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The Lies That Bind

By: Emily Giffin

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Will Damron & Vikas Adam

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this irresistible novel from the author of All We Ever Wanted and Something Borrowed, a young woman falls hard for an impossibly perfect man before he disappears without a trace. . . . 

It’s 2 A.M. on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year-old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar in New... Read more

Parakeet

By: Marie-Helene Bertino

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed author of 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas Marie-Helene Bertino's Parakeet is a darkly funny and warm-hearted novel about a young woman whose dead grandmother (in the form of a parakeet) warns her not to marry and sends her out to find an estranged loved one.

The week of her wedding, The Bride is visited by a bird she recognizes as her dead... Read more

My Summer of Love and Misfortune

By: Lindsay Wong

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato in this hilarious, quirky novel about a Chinese-American teen who is thrust into the decadent world of Beijing high society when she is sent away to spend the summer in China.

Iris Wang is having a bit of a rough start to her summer: Her boyfriend cheated on her, she didn’t get into any colleges, and she... Read more

The Deviant's War

By: Eric Cervini

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 15 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"Vikas Adam draws the listener in, expertly narrating Cervini's work, which charts the beginning of the gay rights movement in the United States...Vikas Adam does an excellent job lending unique voices to real historical figures." -- AudioFile Magazine

A Publishers Weekly most anticipated spring book

From a young Harvard- and... Read more

More Miracle than Bird

By: Alice Miller

Narrated by: Polly Lee

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife and Amor Towles’s Rules of Civility, Alice Miller's sweeping debut novel charts the love story of two of literature’s most fascinating characters: Georgie Hyde-Lees and her husband, W. B. Yeats.On the eve of World War I, twenty-one-year-old Georgie Hyde-Lees—on her own for the first time—is introduced to... Read more

My Calamity Jane

By: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Hold on to your hats: The authors who brought you the New York Times bestseller My Plain Jane, which Booklist praised as “delightfully deadpan” (starred review) and Publishers Weekly called “a clever, romantic farce” (starred review), are back with another irreverent historical adventure—perfect for YA fantasy and romance readers.Welcome to 1876... Read more

Something to Talk About

By: Meryl Wilsner

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie & Xe Sands

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A showrunner and her assistant give the world something to talk about when they accidentally fuel a ridiculous rumor in this debut romance.

Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a couple. The so-called scandal couldn't come at a worse... Read more

Killer Chardonnay

By: Kate Lansing

Narrated by: Brooke Hoover

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A young winery owner won’t let one sour grape ruin the bunch in the first installment of this exciting cozymystery series.Parker Valentine has always dreamed of opening her own winery in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado. But shegets more than she bargained for when a food and wine critic unexpectedly shows up at Vino Valentine on openingday. A... Read more

Real Men Knit

By: Kwana Jackson

Narrated by: Keylor Leigh

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

"If you're looking for an easy charmer, this is the novel for you."—Shondaland
 
When their foster-turned-adoptive mother suddenly dies, four brothers struggle to keep open the doors of her beloved Harlem knitting shop.

Jesse Strong is known for two things: his devotion to his adoptive mom, Mama Joy, and his reputation for breaking hearts. When... Read more

Date Me, Bryson Keller

By: Kevin van Whye

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"One of the most adorable, big-hearted, charming books in existence." --Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

What If It's Us meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this upbeat and heartfelt boy-meets-boy romance that feels like a modern twist on a '90s rom-com!

Everyone knows about the... Read more

The House in the Woods

By: Mark Dawson

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime.



On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy.



At first it seems like an open and shut case:... Read more

The Prettiest Star

By: Carter Sickels

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston & Tiffany Morgan

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's where Brian is from, where his family is, and where he's chosen to return to die.



At eighteen, Brian, like so many other promising young gay men, arrived in New York City without much more than a love for the freedom and release from his past that it promised. But within six short... Read more

A Taste of Sage

By: Yaffa S. Santos

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo & Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A June 2020 Indie Next List Pick!
From talented new writer, Yaffa S. Santos, comes this unforgettable, heartwarming, and hilarious rom-com about chefs, cooking, love, and self-discovery that is a cross between The Hating Game and Sweetbitter.Lumi Santana is a chef with the gift of synesthesia—she can perceive a person’s emotions just by tasting... Read more

These Women

By: Ivy Pochoda

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin & Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVELAN LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE, MYSTERY & THRILLER FINALIST * AN INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS FINALIST, BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL * A MACAVITY BEST MYSTERY NOVEL FINALISTA Recommended Book FromThe New York Times Book Review * The Washington Post * Vogue * Entertainment Weekly * Elle * People * Marie Claire... Read more

The Eagle Huntress

By: Aisholpan Nurgaiv

Narrated by: Alexa Khan

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in—and win—one of Mongolia's most prestigious competitions.
 In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York... Read more

I'd Give Anything

By: Marisa de los Santos

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Love Walked In and Belong to Me comes a profound and heart-rending story about a horrific tragedy that marks one woman and her hometown and about the explosive secrets that come to light twenty years later. Ginny Beale is eighteen, irreverent, funny, and brave, with a brother she adores and a circle... Read more

Sunny Days

By: David Kamp

Narrated by: David Sadzin

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the “Best Books” of the year from The Smithsonian, The Washington Independent Review, and more!

From bestselling writer David Kamp, the “fun, fascinating, and surprisingly touching,” (People) behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes who created the beloved children’s TV programs Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mister Rogers’... Read more

The Boy in the Red Dress

By: Kristin Lambert

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp of truth, lies, and troubled pasts.

New Year's Eve, 1929.

Millie is running the show at the Cloak & Dagger, a swinging speakeasy in the French Quarter, while her aunt is out of town. The new year is just around the corner, and all of New Orleans... Read more

A Deadly Inside Scoop

By: Abby Collette

Narrated by: Joell A. Jacob & Chandra Skyye

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This book kicks off a charming cozy mystery series set in an ice cream shop—with a fabulous cast of quirky characters.



Recent MBA grad Bronwyn Crewse has just taken over her family's ice cream shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and she's going back to basics. Win is renovating Crewse Creamery to restore its former glory, and filling the menu with... Read more

Shakespeare for Squirrels

By: Christopher Moore

Narrated by: Euan Morton

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore—an uproarious, hardboiled take on the Bard’s most performed play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring Pocket, the hero of Fool and The Serpent of Venice, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey, Jeff.Set... Read more

Strange Hotel

By: Eimear McBride

Narrated by: Eimear McBride

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

"The narrative is complex, but McBride's indulgent tone, modulated voice, and on-point pacing carry it forward and make it appeal to listeners' emotions. This poignant story of love, loss, and self-exploration will linger in listeners' minds." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

From Eimear McBride, author of the award-winning A Girl... Read more

In Praise of Paths

By: Torbjørn Ekelund

Narrated by: TJ Oberholzer

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

“What [Ekelund is] addressing is the intention to walk one’s way to meaning: the walk as spiritual exercise, a kind of vision quest... A key strategy for finding ourselves, then, is to first get lost.”—The New York Times Book Review

An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped driving and... Read more

Summer Darlings

By: Brooke Lea Foster

Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

“Filled with 1960s nostalgia and a host of deftly drawn characters” (Renée Rosen, author of Park Avenue Summer), Summer Darlings pulls back the curtain on one mysterious and wealthy family as seen through the eyes of their nanny—a college student who, while falling in love on Martha’s Vineyard, is also forced to reckon with the dark side of... Read more

The Book of V.

By: Anna Solomon

Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg, Eva Kaminsky & Gabra Zackman

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

**An Audiofile Earphones Award-winning production**

For fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day.

Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she... Read more