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Afterlife

By: Julia Alvarez

Narrated by: Alma Cuervo

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From the internationally bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents comes “a stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own.” (Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award–winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Poet X)Antonia Vega, the... Read more

We Want Our Bodies Back

By: jessica Care moore

Narrated by: jessica Care moore

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A dazzling full-length collection of verse from one of the leading poets of our time.Over the past two decades, jessica Care moore has become a cultural force as a poet, performer, publisher, activist, and critic. Reflecting her transcendent electric voice, this searing poetry collection is filled with moving, original stanzas that speak to both... Read more

Days of Distraction

By: Alexandra Chang

Narrated by: Greta Jung

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.”   — George SaundersA Most Anticipated Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, and The MillionsA wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if... Read more

Lakewood

By: Megan Giddings

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentation—part The Handmaid’s Tale, part The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.One of The Millions’ Most Anticipated Reads (The Great First Half 2020 Books)When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies, and the full extent of the family debt is revealed,... Read more

The Honey-Don't List

By: Christina Lauren

Narrated by: Patti Murin & Jon Root

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author behind the “joyful, warm, touching” (Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author) The Unhoneymooners comes a delightfully charming love story about what happens when two assistants tasked with keeping a rocky relationship from explosion start to feel sparks of their own.

Carey Duncan has worked... Read more

This Is Chance!

By: Jon Mooallem

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster—and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together

“A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
“A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance.”—BuzzFeed (Best Books of the Year)

In the... Read more

Tigers, Not Daughters

By: Samantha Mabry

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

THE FIRST TIME ANA TORRES C A M E B AC K A S A G H O S T, HER SISTERS WEREN’T THERE.A year later, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, still consumed by grief and haunted by Ana’s memory, startnoticing strange things around the house: laughter without a voice, shadows cast by nothing,writing on the walls. None of them have seen Ana, but they know she’s... Read more

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

By: Zora Neale Hurston

Narrated by: Aunjanue Ellis

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From “one of the greatest writers of our time” (Toni Morrison)—the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God—a collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time.
New York Times’ Books to Watch for
Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020
Newsweek’s Most... Read more

How to Be Fine

By: Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meinzer

Narrated by: Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meinzer

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A humorous and insightful look into what advice works, what doesn’t, and what it means to transform yourself, by the co-hosts of the popular By the Book podcast.In each episode of their podcast By the Book, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer take a deep dive into a different self-help book, following its specific instructions, rules, and... Read more

Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider

By: Stephen B. Heard, PhD

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance.



Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes.... Read more

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

By: Jessica Kim

Narrated by: Greta Jung

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian.

On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her "Yu-MEAT" because she smells like her family's Korean barbecue restaurant. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special.... Read more

Hum

By: Natalia Hero

Narrated by: Natalia Hero

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Hum follows a young woman whose life is changed forever when, after being raped, she gives birth to a hummingbird. She must learn to cope with not only what happened to her, but with the bird’s persistent, agitating presence in her life. Natalia Hero’s debut is a beautiful and tormented magical-realist novella about surviving trauma, reclaiming... Read more

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother

By: Barry Sonnenfeld

Narrated by: Barry Sonnenfeld

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director’s life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black. Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is, "Regret the Past. Fear the Present. Dread the Future." Told in his unmistakable... Read more

The Animals At Lockwood Manor

By: Jane Healey

Narrated by: Sarah Lambie

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A debut novel for fans of Sarah Perry and Kate Morton: when a young woman is tasked with safeguarding a natural history collection as it is spirited out of London during World War II, she discovers her new manor home is a place of secrets and terror instead of protection.

In August 1939, thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright arrives at Lockwood Manor... Read more

These Fevered Days

By: Martha Ackmann

Narrated by: Martha Ackmann

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, “All things are ready” and with this resolute statement,
her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely “at home” (the occupation listed on her death
certificate), Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was hesitant about publication,
embraced... Read more

The Death of Sitting Bear

By: N. Scott Momaday

Narrated by: N. Scott Momaday

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize winner and celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday returns with a radiant collection of more than 200 new and selected poems rooted in Native American tradition. 

“The poems in this book reflect my deep respect for and appreciation of words. . . . I believe that poetry is the highest form of verbal expression. Although I have... Read more

Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

By: Sean Dietrich

Narrated by: Sean Dietrich

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From celebrated storyteller "Sean of the South" comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright.Sean Dietrich was twelve years old when he scattered his father's ashes from the mountain range. His father was a man who lived for baseball, a steel worker with a ready... Read more

At the Center of All Beauty

By: Fenton Johnson

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A profound meditation on accepting and celebrating one's solitude.



Solitude is the inspirational core for many writers, artists, and thinkers. Alone with our thoughts, we can make discoveries that matter not only to us but to others. To be solitary is not only to draw sustenance from being alone, but to know that our ultimate responsibility is... Read more

Spirit Run

By: Noé Álvarez

Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who “slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives.” A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez... Read more

Mañanaland

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

Newbery Honoree Pam Munoz Ryan weaves an entrancing tale of courage and self-discovery."Uniquely magical...Timely and timeless." -- New York Times* "This tightly packed, powerful fantasy contains resonant truths." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Another unforgettable work from a master storyteller." -- Booklist, starred review* "Richly... Read more

How a Woman Becomes a Lake

By: Marjorie Celona

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime Novel
 
From the Giller-nominated author of Y comes How a Woman Becomes a Lake, a taut, suspenseful novel about the dark corners of a small town, and the secrets that lurk within...

It's New Year's Day and the residents of a small fishing town are ready to start their lives anew.... Read more

The June Boys

By: Court Stevens

Narrated by: McKenzie Fetters, Gabe Wicks, Court Stevens, Ri...

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook edition includes: The full-length, stand-alone Young Adult suspense novel A bonus scene with one of the Gemini Thief survivors A Q&A between Court Stevens and Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author of Fountains of Silence From award-winning and highly acclaimed author Court Stevens comes a gripping, emotional story... Read more

Anna K

By: Jenny Lee

Narrated by: Jenna Ushkowitz

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrator Jenna Ushkowitz is an award-winning actress, singer, producer, and podcast host best known for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee.

Meet Anna K! Every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way...

At seventeen, Anna K is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she... Read more

Docile

By: K.M. Szpara

Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin & Vikas Adam

Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

K. M. Szpara's Docile is a science fiction parable about love and sex, wealth and debt, abuse and power, a challenging tour de force that at turns seduces and startles.

There is no consent under capitalism.

To be a Docile is to be kept, body and soul, for the uses of the owner of your contract. To be a Docile is to forget, to disappear, to hide... Read more