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The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
By: Beth Morrey
Narrated by: Harriet Walter
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and A Man Called Ove, a life-affirming, deeply moving "coming-of-old" story, a celebration of how ordinary days are made extraordinary through friendship, family, and the power of forgiving yourself--at any age.
"At a time when people are having to isolate, [this novel is] a balm, offering an... Read more
Afterlife
By: Julia Alvarez
Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
From the internationally bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents comes “a stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own.” (Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award–winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Poet X)Antonia Vega, the... Read more
View audiobookJoy at Work
By: Marie Kondo & Scott Sonenshein
Narrated by: Brittany Ishibashi & Dan Woren
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Declutter your desk and brighten up your business with this transformative guide from an organizational psychologist and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and... Read more
The List of Things That Will Not Change
By: Rebecca Stead
Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
EIGHT STARRED REVIEWS! The reassuring book kids and families need right now.
"An absolute original . . . a story that kids will love." --R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of Wonder
At a time when everything is changing for Bea and her family, the important things will always stay the same. A soon-to-be classic by the Newbery Award-winning author of... Read more
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
By: Samira Ahmed
Narrated by: Leila Buck & Soneela Nankani
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestsellingauthor Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escapethe pressure of cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by men.It’s August in Paris and 17-year-old Khayyam Maquet—American, French,... Read more
View audiobookRules for Being a Girl
By: Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Candace Bushnell, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sex and the City, and Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days, team up to write a fierce, propulsive novel about a girl who is preyed upon by a manipulative teacher and finds the power to fight back. Perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Laurie Halse Anderson.It... Read more
View audiobookA Bad Day for Sunshine
By: Darynda Jones
Narrated by: Lorelei King
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
“This suspenseful and witty first novel in a new series is a perfect match for narrator Lorelei King." -- Booklist
"Narrator Lorelei King works well with the subtly snarky style of author Darynda Jones...Listeners will look forward to the next installment of this new series, as some mysteries are solved, and others remain." -- AudioFile Magazine ... Read more
Bonds of Brass
By: Emily Skrutskie
Narrated by: James Fouhey
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend—the man he trusts most and might even love—only to learn that his friend is secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire.
“An exciting space opera full of action and adventure that explores the bonds of loyalty and love, and what happens when they are stretched to their limits.”—Rebecca... Read more
We Want Our Bodies Back
By: jessica Care moore
Narrated by: jessica Care moore
Length: 2 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A dazzling full-length collection of verse from one of the leading poets of our time.Over the past two decades, jessica Care moore has become a cultural force as a poet, performer, publisher, activist, and critic. Reflecting her transcendent electric voice, this searing poetry collection is filled with moving, original stanzas that speak to both... Read more
View audiobookDays of Distraction
By: Alexandra Chang
Narrated by: Greta Jung
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
“Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.” — George SaundersA Most Anticipated Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, and The MillionsA wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if... Read more
View audiobookThe Honey-Don't List
By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Patti Murin & Jon Root
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author behind the “joyful, warm, touching” (Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author) The Unhoneymooners comes a delightfully charming love story about what happens when two assistants tasked with keeping a rocky relationship from explosion start to feel sparks of their own.
Carey Duncan has worked... Read more
Tigers, Not Daughters
By: Samantha Mabry
Narrated by: Luis Moreno
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
THE FIRST TIME ANA TORRES C A M E B AC K A S A G H O S T, HER SISTERS WEREN’T THERE.A year later, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, still consumed by grief and haunted by Ana’s memory, startnoticing strange things around the house: laughter without a voice, shadows cast by nothing,writing on the walls. None of them have seen Ana, but they know she’s... Read more
View audiobookLakewood
By: Megan Giddings
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentation—part The Handmaid’s Tale, part The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.One of The Millions’ Most Anticipated Reads (The Great First Half 2020 Books)When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies, and the full extent of the family debt is revealed,... Read more
View audiobookHow to Be Fine
By: Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meinzer
Narrated by: Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meinzer
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A humorous and insightful look into what advice works, what doesn’t, and what it means to transform yourself, by the co-hosts of the popular By the Book podcast.In each episode of their podcast By the Book, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer take a deep dive into a different self-help book, following its specific instructions, rules, and... Read more
View audiobookStand Up, Yumi Chung!
By: Jessica Kim
Narrated by: Greta Jung
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian.
On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her "Yu-MEAT" because she smells like her family's Korean barbecue restaurant. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special.... Read more
Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider
By: Stephen B. Heard, PhD
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance.
Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes.... Read more
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
By: Sean Dietrich
Narrated by: Sean Dietrich
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
From celebrated storyteller "Sean of the South" comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright.Sean Dietrich was twelve years old when he scattered his father's ashes from the mountain range. His father was a man who lived for baseball, a steel worker with a ready... Read more
View audiobookThe Death of Sitting Bear
By: N. Scott Momaday
Narrated by: N. Scott Momaday
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Pulitzer Prize winner and celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday returns with a radiant collection of more than 200 new and selected poems rooted in Native American tradition.
“The poems in this book reflect my deep respect for and appreciation of words. . . . I believe that poetry is the highest form of verbal expression. Although I have... Read more
The Animals At Lockwood Manor
By: Jane Healey
Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A debut novel for fans of Sarah Perry and Kate Morton: when a young woman is tasked with safeguarding a natural history collection as it is spirited out of London during World War II, she discovers her new manor home is a place of secrets and terror instead of protection.
In August 1939, thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright arrives at Lockwood Manor... Read more
These Fevered Days
By: Martha Ackmann
Narrated by: Martha Ackmann
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, “All things are ready” and with this resolute statement,her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely “at home” (the occupation listed on her deathcertificate), Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was hesitant about publication,embraced... Read more
View audiobookBarry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother
By: Barry Sonnenfeld
Narrated by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director’s life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black. Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is, "Regret the Past. Fear the Present. Dread the Future." Told in his unmistakable... Read more
View audiobookThis Town Sleeps
By: Dennis E. Staples
Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Set on a reservation in far northern Minnesota, This Town Sleeps explores the many ways history, culture, landscape, and lineage shape our lives, our understanding of the world we inhabit, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of it all.
On an Ojibwe reservation called Languille Lake, within the small town of Geshig at the hub of the... Read more
Spirit Run
By: Noé Álvarez
Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who “slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives.” A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez... Read more
View audiobookThe June Boys
By: Court Stevens
Narrated by: McKenzie Fetters, Gabe Wicks, Court Stevens, Ri...
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
This audiobook edition includes: The full-length, stand-alone Young Adult suspense novel A bonus scene with one of the Gemini Thief survivors A Q&A between Court Stevens and Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author of Fountains of Silence From award-winning and highly acclaimed author Court Stevens comes a gripping, emotional story... Read more
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