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The Curse of Saints

By: Kate Dramis

Narrated by: Devon Sorvari

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

As an elite spy and the Queen's Third-in-Command, Aya has dedicated herself to a life of discipline and duty, using her gods-given abilities to keep dark magic from ever returning to the realm. Her oath ensures she will always act to protect those she fights alongside?including Will, the Queen's Enforcer and Aya's bitter rival. Forced by... Read more

The Majority

By: Elizabeth L. Silver

Narrated by: Sierra Prasada

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice.

Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to hold on. At 83, “the contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time left. What she has is a... Read more

The Tao of the Backup Catcher

By: Tim Brown

Narrated by: Justin Price & Tim Brown

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This fascinating book chronicles the unsung men of baseball who serve the job, the hardships they face, and their love for a game that would not always love them back―told partly through the experiences of an MLB veteran.​

In baseball there are superstars and stars and everyday players and then there are the rest. Within the rest are role... Read more

Good Fortune

By: C.K. Chau

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A whip-smart and charming debut novel that brilliantly reimagines Pride and Prejudice, set in contemporary Chinatown, exploring contemporary issues of class divides, family ties, cultural identity, and the pleasures and frustrations that come with falling in love. When Elizabeth Chen’s ever-hustling realtor mother finally sells the beloved if... Read more

First to the Front

By: Lorissa Rinehart

Narrated by: Kate Handford

Length: 15 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The first authoritative biography of pioneering photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, who from World War II through the early days of Vietnam got her story by any means necessary as one of the first female war correspondents.

"I side with prisoners against guards, enlisted men against officers, weakness against power."

From the beginning of World War... Read more

Shadow Drive

By: Nolan Cubero

Narrated by: Bernardo de Paula

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this thrilling debut from award-winning filmmaker Nolan Cubero, a young father must investigate his mysterious new tenant and discover what secrets she’s hiding—while trying to keep his own.Landlord Gabriel Angueira is trying to put his life back together. His teenage daughter, Megan, was seriously injured in a car accident caused by her own... Read more

Ripe

By: Sarah Rose Etter

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of 2023 by Time, Huffington Post, Kirkus, and more * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick

A surreal novel with “a dark, delicious edge” (Time) about a woman in Silicon Valley who must decide how much she’s willing to... Read more

Sunshine Nails

By: Mai Nguyen

Narrated by: Carolina Ðo, David Lee Huynh, Quyen Ngo, Vyvy N...

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

This “insightful, moving story with striking depth” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author) follows a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do anything to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high-end salon opens up—even if it tears the family apart.

Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a... Read more

The Door-to-Door Bookstore

By: Carsten Henn

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The charming international bestseller about an unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life.

Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people... Read more

Excavations

By: Kate Myers

Narrated by: Joy Nash

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLER**BEST SUMMER READS OF 2023: The New York Post • Oprah Book Club • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Good Housekeeping • Brit + Co • The Good Trade • Parade • Zibby Mag • O Quaterly“Funny, smart and deeply delicious.” —Amy Poehler • “Witty and acerbic, Myers’ debut is humorous and sharply written, as if Aubrey Plaza’s April... Read more

Trinity

By: Zelda Lockhart

Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The Hurston-Wright Award Finalist makes her long-awaited return with this electrifying saga—as moving and indelible as The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, The Turner House, and The Love Songs of W. E. B. DuBois—that explores three generations of a family trying to overcome trials and trauma and free themselves from the darkness of the past.Lottie... Read more

The Last Dance

By: Mark Billingham

Narrated by: David Threlfall

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham that introduces Detective Miller: a man who's unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated.



Maverick sleuth Declan Miller is back at work following the murder of his wife (and amateur ballroom dancing partner) Alex. Working with new... Read more

The Light Room

By: Kate Zambreno

Narrated by: Kate Zambreno

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup.“  —Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 

From “one of our most formally ambitious writers” (Esquire), a moving account of caretaking in a time of uncertainty and loss

In The Light Room, Zambreno offers her most profound and... Read more

Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

Narrated by: R.A. Spratt

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Selby hates homework.

She would rather watch TV - anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents' bookshop and small-town busybodies.

So Selby didn't plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him.

This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets Hamlet: heavy with grief,... Read more

Like Lava In My Veins

By: Derrick Barnes

Narrated by: James Fouhey

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

All it takes is a loving teacher to help a boy get control of his sizzling superpowers, in this vibrant audiobook by bestselling author Derrick Barnes.

Bobby Beacon’s got fire flowing through his veins. And now he’s psyched to attend a new school that’ll help him get a better grip on his powers. But right off the bat, his new teacher is not too... Read more

Dead of Winter

By: Darcy Coates

Narrated by: Emily Ellet

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, the small group is forced to take shelter in an abandoned hunting cabin. Despite the uncomfortably claustrophobic quarters... Read more

The History of a Difficult Child

By: Mihret Sibhat

Narrated by: Waceke Wambaa

Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD

“An endearing coming-of-age story. . . . Sharp and witty. . . . A wily and operatic novel. . . . Propulsive.” —The Washington Post

"The History of a Difficult Child is an extraordinary novel." —Maaza Mengiste, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Shadow King

“An exhilarating novel by a powerful new... Read more

Dead Man's Wake

By: Paul Doiron

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Henry Leyva's narration shapes the story wonderfully because he keeps his regional accents in line with the writer's intent." —Audiofile on Hatchet Island

Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in this new thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron.

On the evening of... Read more

The Rooster House

By: Victoria Belim

Narrated by: Amrita Acharia

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A timely and deeply moving story of family, history, and UkraineIn 2014, the landmarks of Victoria Belim’s personal geography were plunged into tumult at the hands of Russia. Her hometown, Kyiv, was gripped by protests and violence. Crimea, where she’d once been sent to school to avoid radiation from the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, was... Read more

Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

Narrated by: Guy Lockard & Kim Johnson

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love.

Life can change in an instant. 
When you’re wrongfully accused of a crime. 
When a virus shuts everything down. 
When the girl you love moves on. 

Andre Jackson... Read more

Save What's Left

By: Elizabeth Castellano

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER • An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors.

“Irreverent and unexpectedly tender, this story takes neighborhood feuding to new heights and finds beauty and... Read more

Piece of Cake

By: Mary Hollis Huddleston & Asher Fogle Paul

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

She’s only trying to save her job and her reputation.Claire Sommers grew up as a society girl destined to have it all: tasteful Dallas mansion, high-powered career, hot and rich husband. Until a massive mistake left her reputation in tatters and trust fund frozen. Now the former debutante is scraping by as a magazine staffer in Nashville—trading... Read more

The Happiness Plan

By: Susan Mallery

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

Three women search for joy in #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s new novel of hope, heartache, and the power of friendship.
 
Heather is happy . . . ish. She has a successful business, a cute but contemptuous cat, and best friends Daphne and Tori who know where she’s broken and love her anyway. So why does... Read more

Holding Pattern

By: Jenny Xie

Narrated by: Annie Q

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, VOGUE, VULTURE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE

A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE

"Exquisite and wise." – New York Times

“There is so much heart in these pages, so much wisdom on how we love. This book had me in its orbit, from beginning to end.” – Weike Wang, author of Joan is... Read more