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Gator Country

By: Rebecca Renner

Narrated by: John Pirhalla

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features a bonus conversation between the author and Officer Jeff Babauta (who led the undercover investigation known as Operation Alligator Thief) and an introduction read by the author.

"John Pirhalla offers a first-rate narration. His facility with accents gives atmosphere to this true-crime work. He varies his tone, pitch, and... Read more

The Little Liar

By: Mitch Albom

Narrated by: Mitch Albom

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant New York Times BestsellerBeloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with his most important novel to date, an unforgettable story of truth and lies set during the Holocaust.Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis has never told a lie. When the Nazis invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer,... Read more

Treacle Walker

By: Alan Garner

Narrated by: Robert Powell

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize

An extraordinary, “playful, moving, and wholly remarkable” (The Guardian) coming-of-age novel filled with myth and magic from one of England's greatest living writers.

An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock is trying to make sense of the world. Living alone in an old house, he spends his time reading... Read more

Pritty

By: Keith F. Miller, Jr.

Narrated by: Landon Woodson & Eric B. Anthony

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

2024 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Concrete Rose meets Things We Couldn’t Say in Pritty, a debut novel by Keith F. Miller Jr.—the inspiration behind the forthcoming animated short film of Kickstarter fame—that follows two boys who get caught in the crossfire of a sinister plot that not only threatens everything they love but may cost them... Read more

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

Narrated by: Rob Harvilla

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade. 

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious... Read more

Broken Code

By: Jeff Horwitz

Narrated by: Jeff Horwitz

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • By an award-winning technology reporter for The Wall Street Journal, a behind-the-scenes look at the manipulative tactics Facebook used to grow its business, how it distorted the way we connect online, and the company insiders who found the courage to speak out

"Broken Code fillets Facebook’s... Read more

Seek

By: Scott Shigeoka

Narrated by: Scott Shigeoka

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Maximize your potential for connection, healing, and personal growth with this “timely bridge for our divided world.” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential)

If you've felt alienated and alone in recent years, you're in good company. Whether it's a rift in your family, polarization at your workplace or just a sense... Read more

Hold My Girl

By: Charlene Carr

Narrated by: Kate Handford

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Two women. Two eggs. One life-changing switch.Katherine finally has it all. She’s spent her entire life striving for perfection—obsessing over her spotless home, maintaining her pristine reputation, building her perfect family—and her hard work has now paid off. After seven difficult years of trying (and failing) to conceive, Katherine gives... Read more

Hunt on Dark Waters

By: Katee Robert

Narrated by: Simone Lewis & Will Watt

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

A stern captain meets his witchy match in this captivating first fantasy romance novel in the Crimson Sails series from Katee Robert, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods.

Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for... Read more

The Future of Geography

By: Tim Marshall

Narrated by: Tim Marshall

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an “insightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinating” (Daily Express) book on today’s space race—including the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth.

Spy satellites... Read more

Murtagh

By: Christopher Paolini

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle & Christopher Paolini

Length: 24 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider—and fan favorite—Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy!
 
“Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.” —The Washington... Read more

The Porcelain Maker

By: Sarah Freethy

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

An epic story of love, betrayal, and art that spans decades, through the horrors of World War II to 21st century America, inspired by an actual porcelain factory in Dachau.

Two lovers caught at the crossroads of history.
A daughter’s search for the truth.

Germany, 1929. At a festive gathering of young bohemians in Weimar, two young artists, Max, a... Read more

You Can Trust Me

By: Kiersten Modglin

Narrated by: Pete Cross, Laura Jennings, Kelli Tager & Susan...

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Mae Barlowe’s annual beach trip is anything but a vacation. It’s the anniversary of the worst day of her life. When her husband and best friend surprise her with a last-minute itinerary change in the form of a couples’ cruise, she struggles to hide her reservations about the new plan. A week spent cruising around in a tropical paradise sounds... Read more

Blood Betrayal

By: Ausma Zehanat Khan

Narrated by: Fareeda Pasha

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In Blackwater Falls, Colorado, veteran police officer Harry Cooper is hot on the
heels of some local vandals when the situation turns deadly: Harry, believing one
of them has a gun, opens fire and Duante Young, a young Black man, is killed. The
“gun” in Duante’s hands was a bottle of spray paint. Meanwhile, in nearby
Denver, a drug raid goes... Read more

Betrayal

By: Phillip Margolin

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In Phillip Margolin's Betrayal, attorney Robin Lockwood finds herself defending her old nemesis in a multiple-murder case with too many suspects, where success might cost her own life.

Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end... Read more

The Happy Couple

By: Naoise Dolan

Narrated by: Ayoola Smart & Bert Seymour

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Daring . . . a brilliant contemporary novel.”—Colm Tóibín An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apartMeet Celine and Luke. For all intents and purposes, the happy couple.Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more inter­ested in piano than... Read more

Hot Springs Drive

By: Lindsay Hunter

Narrated by: Emily Ellet

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Jackie Stinson’s best friend is dead, and everyone knows who killed her. Jackie wants to be many things, but a martyr has never been one of them. She is an ex-emotional eater and mother of four, who has finally lost the weight she long yearned to be free of. In her new, sharp-edged body, she goes by Jacqueline. But leaving her old self behind... Read more

How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

Narrated by: James O'Brien

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

‘Made me so angry I had to stop listening to it while driving. Superb’ THE SECRET BARRISTER

Something has gone really wrong in Britain.

Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things... Read more

Dark Moon, Shallow Sea

By: David R. Slayton

Narrated by: Michael David Axtell

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The first in a new epic fantasy series from David R. Slayton—author of White Trash Warlock—Dark Moon, Shallow Sea is a powerful story of divine betrayal, ghosts, and self-discovery, perfect for fans of the Dark Souls series or Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.When Phoebe, goddess of the moon, is killed by the knights of the sun god, Hyperion, all... Read more

The Glutton

By: A.K. Blakemore

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times EDITORS’ CHOICE | Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize | MOST ANTICIPATED by The Guardian • Paste Magazine • LitHub • The Millions • Library Journal

From the prizewinning author of The Manningtree Witches, a subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy turned showman, said to... Read more

Twisted 2. Twisted Games

By: Ana Huang

Narrated by: Jordi Nogales & Verónica Orozco

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Continúa con la serie más hot de Tiktok.  Ella es inalcanzable… excepto para él. Descubre la saga más explosiva del momento.  Arrogante y engreído, Rhys Larsen es un guardaespaldas de lujo que tiene dos normas: 1) Proteger a sus clientes a toda costa. 2) No vincularse emocionalmente. Jamás. Y nunca tuvo la menor tentación de romper estas... Read more

The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch

By: Jacqueline Firkins

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautiful story of friendship, and second chances at loveImogen Finch has just been through her sixteenth breakup. She saw it coming, so she’s not as crushed as she might be, but with all sixteen of her exes leaving her for other partners, she’s come to believe a prediction her well-intentioned and possibly clairvoyant mother made over twenty... Read more

Glutton

By: Ed Gamble

Narrated by: Ed Gamble & Nish Kumar

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The hilarious memoir from comedian, Off Menu host and Great British Menu judge, Ed Gamble. Includes an exclusive bonus interview between Ed Gamble and fellow comedian and food-lover, Nish Kumar.

From a young age, Ed Gamble's immaculate bibs and extremely dirty nappies hinted at his capacious appetite. Before he could... Read more

Endangered Eating

By: Sarah Lohman

Narrated by: Sarah Lohman

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' most endangered food. The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at critical risk for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else on the planet, grow in California’s Coachella Valley, but the family farms that caretake them are shutting down. Apples, cattle,... Read more