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Camp
By: L. C. Rosen
Narrated by: Drew Caiden
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Set in a summer camp, this sweet and sharp screwball comedy set in a summer camp for queer teens examines the nature of toxic masculinity and self-acceptance.
Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It's where he met his best friends. It's where he takes to the stage in the big musical.... Read more
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
By: Zen Cho
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 3 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.
A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there.
Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of thieves (whether they... Read more
The Girl from Widow Hills
By: Megan Miranda
Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
As a child she made headlines. As an adult no one knows her real name. But some nightmares linger even after you open your eyes…Don’t miss this “hauntingly atmospheric and gorgeously written page-turner” (Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Marriage) from Reese Witherspoon Book Club selected and New York Times... Read more
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By: Capricia Penavic Marshall
Narrated by: Capricia Penavic Marshall & Courtney Patterson
Length: 16 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
President Obama’s former United States chief of protocol looks at why diplomacy and etiquette matter—from the international stage to everyday life.
History often appears to consist of big gestures and dramatic shifts. But for every peace treaty signed, someone set the stage, using hidden influence to effect the outcome. In her roles as chief of... Read more
The Mist
By: Ragnar Jónasson
Narrated by: Amanda Redman
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jónasson's critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene.
1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland.
The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't.
The couple should never have let him in. But they did.
An... Read more
Saving Ruby King
By: Catherine Adel West
Narrated by: Kim Staunton, Imani Parks, Ron Butler, Adam Laz...
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Ms. Magazine, USA Today Book Riot, The Rumpus, Library Journal, PureWow, The Every Girl, Parade and more.
“Forever and to the end. That’s what they say instead of I love you.”
When Ruby King’s mother is found murdered in their home in Chicago’s South Side, the police dismiss it as another act of violence in... Read more
I Was Told it Would Get Easier
By: Abbi Waxman
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan & Bailey Carr
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin
Squashed among a bus full of strangers, mother-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into a series of off-roading misadventures, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of... Read more
The Lost Diary of Venice
By: Margaux DeRoux
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America.
“Enchanting from the first page.”—Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of All the Flowers in Paris
In the wake of her father’s death, Rose Newlin... Read more
Broken People
By: Sam Lansky
Narrated by: Sam Lansky
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parade, Library Journal, Harper’s Bazaar and more
“Profound and affecting.”—Chloe Benjamin
“Broken People leads us through the winds of time and memory to offer a riveting portrait of transformation. I am better for having read it.”—Jamie Lee Curtis
A groundbreaking,... Read more
500 Miles from You
By: Jenny Colgan
Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan returns to the beloved Scottish Highland town of Kirrinfief, which readers first met in The Bookshop on the Shore, and adds a dash of London’s bustling urban landscape.
Lissie, is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at keeping it all together, she’s... Read more
The Lies That Bind
By: Emily Giffin
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Will Damron & Vikas Adam
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this irresistible novel from the author of All We Ever Wanted and Something Borrowed, a young woman falls hard for an impossibly perfect man before he disappears without a trace. . . .
It’s 2 A.M. on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year-old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar in New... Read more
More Miracle than Bird
By: Alice Miller
Narrated by: Polly Lee
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
For fans of Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife and Amor Towles’s Rules of Civility, Alice Miller's sweeping debut novel charts the love story of two of literature’s most fascinating characters: Georgie Hyde-Lees and her husband, W. B. Yeats.
On the eve of World War I, twenty-one-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees—on her own for the first time—is introduced to... Read more
My Summer of Love and Misfortune
By: Lindsay Wong
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato in this hilarious, quirky novel about a Chinese-American teen who is thrust into the decadent world of Beijing high society when she is sent away to spend the summer in China.
Iris Wang is having a bit of a rough start to her summer: Her boyfriend cheated on her, she didn’t get into any colleges, and she... Read more
My Calamity Jane
By: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 13 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Hold on to your hats: The authors who brought you the New York Times bestseller My Plain Jane, which Booklist praised as “delightfully deadpan” (starred review) and Publishers Weekly called “a clever, romantic farce” (starred review), are back with another irreverent historical adventure. Welcome to 1876 America, a place bursting with... Read more
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By: Kevin van Whye
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
"One of the most adorable, big-hearted, charming books in existence." --Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
What If It's Us meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this upbeat and heartfelt boy-meets-boy romance that feels like a modern twist on a '90s rom-com!
Everyone knows about the... Read more
These Women
By: Ivy Pochoda
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin & Frankie Corzo
Length: 9 hours
Abridged: No
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVELAN LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE, MYSTERY & THRILLER FINALIST * AN INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS FINALIST, BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL * A MACAVITY BEST MYSTERY NOVEL FINALISTA Recommended Book FromThe New York Times Book Review * The Washington Post * Vogue * Entertainment Weekly * Elle * People * Marie Claire... Read more
View audiobookThe House in the Woods
By: Mark Dawson
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime.
On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy.
At first it seems like an open and shut... Read more
Real Men Knit
By: Kwana Jackson
Narrated by: Keylor Leigh
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
"If you're looking for an easy charmer, this is the novel for you."—Shondaland
When their foster-turned-adoptive mother suddenly dies, four brothers struggle to keep open the doors of her beloved Harlem knitting shop.
Jesse Strong is known for two things: his devotion to his adoptive mom, Mama Joy, and his reputation for breaking hearts. When... Read more
A Taste of Sage
By: Yaffa S. Santos
Narrated by: Inés del Castillo & Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
A June 2020 Indie Next List Pick!
From talented new writer, Yaffa S. Santos, comes this unforgettable, heartwarming, and hilarious rom-com about chefs, cooking, love, and self-discovery that is a cross between The Hating Game and Sweetbitter.Lumi Santana is a chef with the gift of synesthesia—she can perceive a person’s emotions just by tasting... Read more
The Prettiest Star
By: Carter Sickels
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston & Tiffany Morgan
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's where Brian is from, where his family is, and where he's chosen to return to die.
At eighteen, Brian, like so many other promising young gay men, arrived in New York City without much more than a love for the freedom and release from his past that it promised. But within six short... Read more
The Eagle Huntress
By: Aisholpan Nurgaiv
Narrated by: Alexa Khan
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in—and win—one of Mongolia's most prestigious competitions.
In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York... Read more
The Boy in the Red Dress
By: Kristin Lambert
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp of truth, lies, and troubled pasts.
New Year's Eve, 1929.
Millie is running the show at the Cloak & Dagger, a swinging speakeasy in the French Quarter, while her aunt is out of town. The new year is just around the corner, and all of New Orleans... Read more
A Deadly Inside Scoop
By: Abby Collette
Narrated by: Chandra Skyye
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
This book kicks off a charming cozy mystery series set in an ice cream shop—with a fabulous cast of quirky characters.
Recent MBA grad Bronwyn Crewse has just taken over her family's ice cream shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and she's going back to basics. Win is renovating Crewse Creamery to restore its former glory, and filling the menu with... Read more
Shakespeare for Squirrels
By: Christopher Moore
Narrated by: Euan Morton
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore—an uproarious, hardboiled take on the Bard’s most performed play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring Pocket, the hero of Fool and The Serpent of Venice, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey, Jeff.Set... Read more
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