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I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

By: Lorrie Moore

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From “one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation” (The New York Times)—a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and romantic), and the vanishing and persistence of all things—seen... 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

The Cafe at Beach End

By: RaeAnne Thayne

Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“This compelling tale of family and community will please Thayne’s legions of fans as well as readers of Susan Mallery and Robyn Carr.” – Booklist on The Café at Beach End

For fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs, an emotional story of starting over and reclaiming happiness.

When Meredith Collins was a child, the little beach town of Cape... Read more

The Surviving Sky

By: Kritika H. Rao

Narrated by: Pranshu Mishra & Sharmila Devar

Length: 18 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few.

If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below.

Charismatic... Read more

Reproduction

By: Louisa Hall

Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A lucid, genre-defying novel that explores the surreality of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in a country in crisis A novelist attempts to write a book about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, a mother and artist whose harrowing pregnancies reveal the cost of human reproduction. Soon, however, the novelist’s own painful experiences of... Read more

The Woman Inside

By: M. T. Edvardsson

Narrated by: Josh Dylan, Nathalie Buscombe & Sofia Engstrand

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration and an author's note read by the author.

A wealthy couple ends up murdered in the nicest part of town in this compulsively listenable thriller from M. T. Edvardsson.

Bill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate to provide for his daughter, Sally. Struggling to pay rent, he welcomes a lodger into their... Read more

The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

By: Courtney Walsh

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness.Isadora Bentley follows the rules. Isadora Bentley likes things just so. Isadora Bentley believes that happiness is something that flat-out doesn’t exist in her life—and never will.As a university researcher, Isadora keeps to herself as much as possible. She avoids the students... Read more

The Mythmakers

By: Keziah Weir

Narrated by: Brefny Caribou

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Editors’ Choice
Named a Best New Book of the Year by Harper’s Bazaar
Named a Best Book of the Summer by Shondaland, SheReads, The Boston Globe, Harper’s Bazaar, and Reader’s Digest

From an acclaimed senior editor at Vanity Fair comes a “laudable” (The New York Times) debut novel about a young journalist who discovers a short... Read more

To Name the Bigger Lie

By: Sarah Viren

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“Has the page-turning quality of a thriller.” —NPR
“Strange and wonderful…A book for our times.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Propulsive…mesmerizing…breathtaking.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

This unforgettable memoir traces the ramifications of a series of lies that threaten to derail the author’s life—exploring the line between... Read more

100 Places to See After You Die

By: Ken Jennings

Narrated by: Ken Jennings

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes a hilarious travel guide to the afterlife, exploring to die for destinations from literature, mythology, and pop culture.

Ever wonder which circles of Dante’s Inferno have the nicest accommodations? Where’s the best place to grab a bite to eat in... Read more

Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal & Johnny Rey Diaz

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A "genuinely scary" horror debut written in "prose so beautiful you won't want to rush" about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Ana Reyes)



Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal... Read more

The Puzzle Master

By: Danielle Trussoni

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery—one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity—in this suspenseful thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Angelology

“This novel has it all and more. In the nimble, talented hands of Trussoni the pages fly.”—#1 New York... Read more

The Spectacular

By: Fiona Davis

Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs & Kimberly Farr

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times Bestselling Author of The Magnolia Palace: A thrilling story about love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of dreams, set amidst the glamour and glitz of Radio City Music Hall in its mid-century heyday.

New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her high school sweetheart is about to propose... Read more

Psyche and Eros

By: Luna McNamara

Narrated by: Rachel Petladwala & Joshua Riley

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

 “A pure delight . . . Romantic, poignant, and spellbinding.”— REBECCA ROSS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals“Fiercely feminist and deeply romantic, Psyche and Eros has the allure of an old fable and the epic quality of ancient myth, tinged with a provocative, modern wit. Passionate and deftly-told.” — AVA REID, #1 New York... Read more

Tough Titties

By: Laura Belgray

Narrated by: Laura Belgray

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a brutally honest, hilarious, and relatable account of being a late bloomer on the dating scene, trying to master adulthood, and embracing your inner dork: "a hilarious, must-read permission slip to be 100% you" (Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

What does it take to grow up cool and popular, master adulthood, fast... Read more

Nightbloom

By: Peace Adzo Medie

Narrated by: Jessica Sarkodie, Ekua Ekumah & Sarah Dorgbadzi

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Reese's Book Club Pick His Only Wife, this moving novel about the unbreakable power of female friendship follows two estranged women in Ghana who reconnect in a crisis.

When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable. Selasi was exuberant and funny, Akorfa quiet and... Read more

Such Kindness

By: Andre Dubus, III

Narrated by: Andre Dubus, III

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A working-class white man takes a terrible fall.Tom Lowe’s identity and his pride are invested in the work he does with his back and his hands. He designed and built his family’s dream home, working extra hours to pay off the adjustable rate mortgage he took on the property, convinced he is making every sacrifice for the happiness of his wife... Read more

Don't Call It Hair Metal

By: Sean Kelly

Narrated by: Sean Kelly

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A love letter to the hard-rocking, but often snubbed, music of the era of excess: the 1980s



There may be no more joyous iteration in all of music than 1980s hard rock. It was an era where the musical and cultural ideals of rebellion and freedom of the great rock 'n' roll of the '50s, '60s, and '70s were taken to dizzying heights of neon excess.... Read more

George

By: Frieda Hughes

Narrated by: Frieda Hughes

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

“Poignant and funny…a passionate book about unconditional love and commitment.” —The Washington Post * “Captivating.” —Associated Press * “Rich with imagery…It’s impossible not to be smitten.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

From poet and painter Frieda Hughes, an intimate, charming, and humorous memoir recounting her experience rescuing and raising... Read more

Same Time Next Summer

By: Annabel Monaghan

Narrated by: Dan Bittner & Brittany Pressley

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bursting with the magic of first love, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER

Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple • Reader’s Digest • Country Living • The Skimm • BookBub • GoodReads

Beach Rules:
Do take long walks on the sand.
Do put an umbrella in every... Read more

The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

Narrated by: Madeleine Maby & Kristin Harmel

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times bestseller!

“A gorgeous, gut-wrenching” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers facing unthinkable choices as the Nazis invade France—from the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel.

Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in... Read more

We're All in This Together . . .

By: Tom Papa

Narrated by: Tom Papa

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"In 37 short essays comedian Tom Papa reminds listeners that life's absurdities are here to stay and that everyone is doing the best they can. His tone and delivery are comforting, heartwarming, even therapeutic."- AudioFile

Stand-up is all well and good, but observational humor that’s funny and warm may work... Read more

Maeve Fly

By: CJ Leede

Narrated by: Sosie Bacon

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is gory and brutal and beautiful and painful and terrifying and a pure delight." —Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author

“Leede’s words and narrator Sosie Bacon’s voice imbue Maeve with thought-provoking realism and earnestness, even as her violent acts become more savagely creative.” - Library Journal

A provocative debut... Read more

Slow AF Run Club

By: Martinus Evans

Narrated by: Martinus Evans

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A practical guide and a celebration of running for runners of all sizes and athletic ability, from the founder of the Slow AF Run Club.

Ten years ago, Martinus Evans got some stern advice from his doctor: “Lose weight or die.” First defensive, but then defiant, Evans vowed that day to run a marathon, though his doctor thought he was crazy. Since... Read more