Bookseller picks

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows

By: Olivia Waite

Narrated by: Morag Sims

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

When Agatha Griffin finds a colony of bees in her warehouse, it’s the not-so-perfect ending to a not-so-perfect week. Busy trying to keep her printing business afloat amidst rising taxes and the suppression of radical printers like her son, the last thing the widow wants is to be the victim of a thousand bees. But when a beautiful beekeeper... Read more

A Good Apology

By: Molly Howes

Narrated by: Molly Howes & Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Through its four essential steps, A GOOD APOLOGY gives groundbreaking advice on how best to make an effective apology toward rebuilding any relationship, for readers of The Body Keeps the Score.

We've all done something wrong or made a mistake or insulted someone -- even if by accident. We've all been hurt and wanted the other person to help us... Read more

Ask Gary Fu*king Anything

By: Gary John Bishop

Narrated by: Gary John Bishop

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

No topic off limits, Gary John Bishop fields real questions from readers on issues like money, personal growth, success, and relationships in his trademark no bullsh*t tone, empowering you to make real and lasting change in your life. Like a personal coaching session in your ear buds, Gary will give you the tough love you need to get your life... Read more

She Proclaims

By: Jennifer Palmieri

Narrated by: Jennifer Palmieri

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Take action and shatter the glass ceiling with this empowering and optimistic feminist guide from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Dear Madam President.
In an era marked by a frustrating sense of stagnation for women, Jennifer Palmieri has found a way to move beyond the bounds of
patriarchy. Building on the lessons shared in Dear Madam... Read more

10 Things I Hate about Pinky

By: Sandhya Menon

Narrated by: Vikas Adam & Soneela Nankani

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The delightful follow-up to When Dimple Met Rishi and There’s Something about Sweetie, which follows Ashish’s friends Pinky and Samir as they pretend to date in order to achieve their individual goals, to disastrous and hilarious results.

Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock... Read more

Emma

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Nuria Mediavilla

Length: 16 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin Clásicos rescata esta obra maestra de la narrativa del siglo XIX y una de las novelas más importantes de Jane Austen, en una cuidada edición. Traducción de José María Valverde Introducción de Fiona Stafford, profesora de la Universidad de Oxford Obra maestra de la narrativa del siglo XIX y una de las grandes novelas de Jane Austen, Emma... Read more

Deeplight

By: Frances Hardinge

Narrated by: Joshua Akehurst

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea meets Frankenstein in Frances Hardinge’s latest fantasy adventure.The gods are dead. Decades ago, they turned on one another and tore each other apart. Nobody knows why. But are they really gone forever?When fifteen-year-old Hark finds the still-beating heart of a terrifying deity, he risks everything to... Read more

Dear Emmie Blue

By: Lia Louis

Narrated by: Katy Sobey

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In this charming and poignant novel that “oozes charm and wit and speaks beautifully about friendship and love, and the differences between the two” (Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You to Know), teenager Emmie Blue releases a balloon with her email address and a big secret into the sky, only to fall head-over-heels for the boy who finds it.... Read more

Filthy Beasts

By: Kirkland Hamill

Narrated by: Kirkland Hamill

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Running with Scissors meets Grey Gardens in this “vivid tragicomedy” (People), a riveting riches-to-rags tale of a wealthy family who lost it all and the unforgettable journey of a man coming to terms with his family’s deep flaws and his own hidden secrets.

“Wake up, you filthy beasts!” Wendy Hamill would shout to her children in the mornings... Read more

Memoirs and Misinformation

By: Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon

Narrated by: Jeff Daniels

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "None of this is real and all of it is true." —Jim Carrey

Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege—but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even ... getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs,... Read more

Muzzled

By: David Rosenfelt

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Grover Gardner returns to breathe life into listeners' favorite dog-loving lawyer...In his vivid portrayal of the wisecracking Andy, Gardner creates a sense of a cheerful reunion with the lawyer for longtime listeners and a warm greeting for newcomers." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

