Bookseller picks

Liberation Day

By: George Saunders

Narrated by: George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, Edi ...

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

MacArthur "genius" and Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of December

The “best short story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores... Read more

Begin Again

By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Narrated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time

James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. What can we learn from his struggle in our own moment?
 
One of the Best Books of the Year:... Read more

The Stranger in the Woods

By: Michael Finkel

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own.

A New York Times bestseller

In 1986, a shy and intelligent... Read more

The Family Remains

By: Lisa Jewell

Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn, Bea Holland, Hugh Quarshie, J...

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Other authors are at a ten out of ten, for me, and Lisa is a solid hundred.” —Gillian McAllister, The Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell weaves a “simply masterful” (Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author)... Read more

Gravity Lost

By: L. M. Sagas

Narrated by: Torian Brackett

Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

L. M. Sagas follows her fast-paced sci-fi adventure Cascade Failure with an equally explosive sequel, Gravity Lost. Everyone's favorite fierce, messy, chaotic space fam is back with more vibrant worlds, and the wildest crew since Guardians of the Galaxy.

After thwarting a space station disaster and planetary destruction, the Ambit crew thought... Read more

Max in the House of Spies

By: Adam Gidwitz

Narrated by: Euan Morton

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“Max in the House of Spies is everything you could hope for in a book,” -R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder, White Bird, and Pony

“Espionage! Secrets! Suspense! If you’ve ever dreamed of being a spy, this book is for you.” -Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee and Projekt 1065

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t... Read more

Code Girls

By: Liza Mundy

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post).

Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more ... Read more

Bird Box

By: Josh Malerman

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“A book that demands to be read in a single sitting, and through the cracks between one’s fingers. There has never been a horror story quite like this. Josh Malerman truly delivers.” — Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of WoolWritten with the narrative tension of The Road and the exquisite terror of classic Stephen King, Bird Box is... Read more

You Shouldn’t Have Come Here

By: Jeneva Rose

Narrated by: Andi Arndt & Andrew Eiden

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy, shocking, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists.”—Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling authorThe highly anticipated new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is... Read more

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By: Talia Hibbert

Narrated by: Amina Koroma & Jonathan Andrew Hume

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors—and each other.

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He’s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top... Read more

Heartland

By: Sarah Smarsh

Narrated by: Sarah Smarsh

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

*Finalist for the National Book Award*
*Finalist for the Kirkus Prize*
*Instant New York Times Bestseller*
*Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, New York Post, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly*

An essential read for our times: an eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America that will deepen our understanding of... Read more

Everybody Is a Liar

By: Liv Constantine

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayr Guthri...

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish delivers another spellbinding story of betrayal and deceit in this audiobook original, Everybody Is a Liar.

When Julie Buckley, a successful mystery writer, suspects her husband of cheating, she turns to her best friend, Darby, for advice. When Darby suggests couples therapy,... Read more

Natural Beauty

By: Ling Ling Huang

Narrated by: Carolyn Kang

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Fiction

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

Sly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost.

Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory... Read more

Tales from the Cafe

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Narrated by: Kevin Shen

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the international bestseller Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this book follows four new customers who hope to travel back in time in a little Japanese café.

In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else... Read more

Bourdain

By: Laurie Woolever

Narrated by: Laurie Woolever, Christopher Bourdain, José And...

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best.When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives... Read more

Ace of Spades

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge & Tapiwa Mugweni

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an author's note read by the author.

Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.

All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do.... Read more

Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in this “exceptional, keenly observed meditation on art and love” (People) in a fractured America, by the award-winning author of The Third Rainbow Girl

“Tender, nuanced, and hilarious.”—Oprah Daily
15 LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pride—Time
Best Fiction Books of... Read more

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Narrated by: Natalie Simpson

Length: 16 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In Where Sleeping Girls Lie — a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades — a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.

It’s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again...

Sade... Read more

The Palace Papers

By: Tina Brown

Narrated by: Tina Brown

Length: 18 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises
 
“Frothy and forthright, a kind of Keeping Up with the Windsors with sprinkles of Keats.”—The New York Times (Notable Book of... Read more

Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End.A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago’s divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.An exiled auspex who... Read more

Station Eternity

By: Mur Lafferty

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an alien space station, but her problems still follow her in this witty, self-aware novel that puts a speculative spin on murder mysteries, from the Hugo-nominated author of Six Wakes.

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban... Read more

The Hundred Dresses

By: Eleanor Estes

Narrated by: Bethany Lind

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute to the power of kindness, acceptance, and standing up for what's right.Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t.... Read more

10 to 25

By: David Yeager

Narrated by: David Yeager

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Acclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager reveals the new science of motivating young people ages ten through twenty-five in this groundbreaking book that is a must-read for managers, parents, educators, coaches, and mentors everywhere.

“Ambitious and revelatory...10 to 25 offers baffled adults new approaches—and... Read more

Wrath Goddess Sing

By: Maya Deane

Narrated by: Katherine Pucciariello

Length: 15 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman’s story hidden underneath the well-known myths of The Iliad, Maya Deane’s Wrath Goddess Sing weaves a compelling, pitilessly beautiful vision of Achilles’ vanished world, perfect for fans of Song of Achilles and the Inheritance trilogy.
The gods wanted blood. She fought for... Read more