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The Ranger

By: Ace Atkins

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

After years of war, Army Ranger Quinn Colson returns home to the rugged, rough hill country of northeast Mississippi to find his native Tibbehah County plagued by corruption, decay, meth runners, and violence. His uncle, the longtime county sheriff, is dead. A suicide, he’s told, but others—like tomboy Deputy Lillie Virgil—whisper murder.In the... Read more

Cost of Living

By: Emily Maloney

Narrated by: Emily Maloney

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams in a collection of essays chronicling one woman’s experiences as both patient and caregiver, giving a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital bed.

What does it cost to live?

When we fall ill, our lives... Read more

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

By: Georgia Pritchett

Narrated by: Katherine Parkinson

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

“Georgia Pritchett is a singularly hilarious person. Her book is a delightful and perfect reflection of her. Its tenderness sneaks up on you and really packs a punch. What a magnificent read!”—Julia Louis DreyfusJenny Lawson meets Nora Ephron in this joyful memoir-in-vignettes on living—and thriving—with anxiety from a multiple Emmy... Read more

Arlington Park

By: Rachel Cusk

Narrated by: Jilly Bond

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A funny, satirical tale of English mothers on the brink of rebellion, Arlington Park is a novel for the ages.Set over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, Arlington Park is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at... Read more

No Filter and Other Lies

By: Crystal Maldonado

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

You should know, right now, that I’m a liar. 
 
They’re usually little lies. Tiny lies. Baby lies. Not so much lies as lie adjacent.
           
But they’re still lies.

Twenty one-year-old Max Monroe has it all: beauty, friends, and a glittering life filled with adventure. With tons of followers on Instagram, her picture-perfect existence seems... Read more

Jane and the Year Without a Summer

By: Stephanie Barron

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript—about a baronet’s daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain—cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a... Read more

Cold

By: Mariko Tamaki

Narrated by: Katharine Chin & Raymond J. Lee

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A boy, a body, a girl, a secret. From award-winning author Mariko Tamaki, Cold is a haunting YA audiobook about a shocking murder in a quiet town and four students who knew too much and said too little.

This is the story of a boy who died—and a girl who wants to know why.

Todd Mayer is dead. Now he's some sort of ghost, hovering over his body,... Read more

Free Love

By: Tessa Hadley

Narrated by: Abigail Thaw

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“Exquisite."" —Minneapolis Star Tribune • ""Brilliantly observed.” — People, Pick of the Week“A beguiling novel, deceptively easy to read; beneath the surface swim disturbing and age-old questions about freedom and fate.” — Hilary MantelFrom the bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past comes a compulsive new novel about one woman’s... Read more

The Pages

By: Hugo Hamilton

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

An entirely original novel in which a book—Joseph Roth's masterpiece Rebellion—narrates its own astonishing life story, from 1930s Germany to the present day, at the heart of a gripping mystery.
 
“A powerful, powerful piece of work.” —Colum McCann, best-selling author of Apeirogon

One old copy of the novel Rebellion sits in Lena Knecht’s tote... Read more

A Letter to Three Witches

By: Elizabeth Bass

Narrated by: Emily Durante & Nick Mondelli

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In the sleepy college town of Zenobia, New York, the only supernatural trace on display is the name of Gwen Engel’s business—Abracadabra Odd Job Service. But Gwen’s family has some unusual abilities they’ve been keeping under wraps—until one little letter spells big trouble... Nearly a century ago, Gwen Engel’s great-great-grandfather cast a... Read more

In the Shadow of the Mountain

By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Narrated by: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert

This audiobook is read by the author.

"Through her narration, Vasquez-Lavado, whose first language... Read more

Black Love Matters

By: Jessica P. Pryde

Narrated by: Jessica P. Pryde, Gina Daniels, Julienne Irons,...

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde.
 
Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of storytelling for centuries. But for Black people in... Read more

Hunt the Stars

By: Jessie Mihalik

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The critically acclaimed author of Polaris Rising takes readers on an exciting journey with the start of her brand-new series about a female bounty hunter and the man who is her sworn enemy.   “Jessie Mihalik is an author to watch.” — Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit... Read more

This Woven Kingdom

By: Tahereh Mafi

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people—Tahereh Mafi’s first in an epic, romantic trilogy inspired by Persian mythology.To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide... Read more

Mercy Street

By: Jennifer Haigh

Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ms. Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive, akin to that of writers as different as Richard Price, Richard Ford, and Richard Russo.”—Janet Maslin, New York TimesThe highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh—“a... Read more

The Family Chao

By: Lan Samantha Chang

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant’s delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. Whether or not Big Leo Chao is honest, or his wife, Winnie, is happy, their food tastes good and their three sons earned scholarships to... Read more

Fire Becomes Her

By: Rosiee Thor

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy story with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the socialladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes.Flare is power.With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground -- and seventeen-year-oldIngrid Ellis... Read more

Circus of Wonders

By: Elizabeth Macneal

Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the “lush, evocative Gothic” (The New York Times Book Review) The Doll Factory comes an atmospheric and spectacular novel about a woman transformed by the arrival of a Victorian circus of wonders—“as moving as it is deeply entertaining” (Daniel Mason, New York Times bestselling author).

Step up,... Read more

Recitatif

By: Toni Morrison

Narrated by: Zadie Smith & Bahni Turpin

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A beautiful, arresting story about race and the relationships that shape us through life by the legendary Nobel Prize winner—for the first time in a beautifully produced stand-alone edition, with an introduction by Zadie Smith
 
“A puzzle of a story, then—a game.... When [Morrison] called Recitatif an ‘experiment’ she... Read more

Something Fabulous

By: Alexis Hall

Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who’s betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other.Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally.It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately,... Read more

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

By: Eva Jurczyk

Narrated by: Hannah Cabell

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

What holds more secrets in the library—the ancient books shelved in the stacks or the people who preserve them?Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, quietly managing details to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke... Read more

Go Back to Where You Came From

By: Wajahat Ali

Narrated by: Wajahat Ali

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!

This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where, exactly? Fremont, California, where he grew up, but now an unaffordable place to live? Or
Pakistan, the country his parents left behind a half-century... Read more

Undermoney

By: Jay Newman

Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb

Length: 20 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From a seasoned global finance insider comes “a gripping thriller that takes you into the world of New York hedge funds, Russian money launderers, and DC power politics [that] makes you feel like you’re actually there” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice).

When a US airdrop of billions of dollars disappears in the desert sands of Syria, only a... Read more

Perpetual West

By: Mesha Maren

Narrated by: Tony Chiroldes

Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

​“Stunning . . . A forceful addition to the literature of the U.S.-Mexican border and its ongoing history of tragedy and joy.”
—Jennifer Clement, The New York Times Book Review 

“Suspenseful, seductive . . . A thrill ride from cover to cover.”
—Oprah Daily, “The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022” 

The riveting new novel by the acclaimed author of... Read more