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All That Happiness Is

By: Adam Gopnik

Narrated by: Adam Gopnik

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, a concise, elegant volume presenting a radical alternative to our culture of relentless striving.



Our society is obsessed with achievement. Young people are pushed toward the next test or the "best" grammar school, high school, or college they can get into. Adults push themselves toward the... Read more

The Wiener Across the Way

By: Amy Award

Narrated by: Stella Hunter & Jacob Morgan

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

What happens when the sunshiny pop princess and the grumpy football player discover there's more to this fake romance than inspiration for a new love song?
Kelsey Best is America's pop sweetheart, and anyone who says they don't like her music is a liar and needs to be punched in the nads. And I'll do it, too, because I'm the guy the NFL dubbed... Read more

The Nature of Disappearing

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

Narrated by: Emily Pike Stewart

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Emily Pike Stewart’s narration brings the entire story to life. I sometimes had to remind
myself that this wasn’t a great true crime or wilderness podcast, but a novel." —The Berkshire Eagle

In this captivating novel of suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of These Silent Woods, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined... Read more

That Night in the Library

By: Eva Jurczyk

Narrated by: Hannah Cabell

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE NIGHT LOCKED IN THE LIBRARY.WHAT COULD GO WRONG?On the night before graduation, seven students gather in the basement of their university’s rare books library. They’re not allowed in the library after closing time, but it’s the perfect place for the ritual they want to perform—one borrowed from the Greeks, said to free those who take part in... Read more

Consent

By: Jill Ciment

Narrated by: Eileen Stevens

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the acclaimed novelist (“A virtuoso”—Donna Seaman, Booklist), a deft, shocking memoir that asks whether we can judge past behavior by today’s moral codes, as the author reevaluates her decades-long marriage to the forty-seven-year-old man she met when she was seventeen, revisiting a singular passion in... Read more

Nothing to Fear

By: Julie McFadden, RN

Narrated by: Julie McFadden, RN

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant New York Times bestseller!

A comforting and informative guide that demystifies our end-of-life journey, from the compassionate expert known as @hospicenursejulie

What if we didn’t consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embraced hospice care, and prepared for the end of our lives with hope and... Read more

Just Add Water

By: Katie Ledecky

Narrated by: Katie Ledecky

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky.

Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a four-time Olympian, a nine-time gold medalist, a twenty-one-time world champion, eight-time NCAA... Read more

Middletide

By: Sarah Crouch

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspicious death of a beautiful young doctor, with all clues pointing to the reclusive young man who abandoned the community in chase of big city dreams but returned for the first love he left behind. Perfect for fans of All Good People Here and Where... Read more

Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

Narrated by: Neill Thorne

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“The best kind of thriller. . . . Suspenseful, sentimental, and ultimately redemptive, Assassins Anonymous is a can’t-miss novel.” — S. A. Cosby,  author of All the Sinners Bleed

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life only to find himself under siege by mysterious assailants. It’s a... Read more

Running Close to the Wind

By: Alexandra Rowland

Narrated by: Casey Jones

Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Our Flag Means Death, discover low fantasy on the high seas in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind.Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arasti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world—and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea.To find a buyer... Read more

There Is a Door in This Darkness

By: Kristin Cashore

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie & Kristin Cashore

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling Realm novels.

Wilhelmina Hart is part of the infamous class of 2020. Her high school years began with a shocking presidential election and ended with a pandemic. In the midst of this global turmoil, she also lost one of her... Read more

The Paris Widow

By: Kimberly Belle

Narrated by: Marni Penning & Patrick Zeller

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A dream vacation turns deadly when secrets from the past catch up to a married couple in Paris in this new edge-of-your-seat thriller from USA Today bestselling author, Kimberly Belle.
 
