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After the Flood
By: Kassandra Montag
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent. A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America’s great coastal cities and then its heartland, leaving nothing but an... Read more
View audiobookThe Chestnut Man
By: Soren Sveistrup
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 15 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES2020 Audie Awards® Winner - MysteryFROM THE CREATOR OF THE HIT TELEVISION SHOW THE KILLING, “a full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson” (A.J. Finn).IF YOU FIND ONE, HE’S ALREADY FOUND YOUA psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen.His calling card is a “chestnut man”—a handmade doll made of... Read more
View audiobookMy Jasper June
By: Laurel Snyder
Narrated by: Imani Parks
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
“This book is a treasure—a touching story of friendship, loss, and finding beauty in the everyday, with characters who stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page. I absolutely loved it.”—R. J. Palacio, New York Times bestselling author of WonderLaurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island, returns with another unforgettable story of the... Read more
View audiobookThe Long Call
By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Ben Aldridge
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Ben Aldridge gives listeners the perfect introduction to Matthew Venn...it's a smashing start to a third series by Cleeves." -- AudioFile Magazine
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From Ann Cleeves—bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes the first in a gripping new... Read more
Cold Storage
By: David Koepp
Narrated by: Rupert Friend
Length: 8 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
""On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment.""—Douglas Preston, The New York TimesFor readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organismWhen... Read more
View audiobookThe Beekeeper of Aleppo
By: Christy Lefteri
Narrated by: Art Malik
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable.
“A beautifully crafted novel of international significance that has the capacity to have us open our eyes and see.”—Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of... Read more
Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?
By: Brock Clarke
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
With the comic unpredictability of a Wes Anderson movie and the inventive sharpness of a John Irving novel, author Brock Clarke introduces listeners to an ordinary man who is about to embark on an absurdly extraordinary adventure.
After his mother, a theologian and bestselling author, dies in a fiery explosion, forty-nine-year-old Calvin... Read more
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
By: Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal
Narrated by: Channie Waites & Brittany Pressley
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I’m Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls—one black, one white—who have to confront their own assumptions about racial inequality as they rely on each other to get through the violent race riot that has set their city on fire with civil unrest.Lena has her killer style, her awesome boyfriend, and a plan.... Read more
View audiobookDead Voices
By: Katherine Arden
Narrated by: Renee Dorian
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in the critically acclaimed Small Spaces Quartet.
Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and Brian are ready to spend a relaxing winter break skiing together... Read more
Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth
By: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Narrated by: Peter Capaldi
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A one-of-a-kind story of heart, humor, and finding one’s place in the universe. Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That's important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. And it's even more important when your grandfather can't care for you anymore and you have to go live with a foster... Read more
View audiobookFierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
By: Kai Cheng Thom
Narrated by: Adri Almeida
Length: 4 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
At once a love letter and challenge to the traditional transgender memoir, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a playful, surrealist dance through queer coming of age.A haunted young girl (who happens to be a kung-fu expert and pathological liar) runs away from an oppressive city, where the sky is always grey, in search of love and... Read more
View audiobookPerfect Sound Whatever
By: James Acaster
Narrated by: James Acaster
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The brand new memoir from James Acaster: cult comedian, bestselling author of Classic Scrapes, undercover cop, receiver of cabbages.
PERFECT SOUND WHATEVER is a love letter to the healing power of music, and how one man's obsessive quest saw him defeat the bullshit of one year with the beauty of another. Because that one man is James Acaster, it... Read more
Empty Hearts
By: Juli Zeh
Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A prescient political and psychological thriller ripped from tomorrow's headlines, by one of Germany's most celebrated contemporary novelists
A few short years from now, the world is an even more uncertain place than it is today, and politics everywhere is marching rightward: Trump is gone, but Brexit is complete, as is Frexit. There's a global... Read more
The Reckless Oath We Made
By: Bryn Greenwood
Narrated by: Alex McKenna, Kirby Heyborne, Adenrele Ojo, Mac...
Length: 14 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A new provocative love story from the New York Times bestselling author of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things.
“The story of Zee and Gentry is the reason we read.” —Brunonia Barry
Their journey will break them—or save them.
A moving and complicated love story for our time, The Reckless Oath We Made redefines what it means to be heroic. Zee... Read more
As Many Nows as I Can Get
By: Shana Youngdahl
Narrated by: Annie Q
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A Seventeen Best Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Top Ten Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year
For fans of All the Bright Places, Looking for Alaska, and I'll Give You the Sun comes "a daring, inventive story about love and loss and longing, reminding us that every choice can be a new chance. A dazzling, not-to-be-missed... Read more
The Warehouse
By: Rob Hart
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Jason Culp & Karissa Vacker
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place to live. And when you’re here, you’ll never want to leave.
“A thrilling story of corporate espionage at the highest level . . . and a powerful cautionary tale about technology, runaway capitalism, and the nightmare world we are making for ourselves.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author... Read more
Savage Appetites
By: Rachel Monroe
Narrated by: Jayme Mattler
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
A “necessary and brilliant” (NPR) exploration of our cultural fascination with true crime told through four “enthralling” (The New York Times Book Review) narratives of obsession.
In Savage Appetites, Rachel Monroe links four criminal roles—Detective, Victim, Defender, and Killer—to four true stories about women driven by obsession. From a... Read more
Unbreak Me
By: Michelle Hazen
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
AN AMAZON BEST ROMANCE OF THE MONTH
BOOKLIST TOP 10 ROMANCE OF 2019
What could two troubled souls from different walks of life have in common? Maybe everything.
Andra Lawler lives isolated at her family’s horse ranch, imprisoned by the memories of an assault in college. When she needs help training her foals, she hires a Haitian-Creole cowboy from... Read more
The Dearly Beloved
By: Cara Wall
Narrated by: Kathy Keane
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
“This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.” —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Selection!)
This “moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the... Read more
The Downstairs Girl
By: Stacey Lee
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
From the critically-acclaimed author of Under a Painted Sky and Outrun the Moon and founding member of We Need Diverse Books comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family.
By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo... Read more
The Swallows
By: Lisa Lutz
Narrated by: Abby Elliott, Lisa Flanagan, Michael Crouch, Ar...
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
A teacher at a New England prep school ignites a gender war—with deadly consequences—in this dark and provocative novel by the bestselling author of The Passenger
“Suspenseful and utterly riveting!”—Tess Gerritsen
When Alexandra Witt joins the faculty at Stonebridge Academy, she’s hoping to put a painful past behind her. Then one of her creative... Read more
Reticence
By: Gail Carriger
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Bookish and proper Percival Tunstell finds himself out of his depth when floating cities, spirited plumbing, and soggy biscuits collide in this delightful conclusion to NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger's Custard Protocol series.
Percival Tunstell loves that his sister and her best friend are building themselves a family of misfits aboard... Read more
The Ghosts of Eden Park
By: Karen Abbott
Narrated by: Rob Shapiro & Cassandra Campbell
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
“Gatsby-era noir at its best.”—Erik Larson
An ID Book Club Selection • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST... Read more
Boss Up!
By: Lindsay Teague Moreno
Narrated by: Jon Acuff & Lindsay Teague Moreno
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
The audiobook includes an exclusive, expanded chapter 8 with more insight into Linsday’s Unsales Tactic. Boss Up! will help you put your business on the map and the ideas you’ve previously only dreamed about into the marketplace. Learn to overcome your fears and guilt to find a fulfillment that changes you and your family for the better—... Read more
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