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Dear Miss Kopp
By: Amy Stewart
Narrated by: Christina Moore
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Split apart by the war effort, the indomitable Kopp sisters take on saboteurs and spies and stand up to the Army brass as they face the possibility that their life back home will never be the same.
The U.S. has finally entered World War I. Constance, the oldest of the Kopp sisters, is doing intelligence work on the home front for the Bureau... Read more
The Children's Blizzard
By: Melanie Benjamin
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife comes a story of courage on the prairie, inspired by the devastating storm that struck the Great Plains in 1888, threatening the lives of hundreds of immigrant homesteaders, especially schoolchildren.
“A nail-biter . . . poignant, powerful, perfect.” —Kate Quinn, author of The Alice... Read more
Aftershocks
By: Nadia Owusu
Narrated by: Nadia Owusu
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of The Glass Castle, this “gorgeous” (The New York Times, Editors’ Choice) and deeply felt memoir from Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu tells the “incredible story” (Malala Yousafzai) about the push and pull of belonging, the seismic emotional toll of family secrets, and the heart it takes to pull through.
“In Aftershocks, Nadia... Read more
The House on Vesper Sands
By: Paraic O'Donnell
Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
With all the wit of a Jane Austen novel, and a case as beguiling as any in Sherlock Holmes's casebook, Paraic O'Donnell introduces a detective duo for the ages, and slowly unlocks the secrets of a startling Victorian mystery.
London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling,... Read more
Gone to the Woods
By: Gary Paulsen
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
"Dan Bittner flawlessly narrates this matchless memoir, which captures writer Gary Paulsen's bittersweet life...The sublime narration and satisfying conclusion contribute to a rewarding listening experience." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on... Read more
One of the Good Ones
By: Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jordan Cobb & Carolyn Smith
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"One of the Good Ones is magic.” —Damon Young, author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker
A shockingly powerful exploration of the lasting impact of prejudice and the indomitable spirit of sisterhood that will have readers questioning what it truly means to be an ally, from sister-writer duo Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, authors of... Read more
Lore
By: Alexandra Bracken
Narrated by: Fryda Wolff
Length: 15 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love, and redemption. Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. They are hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all... Read more
View audiobookThe Fortunate Ones
By: Ed Tarkington
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The perfect read for fans of The White Lotus or Succession
“As a novelist, Tarkington is the real deal. I can’t wait to see this story reach a wide audience.”
—Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife
When Charlie Boykin was young, he thought his life with his single mother on the working-class side of Nashville was perfectly fine. But when his... Read more
Happily Ever Afters
By: Elise Bryant
Narrated by: Jordan Cobb
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life.... Read more
View audiobookThe Awakening of Malcolm X
By: Ilyasah Shabazz & Tiffany D. Jackson
Narrated by: Landon Woodson
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes a bonus interview with the author.
The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson.
No one can be at peace until he has his freedom.
In... Read more
A Crooked Tree
By: Una Mannion
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A haunting, suspenseful literary debut that combines a classic coming of age story with a portrait of a fractured American family dealing with the fallout of one summer evening gone terribly wrong.“The night we left Ellen on the road, we drove up the mountain in silence.”It is the early 1980s and fifteen-year-old Libby is obsessed with The Field... Read more
View audiobookOur Darkest Night
By: Jennifer Robson
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events, that vividly evokes the most perilous days of World War II.
It is the autumn of 1943, and life is becoming... Read more
Just One Damned Thing After Another
By: Jodi Taylor
Narrated by: Zara Ramm
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
The first book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.
Time Travel meets History in this explosive bestselling adventure series.
'So tell me, Dr Maxwell, if... Read more
A Wolf for a Spell
By: Karah Sutton
Narrated by: Beata Pozniak
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The Girl Who Drank the Moon meets Pax in this fantastical tale of a wolf who forms an unlikely alliance with Baba Yaga to save the forest from a wicked tsar.
Since she was a pup, Zima has been taught to fear humans--especially witches--but when her family is threatened, she has no choice but to seek help from the witch Baba Yaga.
Baba Yaga never... Read more
Big Girl, Small Town
By: Michelle Gallen
Narrated by: Nicola Coughlan
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARD FOR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE
“Darkly hilarious . . . Wildly entertaining.” —The Guardian
Meet Majella O’Neill, a heroine like no other, performed by Nicola Coughlan, star of Derry Girls.
Majella is happiest out of the... Read more
Long Time Coming
By: Michael Eric Dyson
Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
"As a narrator, the reverence and tenderness Dyson communicates in his letters--addressed to victims of racist violence Elijah McClain, Emmett Till, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Hadiya Pendleton, Sandra Bland, and the Rev. Clementa Pinckney--invoke the experience of listening in on a holy epistle. Don't miss this." -- AudioFile Magazine
This... Read more
Dancing in the Mosque
By: Homeira Qaderi
Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother’s unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on... Read more
The Lies You Told
By: Harriet Tyce
Narrated by: Sarah Durham
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
From the acclaimed author of Blood Orange, a dark new psychological thriller about the perfect mother, the perfect wife, the perfect family -- and the perfect murder.
In the playground it's the law of the jungle
But at the school gate, there are no rules at all...
When Sadie Roper moves back to London, she's determined to pick up the pieces of her... Read more
How to Fail at Flirting
By: Denise Williams
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
"A warm romance that bursts with realism and celebrates the symbiotic power of love and healing.”―Entertainment Weekly
#1 LibraryReads Pick
Indie Next Pick
One daring to-do list and a crash course in flirtation turn a Type A overachiever’s world upside down.
When her flailing department lands on the university's chopping block, Professor Naya... Read more
Shed No Tears
By: Caz Frear
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Acclaimed and internationally bestselling crime novelist Caz Frear returns with her third superb novel featuring Cat Kinsella, a cop “on par with Susie Steiner’s and Tana French’s female detectives” (Kirkus Reviews).Four victims. Killer caught. Case closed. . . or is it?
Growing up in a London family with ties to organized crime, Detective... Read more
The Arctic Fury
By: Greer Macallister
Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Eccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women, trek into the Arctic,
and find her husband, Lord Franklin, and his lost expedition. Four parties have failed to find him, and Lady Franklin wants a radical
new approach: put the women in charge.
Lady Franklin will disavow all knowledge of the... Read more
The Bright Book of Life
By: Harold Bloom
Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
Length: 21 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition—from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man—in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction.
In this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold Bloom—who for more than half a century was... Read more
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Return to the captivating world of Elfhame with this illustrated addition to the New York Times bestselling Folk of Air trilogy that began with The Cruel Prince, from award-winning author Holly Black.
Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue.
Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone.... Read more
The Orchard
By: David Hopen
Narrated by: Micky Shiloah
Length: 17 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A Recommended Book From:
Entertainment Weekly * Electric Literature * AlmaA commanding debut and a poignant coming-of-age story about a devout Jewish high school student whose plunge into the secularized world threatens everything he knows of himselfAri Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are... Read more