to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michiganâherbalist and eccentric Hermine âHerselfâ Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations.... Read more
View audiobookGraveyard Shift
By: M. L. Rio
Narrated by: Jess Nahikian, M. L. Rio, Max Meyers, Si Chen, ...
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
This program features multicast narration.
The author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night shift workers who meet in the local cemetery to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.
Every night, in the collegeâs ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a... Read more
Compound Fracture
By: Andrew Joseph White
Narrated by: Dani Martineck
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White, a queer Appalachian thriller that pulls no punchesâfollowing a trans autistic teen who's drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them.
On the night Miles Abernathyâsixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginianâcomes out as trans to his... Read more
Recursion
By: Blake Crouch
Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom & Abby Craden
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memoryâhis most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondalandâs upcoming Netflix film.
âGloriously twisting . . . a heady campfire tale of a novel.ââThe New York... Read more
The Lost Story
By: Meg Shaffer
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Inspired by C. S. Lewisâs The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobesâjust in caseâfrom the author of The Wishing Game.
âThis is the book youâve been waiting for.ââRichard Russo, Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of Empire Falls and the North Bath Trilogy
As boys, best... Read more
Fear the Flames
By: Olivia Rose Darling
Narrated by: Hannah Van Der Westhuysen
Length: 13 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠An exiled princess teams up with the last man she thought she could trust in the start of a dazzling and unforgettable epic fantasy romance series.
As a child, Elowen Atarah was ripped away from her dragons and imprisoned by her father, King Garrick of Imirath. Years later, Elowen is now a woman determined to free her... Read more
This Summer Will Be Different
By: Carley Fortune
Narrated by: AJ Bridel & Carley Fortune
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
A glorious and tantalizing new escape from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune.
This summer theyâll keep their promise. This summer they won't give into temptation. This summer will be different.
Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who... Read more
I Contain Multitudes
By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Charlie Anson
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Notable Book of 2016NPR Great Read of 2016Economist Best Books of 2016Brain Pickings Best Science Books of 2016Smithsonian Best Books about Science of 2016Science Friday Best Science Book of 2016A Mother Jones Notable Read of 2016A Bill Gates âGates Notesâ PickMPR Best Books of 2016Chicago Public Library... Read more
View audiobookThe Glass Girl
By: Kathleen Glasgow
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â˘Â From the critically acclaimed author of Girl in Pieces comes a raw, heart-wrenching novel about a teenager facing down her struggles with alcoholâand the journey she must take to heal.
âAÂ must-read.â âLaura Nowlin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of If He Had Been with Me
âEveryone needs this book.â âSloan Harlow,... Read more
Darkly
By: Marisha Pessl
Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A must-read thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page from the New York Times bestselling author of Night Film.
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Thereâs nothing special about Dia Gannon. So why was she chosen for an opportunity everyone would kill for?
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âPessl is gargantuan: wildly smart, extremely surprising, a wordsmith, a queen. Read her.â âE. Lockhart, #1... Read more
A Woman of No Importance
By: Sonia Purnell
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 13 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London
Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography
âExcellentâŚThis book is as riveting as... Read more
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance.
But Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the... Read more
A Study in Drowning
By: Ava Reid
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant Indie and #1 New York Times bestseller!âAchingly atmospheric and beautifully sharp, A Study in Drowning will draw you in from the first page.â âRory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls Bestselling author Ava Reid makes her YA debut in this dark academic fantasy perfect for fans of Melissa Albert and Elana K.... Read more
View audiobookBand Sinister
By: KJ Charles
Narrated by: Cornell Collins
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Sir Philip Rookwood is the disgrace of the county. He's a rake and an atheist, and the rumours about his hellfire club, the Murder, can only be spoken in whispers. (Orgies. It's orgies.)
Guy Frisby and his sister Amanda live in rural seclusion after a family scandal. But when Amanda breaks her leg in a riding accident, she's forced to recuperate... Read more
All We Can Save
By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson
Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson...
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
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There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection,... Read more
Icebreaker
By: Hannah Grace
Narrated by: Elizabeth Louise & Tim Paige
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Over 1 million copies sold!
A TikTok sensation! Sparks fly when a competitive figure skater and hockey team captain are forced to share a rink.
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of... Read more
Elizabeth of East Hampton
By: Audrey Bellezza & Emily Harding
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton & Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
This fresh and whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austenâs classic Pride and Prejudiceâfrom the authors of the âgreat beach readâ (Bookreporter) Emma of 83rd Streetâtransports you to summer in the Hamptons, where classes clash, rumors run wild, and love has a frustrating habit of popping up where you least expect it.
Itâs a truth universally... Read more
The Guest
By: Emma Cline
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A young woman pretends to be someone she isnât in this âspellbindingâ (Vogue), âsmolderingâ (The Washington Post) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls.
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âUnder Clineâs command, every sentence as sharp as a scalpel, a woman toeing the line between welcome and unwelcome guest becomes a fully... Read more
The Last House on Needless Street
By: Catriona Ward
Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." - Stephen King
"Christopher Ragland delivers a story featuring three unreliable narrators, all keeping secrets . . . Ragland's story is a discomforting listen that is difficult to pause." - AudioFile Magazine,... Read more
Daydream
By: Hannah Grace
Narrated by: CJ Bloom & Emmanuel Ingram
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 New York Times bestseller!
The third in the New York Times bestselling Maple Hills series follows fan-favorite Henry and a bookish fellow student who come up with a plan to help them both overcome their respective challenges in a difficult year.
When his procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favorite professor, Henry... Read more
The Body Is Not an Apology
By: Sonya Renee Taylor
Narrated by: Sonya Renee Taylor
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A global movement guided by love
Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies.
The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted... Read more