Bookseller picks

Take Up Space

By: The Editors of New York Magazine

Narrated by: Marisa Blake & Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the bestselling tradition of Notorious RBG and Pelosi that explores her explosive rise and impact on the future of American culture and politics.

The candidate was young—twenty-eight years old, a child of Puerto Rico, the Bronx, and Yorktown Heights. She was working as a waitress... Read more

Wish You Were Gone

By: Kieran Scott

Narrated by: Madeleine Maby, Erin deWard, Soneela Nankani, R...

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A “captivating thriller full of twists and surprises” (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author) about what happens when the death of a husband and father isn’t the tragedy everyone believes—perfect for fans of the Netflix original series Dead to Me.

Emma Walsh has finally worked up the courage to confront her husband James about his... Read more

Thérèse Raquin

By: Émile Zola

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Published in 1867, Thérèse Raquin is the novel which established Zola’s reputation as a writer who forensically explored the darker side of human nature. Thérèse is a half Algerian orphan, brought up in provincial France by her aunt and married off to her sickly cousin Camille. His ambition takes the three of them to Paris, where they set up... Read more

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk

By: Mari Lowe

Narrated by: Leah Horowitz

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A long ago “accident.” An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her.That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a... Read more

The Berlin Exchange

By: Joseph Kanon

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From “the most accomplished spy novelist working today” (The Sunday Times, London), a “heart-poundingly suspenseful” (The Washington Post) espionage thriller set at the height of the Cold War, when a captured American who has spied for the KGB is returned to East Berlin, needing to know who arranged for his release and what they now want from... Read more

Life Without Children

By: Roddy Doyle

Narrated by: Roddy Doyle

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“[Doyle] imparts a sense of poignancy and glimpses of happiness, of grief and loss and small moments of connection . . . you’re left feeling close to dazzled.” —Daphne Merkin, New York Times Book Review

A brilliantly warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories, from the Booker Prize–winning author of... Read more

Tripping Arcadia

By: Kit Mayquist

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From debut author Kit Mayquist, a propulsive and atmospheric modern gothic with all the splendor of The Great Gatsby . . . and all the secrets, lies, and darkness that opulence can hide

Med school dropout Lena is desperate for a job, any job, to help her parents, who are approaching bankruptcy after her father was injured and laid off nearly... Read more

Find Your People

By: Jennie Allen

Narrated by: Jennie Allen

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE ECPA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD • The author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creating true community, the kind that’s crucial to our mental and spiritual health.

“My dear friend Jennie Allen shows us how to make true emotional connections with the right people so that our authentic... Read more

Scoundrel

By: Sarah Weinman

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A Recommended Read from: The Los Angeles Times * Town and Country * The Seattle Times * Publishers Weekly * Lit Hub * Crime Reads * AlmaFrom the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around him—including conservative thinker William F. Buckley—into helping set him... Read more

Must Love Books

By: Shauna Robinson

Narrated by: Tyra Kennedy

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"A heartfelt and exciting debut...a wise and honest story of how it feels to be a young woman in search of yourself."―Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Malibu Rising

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill meets Younger in a heartfelt debut following a young woman who discovers she'll have to... Read more

The Ranger

By: Ace Atkins

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

After years of war, Army Ranger Quinn Colson returns home to the rugged, rough hill country of northeast Mississippi to find his native Tibbehah County plagued by corruption, decay, meth runners, and violence. His uncle, the longtime county sheriff, is dead. A suicide, he’s told, but others—like tomboy Deputy Lillie Virgil—whisper murder.In the... Read more

Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

By: Judd Winick

Narrated by: Quincy Surasmith, Kathleen McInerney, Bahni Tur...

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"An action-packed page turner with heart!"—Dav Pilkey, author of DOG MAN

Take off on an action packed adventure with HILO Book 1! Dog Man meets Big Nate in this hilarious New York Times bestselling graphic novel series that kids love!

BOOM! CLANG! CRASH! D.J. and Gina are totally ordinary kids. But Hilo isn't! Hilo just fell out of the sky... Read more

Cereus Blooms at Night

By: Shani Mootoo

Narrated by: Shaquille James-Hosten

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE GILLER PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE ETHEL WILSON FICTION PRIZE

Bold and lyrical, sensual and highly charged, Cereus Blooms at Night is the beautifully written, sensational first novel by Shani Mootoo, one of Canada’s most exciting literary voices.
     At the core of this haunting multi-generational novel are the shifting faces of... Read more

Arlington Park

By: Rachel Cusk

Narrated by: Jilly Bond

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A funny, satirical tale of English mothers on the brink of rebellion, Arlington Park is a novel for the ages.Set over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, Arlington Park is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at... Read more

Cost of Living

By: Emily Maloney

Narrated by: Emily Maloney

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams in a collection of essays chronicling one woman’s experiences as both patient and caregiver, giving a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital bed.

What does it cost to live?

When we fall ill, our lives... Read more

Jane and the Year Without a Summer

By: Stephanie Barron

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript—about a baronet’s daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain—cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a... Read more

No Filter and Other Lies

By: Crystal Maldonado

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

You should know, right now, that I’m a liar. 
 
They’re usually little lies. Tiny lies. Baby lies. Not so much lies as lie adjacent.
           
But they’re still lies.

Twenty one-year-old Max Monroe has it all: beauty, friends, and a glittering life filled with adventure. With tons of followers on Instagram, her picture-perfect existence seems... Read more

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

By: Georgia Pritchett

Narrated by: Katherine Parkinson

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

“Georgia Pritchett is a singularly hilarious person. Her book is a delightful and perfect reflection of her. Its tenderness sneaks up on you and really packs a punch. What a magnificent read!”—Julia Louis DreyfusJenny Lawson meets Nora Ephron in this joyful memoir-in-vignettes on living—and thriving—with anxiety from a multiple Emmy... Read more

Cold

By: Mariko Tamaki

Narrated by: Katharine Chin & Raymond J. Lee

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A boy, a body, a girl, a secret. From award-winning author Mariko Tamaki, Cold is a haunting YA audiobook about a shocking murder in a quiet town and four students who knew too much and said too little.

This is the story of a boy who died—and a girl who wants to know why.

Todd Mayer is dead. Now he's some sort of ghost, hovering over his body,... Read more

Mercy Street

By: Jennifer Haigh

Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ms. Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive, akin to that of writers as different as Richard Price, Richard Ford, and Richard Russo.”—Janet Maslin, New York TimesThe highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh—“a... Read more

Fire Becomes Her

By: Rosiee Thor

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy story with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the socialladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes.Flare is power.With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground -- and seventeen-year-oldIngrid Ellis... Read more

The Family Chao

By: Lan Samantha Chang

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant’s delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. Whether or not Big Leo Chao is honest, or his wife, Winnie, is happy, their food tastes good and their three sons earned scholarships to... Read more

In the Shadow of the Mountain

By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Narrated by: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert

This audiobook is read by the author.

"Through her narration, Vasquez-Lavado, whose first language... Read more

Recitatif

By: Toni Morrison

Narrated by: Zadie Smith & Bahni Turpin

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A beautiful, arresting story about race and the relationships that shape us through life by the legendary Nobel Prize winner—for the first time in a beautifully produced stand-alone edition, with an introduction by Zadie Smith
 
“A puzzle of a story, then—a game.... When [Morrison] called Recitatif an ‘experiment’ she... Read more