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Come Fly The World
By: Julia Cooke
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men–era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted up
Required to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, a jet-age stewardess serving on iconic Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also... Read more
Float Plan
By: Trish Doller
Narrated by: Sarah Naughton
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
"In this story about love, loss, and second chances, narrator Sarah Naughton delivers clever dialogue, heartwarming wisdom, heart- breaking pain, and life-affirming humor...This poignant yet funny audiobook filled with valuable life lessons is served up with a pitch-perfect delivery." -- AudioFile Magazine
* One of OprahMag.com's Most Anticipated... Read more
Later
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Seth Numrich
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
2022 MYSTERY AUDIE AWARD WINNER!
A BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM LEGENDARY STORYTELLER STEPHEN KING!
SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS
The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one... Read more
Vera
By: Carol Edgarian
Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers “an all-encompassing and enthralling” (Oprah Daily) novel featuring an unforgettable heroine coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe, and her quest for love and reinvention.
Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco’s... Read more
Burning Girls and Other Stories
By: Veronica Schanoes
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
When we came to America, we brought anger and socialism and hunger. We also brought our demons.
In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes crosses borders and genres with stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center. This debut collection introduces readers to a fantasist in the vein of Karen... Read more
Simon B. Rhymin'
By: Dwayne Reed
Narrated by: Dwayne Reed
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
A humorous and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a young rapper whose rhymes help bring his community together, from America's favorite rapping teacher.
As featured on Good Morning America!
Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper that everyone calls Notorious D.O.G. But for now, he's just a Chicago... Read more
Home Is Not a Country
By: Safia Elhillo
Narrated by: Safia Elhillo & Christopher Myers
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
“Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X
From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have... Read more
Every Last Fear
By: Alex Finlay
Narrated by: Cady McClain & Jon Lindstrom
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
"Finlay’s debut is a twisty puzzle that will please fans of thrillers, suspense, and true crime. Cady McClain and Jon Lindstrom capably voice a large cast of characters and keep ratcheting up the tension." -- Library Journal
One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021: • Newsweek • CNN • E! Online • Goodreads • BuzzFeed • PopSugar • BookBub •... Read more
The Memory Thief
By: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
“This expertly crafted story thrums with magic, love, and tense action.” —Booklist (starred review)
Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, this fantastical and heartfelt first book in a new trilogy from critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson follows a girl who must defeat thirteen evil... Read more
Smoke
By: Joe Ide
Narrated by: Zeno Robinson
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Isaiah Quintabe—an unlicensed detective for all seasons—and his best friend and masterful sidekick, Juanell Dodson, are at a crossroads in this latest installment of the "aggressively entertaining" IQ series (New York Times). This time, their lives may never be the same.
Isaiah Quintabe is no longer IQ, the genius of East Long Beach; instead,... Read more
Lovecraft Country
By: Matt Ruff
Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
Length: 12 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Now an HBO® series from J.J. Abrams (executive producer of Westworld), Misha Green (creator of Underground), and Jordan Peele (director of Get Out and Us), this brilliant and imaginative novel by critically acclaimed author Matt Ruff makes visceral the terrors of Jim Crow America, melding historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian... Read more
View audiobookWhile Paris Slept
By: Ruth Druart
Narrated by: Luke Thompson, Frazer Hadfield, Jane Collingwoo...
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
One woman must make the hardest decision of her life in this unforgettably moving story of resistance and faith during one of the darkest times in history.
Santa Cruz, 1953. Jean-Luc is a man on the run from his past. The scar on his face is a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi occupation in France. Now, he has a new life in... Read more
The Smash-Up
By: Ali Benjamin
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Rebecca Lowman, Dion Graham & ...
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Smart, sublime, and wickedly clever, The Smash-Up captures—then transcends—our current polarized moment
“An exhilarating ride . . . hilarious . . . a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids.”—The New York Times
Ethan has always been one of the good guys, and for years, nobody has appreciated this fact more than his wife,... Read more
The First Fossil Hunters
By: Adrienne Mayor
Narrated by: Donna Postel
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Griffins, cyclopes, monsters, and giants—these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than merely fictions? Through careful research and meticulous documentation, Adrienne Mayor... Read more
View audiobookDo No Harm
By: Christina McDonald
Narrated by: Joy Osmanski & Kyle Tait
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a Best Book of 2021 by Real Simple
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell comes an unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel about the lengths one woman will go to save her son.
Emma loves her life. She’s the mother of a precocious kindergartener, married to her soulmate—a loyal and loving police... Read more
Lady in Ermine
By: Donna DiGiuseppe
Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Stroke by stroke, color by color, the past comes alive as a young woman in Lombardy, Italy, trains to paint with the masters.
Will her ambition be too much for them? Or will she secure her place in the world of Renaissance art, despite them?
As Sofonisba struggles to make her name, the Spanish empire invades Italy. With Michelangelo as her mentor... Read more
A Pho Love Story
By: Loan Le
Narrated by: Ryan Do & Vyvy Nguyen
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
“Will leave readers swooning.” —PopSugar
When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their families’ age-old feud about their competing, neighboring restaurants.
If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d... Read more
Gay Bar
By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
Narrated by: Jeremy Atherton Lin
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
As gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what’s being lost in this indispensable, intimate, and stylish celebration of history. In the era of Grindr and same-sex marriage, gay bars are closing down at an alarming rate. What, then, was the gay bar? Set between Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, Gay... Read more
View audiobookAncestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
By: Cynthia L. Smith
Narrated by: Kenny Ramos & DeLanna Studi
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride. Native families from Nations across the continent gather at the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow in Ann Arbor, Michigan.... Read more
View audiobookThe Princess Spy
By: Larry Loftis
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
“As exciting as any spy novel” (Daily News, New York), The Princess Spy follows the hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS’s most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility. Perfect for fans of A Woman of No Importance and... Read more
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
By: Shaun Bythell
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Length: 2 hours
Abridged: No
A wickedly witty field guide to bookstore customers by the curmudgeonly shop owner and author of Confessions of a Bookseller. Shaun Bythell knows them all—from the “Person Who Doesn’t Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)” to the “Parents Secretly after Free Childcare.” The business of books has never been funnier.In a... Read more
View audiobookUnder a White Sky
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
AudioFile Magazine’s Best Audiobooks of 2021
The New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction and Field Notes from a Catastrophe returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment in Under a White Sky.
That man should have dominion “over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” is a... Read more
Send for Me
By: Lauren Fox
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present-day Wisconsin, unspooling a thread of love, longing, and the powerful bonds of familyAnnelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents’ popular bakery in Feldenheim, Germany, anticipating all the delicious... Read more
View audiobookThe Unwilling
By: John Hart
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
Length: 13 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
"The tension in Hart’s story never lets up, and you’ll find yourself unable to break away — disc after disc (or page after page) — long past your bedtime." -- NJ.com
This program includes a letter read by the author
“We the unwilling, led by the unqualified to kill the unfortunate, die for the ungrateful.” —Unknown Soldier
Set in the South at the... Read more