When Stella met Adam, she thought she had finally found a nice, normal guy—a welcome change from her previous boyfriend and her precarious jetsetter lifestyle... Read more

When the Sea Came Alive

By: Garrett M. Graff

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Garrett M. Graff

Length: 19 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Absolutely gripping.” —The Washington Post • “A masterpiece of oral history…stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting.” —Evan Thomas

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most complete and up-to-date account... Read more

Isabel and The Rogue

By: Liana De la Rosa

Narrated by: Ruby Hunt

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her…

Isabel Luna Valdés has long since resigned herself to being the “forgotten” Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican ambassador in London, wallflower Isabel is poised to unearth any British... Read more

Becoming Ted

By: Matt Cain

Narrated by: Samuel Barnett

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle returns with a joyful and surprising tale about love, acceptance, and self-discovery.If Ted Ainsworth were to compare himself to one of the ice-cream flavors made by his family’s company, famous throughout his sleepy Lancashire hometown, it might be vanilla—sweet, inoffensive, and... Read more

Tell Me Who You Are

By: Louisa Luna

Narrated by: Megan Tusing, Robb Moreira & Stephanie Németh-P...

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration.

The Silent Patient meets Gone Girl in this sharp psychological thriller about a psychiatrist with a shocking past and her dangerous new patient.

Brooklyn psychiatrist Dr. Caroline Strange is certain she knows what's best for her patients, her family, and pretty much everyone else, but that all changes... Read more

Holy City

By: Henry Wise

Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

No one innocent. No one free. Nothing sacred.After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southside Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. Impoverished and abandoned, this remote land of tobacco plantations, razed forests,... Read more

The God and the Gumiho

By: Sophie Kim

Narrated by: Greta Jung & Intae Kim

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sly and dazzling contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god–turned–detective to track down a wrathful demon . . . before it can destroy the mortal world.

“Enchanting fantasy . . . With an intoxicating mix of action, mystery, and deliciously angsty romance, this reads like the most... Read more

I've Tried Being Nice

By: Ann Leary

Narrated by: Ann Leary

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from the perspective of a recovering people pleaser.

Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying—and often failing—to be nice. With wit and surprising candor, Leary recounts the bedlam of home... Read more

Lockjaw

By: Matteo L. Cerilli

Narrated by: Breton Lalama, Mich Anger & Arlen Aguayo Stewart

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Death is neither the beginning nor the end for the children of Bridlington in this debut trans YA horror book for fans of Rory Power and Danielle Vega.

Chuck Warren died tragically at the old abandoned mill, but Paz Espino knows it was no accident — there's a monster under the town, and she's determined to kill it before anyone else gets hurt.... Read more

Triple Sec

By: TJ Alexander

Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com, set in the glamorous world of high-end cocktail bars—from the acclaimed author of the “tender, decadent, and sparklingly funny” (Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author) Chef’s Choice.

As a bartender at Terror & Virtue, a swanky... Read more

Devil's Kitchen

By: Candice Fox

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Devil's Kitchen is a fast-paced, heart racing thriller from Candice Fox, "a bright new star in crime fiction." (James Patterson)

The firefighting crew of Engine 99 has spent years rushing fearlessly into the hot zone of major fires across New York City. This tight-knit, four-person unit has worked together to save countless lives and stop out of... Read more

I Fight, You Fight

By: Alex Noble

Narrated by: Alex Noble

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring story from 2025 NSW Young Australian of the Year Nominee, Alex Noble, whose wisdom and strength can teach us all how to live life to the fullest, no matter what it throws at us.

Sixteen-year-old Alex Noble was a high school rugby star with a promising sporting career ahead of him when an on-field injury left him fighting for his... Read more

Lady of Steel and Straw

By: Erica Ivy Rodgers

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

Star-crossed lovers grapple with forbidden attraction and a growing army of ghostly dead in this swashbuckling YA fantasy debut.

After ten years of exile, following regicide in the House of Tristain, an alarming royal edict is delivered to the immortal scarecrow Guardians who once defended the crown: surrender themselves to the church of the... Read more