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The Morningside

By: Téa Obreht 

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss” (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland

“I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht’s prose. . . Read in the context of today’s conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial... Read more

Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo & Nick Martineau

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced into a shared college visit road trip where they discover that the reasons they’ve been rivals their entire lives might actually be signs they’re a perfect pair.

Winter Park and Bobby Bae are Korean American high school juniors whose families have... Read more

The Mystery Writer

By: Sulari Gentill

Narrated by: Katherine Littrell

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime... Read more

A Stranger in the Family

By: Jane Casey

Narrated by: Caroline Lennon

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

*The No.1 Irish bestseller* The gripping new detective thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author Every mother's worst nightmare … When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family... Read more

The Woman with No Name

By: Audrey Blake

Narrated by: Amy Scanlon

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a true storyShe'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned …1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat’s life is over. She’s estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne—older, diminutive, overlooked—has lost all purpose. Until she’s offered a chance to remake... Read more

Really Very Crunchy

By: Emily Morrow

Narrated by: Emily Morrow

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author and her husband, Jason Morrow.Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star Really Very Crunchy. Are you tired of being bombarded by toxins at every turn? Do you want a more natural, "crunchy" approach to the world (with or without the beige aesthetic)? Well, grab your... Read more

You Get What You Pay For

By: Morgan Parker

Narrated by: Morgan Parker

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In her “witty and searing” first essay collection, award-winning poet Morgan Parker examines “the cultural legacy of Black womanhood and the meaning of finding ‘well-being’ in a world that wasn’t built for you” (Vogue).

“Riveting and deeply personal . . . filled with poignant insights.”—Cosmopolitan

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Dubbed a... Read more

The Hedgewitch of Foxhall

By: Anna Bright

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Alister Austin & James Meunier

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this gorgeous stand-alone cozy fantasy romance perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Allison Saft, a rebellious witch undertakes a last-ditch quest to restore magic to medieval Wales—as two princes vie for her heart.Magic is fading from Wales—choked off by King Offa’s Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the... Read more

No Bullet Got Me Yet

By: John Stansifer

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The incredible story of the most decorated chaplain in US military history and his path to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.

Father Emil Kapaun, a humble priest, went far beyond the call of duty during World War II and the Korean War. Often found with the combat medics on the front lines, unarmed, ministering to the wounded, and known for... Read more

Until August

By: Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Cristobal Pera & Rodri...

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon
 
Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been... Read more

Selling the Dream

By: Jane Marie

Narrated by: Jane Marie

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to expose the scourge of multilevel marketing schemes and how they have profited off the evisceration of the American working class.

We’ve all heard of Amway, Mary Kay, Tupperware, and LuLaRoe, but few know the nefarious way they, and countless other... Read more

Here After

By: Amy Lin

Narrated by: Amy Lin

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Starred reviews from Booklist, and Library Journal
A Kirkus Best of 2024 Nonfiction Pick
A March 2024 Book of the Month Selection
An Apple Books Best Book of March
A 2024 NPR “Book We Love” Pick 
A SheReads and ELLE Most Anticipated Book of 2024
An Esquire Best Memoir of 2024
A USA Today Bestseller
A Great Group Reads of 2024 from the Women’s National... Read more

Fruit of the Dead

By: Rachel Lyon

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan & Joy Osmanski

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

* “Mesmerizing.” —Town & Country * “Twisty and unsettling.” —People * “Ancient Greece meets Succession by way of Emma Cline…deliciously dark.” —Ruth Gilligan *

A “superb…refreshing” (The New York Times Book Review) reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set on a lush private island, exploring themes of addiction and sex, family,... Read more

Mona of the Manor

By: Armistead Maupin

Narrated by: Mara Wilson

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Mara Wilson“Maupin is one of America’s finest storytellers.”—Neil Gaiman Set in the early 1990s, the long-awaited tenth novel in Armistead Maupin’s beloved and enduring Tales of the City series follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in Britain’s golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted... Read more

Women of Good Fortune

By: Sophie Wan

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A reluctant bride and her two best friends plot to steal all the gift money from her glitzy high-society wedding in this dazzling, heartfelt, funny novel for fans of Crazy Rich Asians

“A glittering debut. Delightful.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After

Bride-to-be Lulu is about to marry Shanghai’s most... Read more

Island Rule

By: Katie M. Flynn

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Corey Brill, Erin deWard, Kit...

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the “urgent and heartfelt” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel The Companions, a genre-bending collection of interconnected short stories in the tradition of Jennifer Egan and Karen Russell.

An angry mother turns into a literal monster. A company in San Francisco can scrub your entire reputation and create a new one…for a price. A... Read more

3 Shades of Blue

By: James Kaplan

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The National Bestseller • One of The Minneapolis Star Tribune's Best Books of the Year

“A superb book...[Kaplan is] a master biographer, a dogged researcher and shaper of narrative, and this is his most ambitious book to date.” —Los Angeles Times

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the... Read more

Clever Creatures of the Night

By: Samantha Mabry

Narrated by: Ana Osorio

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

In this gripping literary horror, Case’s best friend Drea goes missing, forcing her into a bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous world—perfect for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic. Something bad happened here.

When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the... Read more

Coyote Lost and Found

By: Dan Gemeinhart

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Khristine Hvam’s narration is as heartfelt as the story of 12-year-old Coyote Sunrise...both the story and Hvam’s distinctive narration will linger in listeners’ minds" —AudioFile on The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, an Earphones Award winner

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the... Read more

Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

Narrated by: Maria Liatis

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“Vampires are making a comeback, and Yuszczuk is spearheading their revival with this bloody novel.”
—The New York Times Book Review
 
It is the nineteenth century, the twilight of Europe’s bloody bacchanals, and a vampire must escape. She arrives to the coast of Buenos Aires and, for the second time in her life, watches as villages transform... Read more

Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal

By: Gretchen Schreiber

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Naudus brings emotion, life, and energy to the story...her expert range of voices helps the listener picture Ellie’s friends and fellow residents at the hospital house. Her emotion-driven performance matches the heartfelt tone of the overall story and reels the reader in, ensuring the reader can empathize with Ellie, who is struggling to find... Read more

The Berlin Letters

By: Katherine Reay

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Ann Marie Gideon & P. J. Ochlan

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fans of codebreakers, spies, and Cold War dramas will be entrapped by Reay's tale of courage, love, and honor set against the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall." - Booklist Starred ReviewBestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East... Read more

Finding Hope

By: Nicola Baker

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book in a warm and beautifully observed farm adventure series from Nicola Baker, star of Our Farm in the Dales. Perfect for readers 8+ and fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Dick King Smith and The Snow Foal. With stunning illustrations from Rachael Dean throughout.

When ten-year-old Ava moves to Whistledown Farm while her... Read more

Loved and Missed

By: Susie Boyt

Narrated by: Polly Lee

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, who is addicted to drugs, has just had a baby, Lily. Ruth adjusts herself in ways large and small to give to Eleanor what she thinks she may need—nourishment, distance, affection—but all her gifts fall short. After someone dies of an overdose in... Read more