In David Rosenfelt's Andy Carpenter... Read more

Survivor Song

By: Paul Tremblay

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award–winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.“Absolutely riveting.” — Stephen KingIn a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. But unlike rabies, the... Read more

Faith

By: Julie Murphy

Narrated by: Joy Nash

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’, comes the first in a two-book origin story of Faith, a groundbreaking, plus-sized superhero from the Valiant Entertainment comics.Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When she’s not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, she’s volunteering at the local animal... Read more

The Lost and Found Bookshop

By: Susan Wiggs

Narrated by: Emily Rankin

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

""A wonderful exploration of the past and the future and, most importantly, of what it means to be present in the here and now.  Full of the love of words, the love of family, and the love of falling in love, The Lost and Found Bookshop is a big-hearted gem of a novel that will satisfy and entertain readers from all walks of life. ... Read more

The Bright Lands

By: John Fram

Narrated by: Luis Selgas

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A Library Journal Best Winter/Spring Debut 2020

“Marks the debut of an already accomplished novelist.” —John Banville

The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback Dylan Whitley goes missing, an unremitting fear grips this remote corner of Texas.

Joel Whitley was shamed out of conservative... Read more

Outsider

By: Linda Castillo

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Linda Castillo follows her instant New York Times bestseller, Shamed, with Outsider, an electrifying thriller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish.

While enjoying a sleigh ride with his children, Amish widower Adam Lengacher discovers a car stuck in a snowdrift and an unconscious woman inside. He calls upon Chief of Police Kate... Read more

The Beauty in Breaking

By: Michele Harper

Narrated by: Nicole Lewis

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A New York Times Notable Book

“Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring.” —The New York Times Book Review

“An incredibly moving memoir about what it means to be a doctor.” —Ellen Pompeo

As seen/heard on Fresh Air, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, Weekend Edition, and more

An... Read more

The Sirens of Mars

By: Sarah Stewart Johnson

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the exploration of Mars in this celebration of human curiosity, passion, and perseverance.”—Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams

WINNER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA AWARD FOR SCIENCE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New... Read more

The Dilemma

By: B.A. Paris

Narrated by: Beth Eyre & Peter Noble

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman's birthday party takes a dark turn in a poignant, heart-stopping new novel from the reigning queen of suspense, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, and Bring Me Back.

“A heartbreaking page-turner that will have you up at night reading just one more chapter.” —Catherine Steadman, #1 New... Read more

Every Step She Takes

By: K.L. Armstrong

Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER!

A gripping new thriller by the author of the instant bestseller Wherever She Goes.

Sometimes there's no use running from your past. . . .

Genevieve has secrets that no one knows. In Rome she can be whoever she wants to be. Her neighbours aren't nosy; her Italian is passable; the shopkeepers and restaurant owners now see her... Read more

Action Park

By: Andy Mulvihill & Jake Rossen

Narrated by: Michael Satow

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Citizen Kane does Adventureland." —The Washington Post

The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son.

Often called "Accident Park," "Class Action Park," or... Read more

Water Witches

By: Chris Bohjalian

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith & Kim Mai Guest

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant—Patience Avery is a dowser, a “water witch.” Her natural gifts enable her to locate lost items, missing people, and aquifers deep within the earth. This last skill is more in demand than ever, as her home state of Vermont is in the grip of the worst drought in years. Patience knows better than... Read more

Nine Shiny Objects

By: Brian Castleberry

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

""In this extraordinary novel, Castleberry brilliantly hopscotches from person to person, from era to era, while somehow making all this fancy footwork look effortless and essential."" - Jenny Offill, author of Department of Speculation and Weather
A luminous debut novel chronicling the eerily intersecting lives of a series of American dreamers... Read more

I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To

By: Loni Love

Narrated by: Loni Love

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring, hilarious memoir about learning to resist the pressures of conformity, love yourself for who you are, embrace your flaws, and unlock your true potential.

Winner of the African American Literary Award for Memoir!

Now cohost of Fox's The Real and SiriusXM's Café Mocha, Loni Love hasn't taken the typical path to becoming America's... Read more