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The Only One Left
By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Christine Lakin & Dawn Harvey
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily
"Propulsive ... a dizzying Gothic whodunit."
āNew York Times Book Review
Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to... Read more
Starling House
By: Alix E. Harrow
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
āThis book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie settingāplus, characters willing to risk everything.ā āReese Witherspoon (Reeseās Book Club October ā23 Pick)
Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York... Read more
The Cruel Prince
By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
Length: 12 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.
Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.
And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate... Read more
Godkiller
By: Hannah Kaner
Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
Length: 12 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!āAn epic fantasy odyssey begins.ā ā Entertainment Weekly""A richly rendered world . . . Kaner writes action that's both fun and intelligible . . . If ""The Last of Us"" didn't slake your thirst for stories of a grizzled fighter taking a tough kid on the road, thenĀ GodkillerĀ should be... Read more
View audiobookWhere the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
By: Delia Owens
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENONāNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!
More than 18 million copies sold worldwide
A Reeseās Book Club Pick
A Business Insider Defining Book of the DecadeĀ
āI can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!āāReese Witherspoon
āPainfully beautiful.āāThe New York Times Book Review
For years,... Read more
Uprooted
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Julia Emelin
Length: 17 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
NEBULA AWARD WINNER ā¢ HUGO AWARD FINALIST ā¢ āIf you want a fantasy with strong characters and brilliantly original variations on ancient stories, try Uprooted!āāRick Riordan
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āBreathtaking . . . a tale that is both elegantly grand and earthily humble, familiar as a Grimm fairy tale yet fresh, original, and totally irresistible.āāPublishers Weekly... Read more
Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ The Pulitzer Prizeāwinning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making aĀ āprovocative and compellingā (NPR)Ā argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Oprah Daily, Time, The Star... Read more
The Maid
By: Nita Prose
Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERĀ ā¢ GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢Ā āA heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its centerā (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart.
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FINALIST FOR THE EDGARĀ®Ā AWARD ā¢ āThe reader comes to understand Mollyās worldview, and to sympathize with her longing... Read more
The Creative Act
By: Rick Rubin
Narrated by: Rick Rubin
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times bestseller.
"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.āĀ āAnne Lamott
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping... Read more
The Four Winds
By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 15 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes a bonus interview with the author.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER
#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
#1 INDIE BESTSELLER
"The Four Winds seems eerily prescient in 2021 . . . Its message is galvanizing and hopeful: We are a nation of scrappy survivors. Weāve been in dire straits before; we will be again. Hold... Read more
Slow Dance
By: Rainbow Rowell
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A REESEāS BOOK CLUB PICKAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Slow Dance ā her smartest, funniest, most romantic novel yet. āIf you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot,Ā Slow DanceĀ is the book for you. The people in it feel like people... Read more
View audiobookLady Tan's Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
Narrated by: Jennifer Lim & Justin Chien
Length: 13 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!*
From āone of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plotā (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century Chinaāperfect for fans of Lisa Seeās classics Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird... Read more
Chain Gang All Stars: A Read with Jenna Pick
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch & L...
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARĀ ā¢ FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION ā¢Ā A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICKĀ ā¢ NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢Ā Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from Americaās own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York... Read more
View audiobookA Discovery of Witches
By: Deborah Harkness
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Length: 23 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series, from the author of The Black Bird Oracle.
Look for the hit series āA Discovery of Witches,ā now streaming on Netflix
āA wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilightā (People).
Deborah Harknessās sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has... Read more
Mad Honey
By: Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
Narrated by: Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult & Jennifer F...
Length: 15 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and the bestselling author of Sheās Not There
Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect lifeāliving in Boston,... Read more
The Lincoln Highway
By: Amor Towles
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland & Dion Graham
Length: 16 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
More than ONE MILLION copies sold
A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readersā Choice Best Book of the Century,Ā and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack ObamaĀ as a Best Book of the Year
āWise and wildly entertaining . . .... 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 BESTSELLERĀ ā¢ READ WITH JENNAāS APRIL BOOK CLUB PICKĀ ā¢ The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? (āA bottomless champagne flute of a novel āThe Washington Post)
When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her... Read more
Swordcrossed
By: Freya Marske
Narrated by: Omari Douglas
Length: 14 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel.
The cozy, low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash in this enemies-to-lovers romance where, yes, the swords do cross.
A LitHub most anticipated book of 2024
"There's a teasing, mischievous lilt to Omari Douglas's performance that... Read more
Brideshead Revisited
By: Evelyn Waugh
Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century and called "Evelyn Waugh's finest achievement" by the New York Times, Brideshead Revisited is a stunning exploration of desire, duty, and memory. Read by Jeremy Irons, star of the acclaimed 1981 television series based on the novel.Ā Ā The wellsprings of desire and the... Read more
View audiobookNow Is Not the Time to Panic
By: Kevin Wilson
Narrated by: Ginnifer Goodwin & Kevin Wilson
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
An exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives foreverSixteen-year-old Frankie Budgeāaspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat lonerāis determined to make it through yet another summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a... Read more
View audiobookThe Bookshop
By: Evan Friss
Narrated by: Jay Myers
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One of Timeās 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
"A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category."Ā āThe New York Times
"It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book."
āEmma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of... Read more
Witch King
By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Eric Mok
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Eric Mok makes this wonderfully inventive and diverse fantasy eminently accessible... Mok's Kai is appealing and relatable--he sounds simultaneously young and resigned, weary of death and pain and betrayal and yet still hopeful for something better. Listeners will hope we get more of this fascinating world."- AudioFile
From the... Read more
Challenger
By: Adam Higginbotham
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize ā¢ Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ āStunningā¦A heart-pounding thrillerā¦Challenger is a remarkable book.ā āThe Atlantic ā¢ āDevastatingā¦A universal story that transcends time.ā āThe New York Times ā¢ āDramaticā¦a moving narrative.ā āThe... Read more
How to Sell a Haunted House
By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Jay Aaseng & Mikhaila Aaseng
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times
"Ingenious."-The Washington Post
New York Times bestselling authorĀ Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your pastāand your familyācan haunt you like nothing else.
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When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads... Read more