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Amber and Clay

By: Laura Amy Schlitz

Narrated by: Tom Picasso & Rachel Botchan

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The Newbery Medal–winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! gives readers a virtuoso performance in verse in this profoundly original epic pitched just right for fans of poetry, history, mythology, and fantasy.

Welcome to ancient Greece as only genius storyteller Laura Amy Schlitz can conjure it. In a warlike land of wind and sunlight,... Read more

The Arsonists' City

By: Hala Alyan

Narrated by: Leila Buck

Length: 19 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call homeThe Nasr family is spread across the globe—Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of... Read more

Brood

By: Jackie Polzin

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

An exquisite new literary voice—wryly funny, nakedly honest, beautifully observational, in the vein of Jenny Offill and Elizabeth Strout—depicts one woman's attempt to keep her four chickens alive while reflecting on a recent loss.
 
“Full of nuance and humor and strangeness…[Polzin] writes beautifully about everything.” —The New York Times

Over... 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

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

Who is Maud Dixon?

By: Alexandra Andrews

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Part Patricia Highsmith, part All About Eve and pure fun.”―Maria SempleFlorence Darrow has always felt she was destined for greatness, but after a disastrous affair with her married boss, she starts to doubt herself. All that changes when she sets off for Morocco with her new boss, the celebrated but reclusive author Maud Dixon. Amidst the... 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

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

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

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

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

Sparks Like Stars

By: Nadia Hashimi

Narrated by: Mozhan Marno

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“Suspenseful…emotionally compelling. I found myself eagerly following in a way I hadn’t remembered for a long time, impatient for the next twist and turn of the story.""—NPRAn Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the... Read more

Satellite Love

By: Genki Ferguson

Narrated by: Aya Furukawa, Alex Aoki & Hiro Kanagawa

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautifully unconventional debut novel about a girl, a boy, and a satellite—and a bittersweet meditation on loneliness, alienation, and what it means to be human. Longlisted for Canada Reads, shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction and for Speculative Fiction. Named CBC Radio's Q Book Pick of the Month, a CBC Books... 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

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

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

While 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

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

Do 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

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

By: Cynthia Leitich 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

The Gilded Ones

By: Namina Forna

Narrated by: Shayna Small

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE
 
"A dark feminist tale spun with blood and gold. Must read!" –Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles
 
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member... Read more

Four Lost Cities

By: Annalee Newitz

Narrated by: Chloe Cannon

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes listeners on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site... Read more