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Cinders and Sparrows
By: Stefan Bachmann
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
A suspenseful tale of witches, family, and magic from internationally bestselling author Stefan Bachmann. When a twelve-year-old orphan unexpectedly becomes the mistress of a seemingly abandoned castle, she is thrust into a mysterious plot involving murderous spells, false identity, and a magical battle of wills between the living and the dead.... Read more
View audiobookLightbringer
By: Claire Legrand
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
Length: 24 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
The incredible conclusion to the trilogy that started with the instant New York Times bestsellers Furyborn and Kingsbane!
In this epic finale to the Empirium Trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claire Legrand, two queens, separated by a thousand years must face their ultimate destinies.
Queen Rielle, pushed away from everything she... Read more
The Barren Grounds
By: David A. Robertson
Narrated by: Brefny Caribou
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.
Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their... Read more
Keep Moving
By: Maggie Smith
Narrated by: Maggie Smith
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The NATIONAL BESTSELLER from the author of YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL
“A meditation on kindness and hope, and how to move forward through grief.” —NPR
“A shining reminder to learn all we can from this moment, rebuilding ourselves in the darkness so that we may come out wiser, kinder, and stronger on the other side.” —The Boston Globe
... Read more
Dear Child
By: Romy Hausmann
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, Romy Hausmann & S...
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
"Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, and Simon Slater narrate as three parts of a fractured triangle brought together by a terrifying abduction...this mind-bending thriller is sure to enthrall listeners." -- AudioFile Magazine
This program includes an exclusive author's note, read by Romy Hausmann
Bustle Best Books of Fall 2020
Publishers Weekly Top 10... Read more
A Thousand Questions
By: Saadia Faruqi
Narrated by: Gail Shalan & Reena Dutt
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s tender and honest middle grade novel tells the story of two girls navigating a summer of change and family upheaval with kind hearts, big dreams, and all the right questions. Mimi is not thrilled to be spending her summer in Karachi, Pakistan, with grandparents she’s never met.... Read more
View audiobookPoetic Remedies for Troubled Times
By: Taisia Kitaiskaia
Narrated by: Zura Johnson
Length: 1 hour 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Baba Yaga offers more off-kilter remedies for the modern dilemmas of an unstable age using her uncanny style, poetic simplicity, and surprising candor.
In this follow-up to Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles, award-winning writer Taisia Kitaiskaia once again embodies the legendary witch of Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga, to... Read more
Joe Biden
By: Evan Osnos
Narrated by: Evan Osnos & David Remnick
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
*A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*
A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s successful lifelong quest for the presidency by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest—fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career... Read more
Cuyahoga
By: Pete Beatty
Narrated by: Feodor Chin
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
“Cuyahoga is tragic and comic, hilarious and inventive—a 19th-century legend for 21st-century America” (The Boston Globe).
Big Son is a spirit of the times—the times being 1837. Behind his broad shoulders, shiny hair, and church-organ laugh, Big Son practically made Ohio City all by himself.... Read more
Confessions on the 7:45
By: Lisa Unger
Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
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“Intricate and nuanced—on par with the best top-flight psychological suspense.” —L.A. Times
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels a stunning web of lies.
Selena Murphy is commuting home on the train when she strikes up a conversation with a... Read more
Em
By: Kim Thúy
Narrated by: Eve Landry & Kim Thúy
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
"Em, c’est le fil qui relie les ouvriers des plantations de caoutchouc et les femmes des salons de manucure aux orphelins de l’opération Babylift, qui a évacué des enfants de Saigon en 1975. Em, c’est celle qui aime." Read more
View audiobookDown Along with That Devil's Bones
By: Connor Towne O'Neill
Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
“We can no longer see ourselves as minor spectators or weary watchers of history after finishing this astonishing work of nonfiction.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy
Connor Towne O’Neill’s journey onto the battlefield of white supremacy began with a visit to Selma, Alabama, in 2015. There he had a chance encounter with a group of people... Read more
Missing from the Village
By: Justin Ling
Narrated by: Justin Ling
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men--the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur--from Toronto's queer community.
