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Kings of B'more

By: R. Eric Thomas

Narrated by: Torian Brackett

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"Infused with all the joy of the best teen movies, Kings of B'more is sure to be a big hit." —BuzzFeed

Two Black queer best friends face their last day together with an epic journey through Baltimore in this magnetic YA debut by bestselling author of Here for It, R. Eric Thomas.

A 2023 Stonewall Honor Book for Young Adult Literature

With... Read more

Phasers on Stun!

By: Ryan Britt

Narrated by: Ryan Britt

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

An Esquire Best Book of 2022!

Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change.
 
For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science,... Read more

Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster

By: Andrea Mosqueda

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister's quinceañera - and fast.

Growing up in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she’s okay with that. After all, she has a great family, a goofy group of friends, a rocky romantic history, and dreams of... Read more

River of the Gods

By: Candice Millard

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST • GOODREADS

"A lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by... Read more

Something Wilder

By: Christina Lauren

Narrated by: Patti Murin, Jon Root & Christina Lauren

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar) and New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners present a charming and laugh-out-loud funny novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love.

Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much... Read more

An Island

By: Karen Jennings

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A “beautifully and sparingly constructed” (The New York Times) novel about a lighthouse keeper with a mysterious past, and the stranger who washes up on his shores—An Island is the American debut of a major voice in world literature.

“An Island by Karen Jennings is quite simply a... Read more

No Escape

By: Nury Turkel

Narrated by: Stewart Lang

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful memoir by Nury Turkel lays bare China’s repression of the Uyghur people. Turkel is cofounder and board chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project and a commissioner for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

In recent years, the People’s Republic of China has rounded up as many as three million Uyghurs, placing... Read more

Geiger

By: Gustaf Skördeman

Narrated by: Claire Corbett

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

For a seemingly perfect family, a single word will change everything in this edge‑of‑your‑seat thriller for fans of The Silent Patient and The Whisper Man.

It's early summer in Stockholm. Agneta and Stellan Broman have just waved off their daughters and grandchildren when the landline phone rings. The caller says just one word: "Geiger." Agneta... Read more

The Ghosts of Rose Hill

By: R. M. Romero

Narrated by: Carla Corvo

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

Magic will burn you up.

Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez—a biracial Jewish girl—finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents’ desire for her to pursue a more stable career.
 
When she discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery behind her aunt’s cottage,... Read more

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

Narrated by: Julie Lumsden

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. A William C. Morris Award Honor Book and a Stonewall Award... Read more

Siren Queen

By: Nghi Vo

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR NGHI VO COMES A DAZZLING NEW NOVEL WHERE IMMORTALITY IS JUST A CASTING CALL AWAY

"Natalie Naudus's skilled narration adds to the luminous and otherworldly qualities of Vo's historical fantasy." -AudioFile on Siren Queen

It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic.

"No maids, no funny talking, no fainting... Read more

Back to the Prairie

By: Melissa Gilbert

Narrated by: Melissa Gilbert

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Includes a foreword written and read by Timothy Busfield

The New York Times bestselling author and star of Little House on the Prairie returns with a hilarious and heartfelt memoir chronicling her journey from Hollywood to a ramshackle house in the Catskills during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Known for her childhood role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the... Read more

The Murder Rule

By: Dervla McTiernan

Narrated by: Kate Orsini, Sophie Amoss & Michael Crouch

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times best thriller of the year!""Matters culminate in a courtroom fireworks display worthy of Perry Mason in his prime. The Murder Rule holds one’s interest from its cheeky opening pages through its final scene."" —Wall Street JournalFor fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother daughter... Read more

Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer, Vikas Adam & Oliver Wyman

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from the school curriculum by New York Times-bestselling author David Levithan.

When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it—much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel... Read more

Kagen the Damned

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 20 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Kagen the Damned marks the first installment of an exciting new series of dark epic fantasy novels from bestselling author Jonathan Maberry.

Sworn by Oath
Kagen Vale is the trusted and feared captain of the palace guard, charged with protection of the royal children of the Silver Empire. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial... Read more

2 A.M. in Little America

By: Ken Kalfus

Narrated by: BJ Harrison

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From "an important writer in every sense" (David Foster Wallace), a novel that imagines a future in which sweeping civil conflict has forced America's young people to flee its borders, into an unwelcoming world.



One such American is Ron Patterson, who finds himself on distant shores, working as a repairman and sharing a room with other refugees.... Read more

The Eternal Tao Te Ching

By: Benjamin Hoff

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From Benjamin Hoff, author of The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, comes The Eternal Tao Te Ching, a new translation of the Chinese philosophical classic, the Tao Te Ching.



The Eternal Tao Te Ching is the first translation to employ the meanings of the pre-writing brush characters in use 2,400 years... Read more

The Book Woman's Daughter

By: Kim Michele Richardson

Narrated by: Katie Schorr

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Revisit the packhorse librarians of Kentucky with this stunning companion to the New York Times bestseller The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse... Read more

Love Marriage

By: Monica Ali

Narrated by: Ayesha Dharker

Length: 15 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of 2022 So Far by The New Yorker!

“Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose—they’re all here in this romp of a book.” —Oprah Daily

A Phenomenal Book Club Pick and a New York Times Book Review Group Text Selection, Love Marriage is a glorious moving novel from Booker Prize shortlisted Monica Ali, who... Read more

One Day I Shall Astonish the World

By: Nina Stibbe

Narrated by: Joanna Scanlan

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From the beloved author of Love, Nina, a frank, tender, and poignantly funny story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime.
 
Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of... Read more

Bravely

By: Maggie Stiefvater

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

What if you had one year to save everything you loved? ONE PRINCESS. Merida of DunBroch needs a change. She loves her family—jovial King Fergus, proper Queen Elinor, the mischievous triplets— and her peaceful kingdom. But she's frustrated by its sluggishness; each day, the same. Merida longs for adventure, purpose, challenge – maybe even,... Read more

The Agathas

By: Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson

Narrated by: Mehr Dudeja, Sophie Amoss & Holly Linneman

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who killed Brooke Donovan? It’s the biggest mystery of the summer, and everyone in Castle Cove thinks they know what happened. But they're wrong. Two unlikely friends come together to solve the case in this fast-paced, fun, modern Agatha Christie inspired thriller.

"Part Agatha Christie, part Veronica Mars, and... Read more

The Wedding Season

By: Katy Birchall

Narrated by: Daphne Kouma

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Four Weddings and a Funeral meets The Wedding Party in Katy Birchall's The Wedding Season: when a recently jilted bride is forced to attend seven weddings in one summer, her friends devise a series of challenges as distraction.

Freya Scott is getting married. Her wedding to Matthew, her long-term boyfriend, is the first of eight in her calendar... Read more

Disrupting the Game

By: Reggie Fils-Aimé

Narrated by: Reggie Fils-Aimé

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERIncludes an audiobook-exclusive conversation with video game journalist Geoff Keighley!Read by the author.LESSONS FROM A BOSS-LEVEL DISRUPTOR AND GAMING LEGENDReggie Fils-Aimé, retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Inc., shares leadership lessons and inspiring stories from his unlikely... Read more