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The Stolen Child

By: Ann Hood

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this moving, page-turning novel from “a gifted storyteller” (PEOPLE).For decades, Nick Burns has been haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, when a French artist he’d befriended thrust both her paintings and her baby into his... Read more

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Sarah Gadon, Jackie Sanders & Ca...

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles and based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France—this is “a moving tale of sacrifice, heroism, and inspired storytelling immersed in the power of books to change our lives” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times... Read more

Mother Doll

By: Katya Apekina

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Zhenia is adrift in Los Angeles, pregnant with a baby her husband doesn't want, while her Russian grandmother and favorite person in the world is dying on the opposite coast. She's deeply disconnected from herself and her desires when she gets a strange call from Paul, a psychic medium who usually specializes in channeling dead pets, with a... Read more

Sound the Gong

By: Joan He

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, comes Sound the Gong, the dazzling and sweeping conclusion to the Kingdom of Three duology.



All her life, Zephyr has tried to rise above her humble origins as a no-name orphan. Now she is a god in a warrior's body, and never has she felt more powerless.



The warlordess Xin Ren holds the... Read more

Dragon Rider

By: Taran Matharu

Narrated by: Tom Babbage

Length: 17 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Taran Matharu’s debut adult fantasy series introduces an immersive story written in the tradition of the viral cultivation genre. Discover a rich world of magic, warriors, and dragons, in which a fearless orphan and an ambitious handmaiden flee from the empire that would imprison them, with a dream to return to... Read more

Safe and Sound

By: Laura McHugh

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out to learn the truth behind what happened—even if it puts their own lives in danger—in this haunting thriller from the internationally bestselling author of What’s Done in Darkness.

“Beautifully written, unflinchingly told, and... Read more

Your Presence Is Mandatory

By: Sasha Vasilyuk

Narrated by: Sam Rushton

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Your Presence Is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk, read by Sam Rushton.

A riveting debut novel, based on real events, about a World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the shadow of all he has not told them.

Ukraine, 2007. Yefim Shulman, husband, grandfather and war... Read more

The Flower Sisters

By: Michelle Collins Anderson

Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating, Graham Winton, Jim Frangi...

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

Drawing on the little-known true story of one tragic night at an Ozarks dance hall in 1928, this beautifully written novel, told through interwoven narratives generations apart, is a page-turning tale of love, loss, and reinvention …At birth, Violet and Rose Flowers were identical, save for a tiny bluish-purple mark gracing Violet’s slender... Read more

It Had To Be You

By: Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In the latest thrilling entry of the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their successful twin sons.

The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way—handsome,... Read more

One of Us Knows

By: Alyssa Cole

Narrated by: Susan Dalian

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts of her past. Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical... Read more

A Botanical Daughter

By: Noah Medlock

Narrated by: Keval Shah

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

It is an unusual thing, to live in a botanical garden. But Simon and Gregor are an unusual pair of gentlemen. Hidden away in their glass sanctuary from the disapproving tattle of Victorian London, they are free to follow their own interests without interference. For Simon, this means long hours in the dark basement workshop, working his... Read more

To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods

By: Molly X. Chang

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus & Molly X. Chang

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end a war . . . or ignite one?

“A thrilling tale of magic and murder, intrigue and betrayal.”—Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sword Catcher

Heroes die, cowards live. Daughter of a conquered world, Ruying hates the... Read more

Honey

By: Victor Lodato

Narrated by: Carrington McDuffie

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

“Honey isn’t one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store.…a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare.” — BooklistMeet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and as... Read more

Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

By: Abbi Waxman

Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky & Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antisocial scientist back into her least favorite place—the spotlight. A hilarious and insightful new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.

After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Barnet has hidden away, both... Read more

Between Two Trailers

By: J. Dana Trent

Narrated by: J. Dana Trent

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana—only to find that no one can really “make it out” until they make peace with where their story began: home

Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It’s also where the healing begins.

Dana Trent is only a preschooler the first time... Read more

Fi

By: Alexandra Fuller

Narrated by: Alexandra Fuller

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning New York Times bestselling author, Alexandra Fuller, comes a career defining memoir about grieving the sudden loss of her twenty-one-year-old child “Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexandra Fuller’s open, vivid new memoir, Fi. It’s midsummer in Wyoming and... Read more

Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 1901, and Ada Byrd―spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist―accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful for the chance to re-establish herself where no one knows her secrets. She develops friendships with her neighbors, explores the woods with her students, and begins to see a future in this tiny farming community. Her... Read more

The Vacancy in Room 10

By: Seraphina Nova Glass

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Stacey Glemboski

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases by Nerd Daily

Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2024 by Novel Suspects

"[An] entertaining thriller [that] maintain[s] tension and intrigue through to the satisfying end. The author’s fans will devour this.” —Publishers Weekly

The Paris Apartment meets The Wrong Family in this thrilling tale of crime,... Read more

The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Narrated by: Gilli Messer

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words comes a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom and fear in World War II France, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, where a Jewish girl who has lost everything but her life must decide whether to risk even that to bring others to freedom.

“We... Read more

The Cryptic Clue

By: Amanda Hampson

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome back to Zig Zag Lane in the heart of Sydney's rag-trade district, where our intrepid tea ladies, Hazel, Betty and Irene, have their work cut out. Solving a murder, kidnapping and arson case, and outwitting an arch criminal, earned them the respect of a local police officer. Now he needs their assistance to help solve a plot that... Read more

A Good Happy Girl

By: Marissa Higgins

Narrated by: Ellie Gossage

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Helen, a jittery attorney with a self-destructive streak, is secretly reeling from a disturbing crime of neglect that her parents recently committed. Historically happy to compartmentalize—distracting herself by hooking up with lesbian couples, doting on her grandmother, and flirting with a young administrative assistant—Helen finally meets her... Read more

How to Plot a Payback

By: Melissa Ferguson

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham & Steve West

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"The perfect escape for lovers of dogs, second chances, and swoon-worthy romance. Don't miss this one." --Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Same Time Next SummerHe crossed an ocean, and it still wasn't enough to escape his lifelong nemesis. Now he has to work with her.Successful screenwriter Finn Masters just landed his dream job writing... Read more

The Murder of Mr. Ma

By: John Shen Yen Nee & S.J. Rozan

Narrated by: Daniel York Loh

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his quiet life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving... Read more

Every Time You Hear That Song

By: Jenna Voris

Narrated by: Emily Lawrence & Allison Strong

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"Beautifully explores the high and low notes of fame. . . . A must-read for anyone who loves layered characters, true-to-life personalities, and country music!"—Jason June, New York Times best-selling author

Perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six, this queer coming-of-age story celebrates country music,... Read more