Shortlisted for the 2021 Toronto Book Awards
In 2013, the Toronto Police Service announced that the disappearances of three men--Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi, and Majeed Kayhan--from Toronto's gay... Read more
Everything Comes Next
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
Narrated by: Naomi Shihab Nye & James Patrick Cronin
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Beloved and acclaimed poet Naomi Shihab Nye is the current Young People’s Poet Laureate, serving until August 2021. This celebratory book collects in one volume her most popular and accessible poems from the past forty years. Featuring new, never-before-published poems, an introduction by bestselling poet and author Edward Hirsch, as well as a... Read more
View audiobookCrush
By: Tracy Wolff
Narrated by: Heather Costa & Tim Paige
Length: 18 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Jaxon and Grace's story continues in New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff's captivating sequel to Crave.
I'm in the fight of my life. For my humanity. For Jaxon. And for the world I've only just begun to be a part of. I'm all in, even if saving the people I love means I risk losing myself forever. Read more
Crownchasers
By: Rebecca Coffindaffer
Narrated by: Reba Buhr
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A deadly race across 1,001 planets will determine more than just the fate of the empire. This explosive first book in a duology jam-packed with tension and thrills is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Aurora Rising, and Three Dark Crowns.Alyssa Farshot has spent her whole life trying to outrun her family legacy, even leaving behind the... Read more
View audiobookThe End of the Day
By: Bill Clegg
Narrated by: Bill Clegg
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Following his acclaimed New York Times bestseller Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg returns with a “delicate, deeply observed, and deftly crafted” (Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs) second novel about the complicated bonds and breaking points of friendship, the corrosive forces of secrets, the heartbeat of longing, and the... Read more
View audiobookWatch Over Me
By: Nina LaCour
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A modern ghost story about trauma and survival, Watch Over Me is the much-anticipated new novel from the Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay
★ “Gripping; an emotion-packed must-read.” –Kirkus, starred review
★ “A painfully compelling gem from a masterful creator.” –Booklist, starred review
★ “Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric... Read more
Don't Look for Me
By: Wendy Walker
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
In Wendy Walker's thrilling novel Don't Look for Me, the greatest risk isn’t running away. It’s running out of time.
One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life.
She doesn't want to be found.
Or at least, that's the story.
The car abandoned miles from home.
The note found at a nearby hotel.
The shattered family that couldn’t be put back... Read more
ArtCurious
By: Jennifer Dasal
Narrated by: Jennifer Dasal
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast
We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you... Read more
Stakes Is High
By: Mychal Denzel Smith
Narrated by: Mychal Denzel Smith
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.
The events of the past decade have forced us to reckon with who we are and who we want to be. We have been invested in a set of beliefs about our American identity: our exceptionalism, the inevitable rightness of our... Read more
The Big Door Prize
By: M. O. Walsh
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
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The New York Times bestselling author of My Sunshine Away returns with a gripping and heartfelt novel about a mysterious machine that upends a small Louisiana town, asking us all to wonder if who we truly are is who we truly could be.
What would you do if you knew your life's potential? That's the... Read more
Chaos
By: Iris Johansen
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
Length: 13 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
In this high-stakes thriller, a #1 New York Times bestselling author introduces CIA agent Alisa Flynn, who is willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered.
When CIA agent Alisa Flynn flaunts the rules by breaking into a mansion in the middle of the night, she skillfully circumvents alarms... Read more
You Can Keep That to Yourself
By: Adam Smyer
Narrated by: Donald Faison
Length: 25 minutes
Abridged: No
At long last, a much-needed guidebook for well-intentioned people of pallor on what not to say to their African American "friends."
Greetings, well-intentioned person of pallor.
Your good intentions used to be enough. But in these diverse and divisive times, some people would hold you accountable for your actions. You were not raised for such... Read more