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Dead to Her

By: Sarah Pinborough

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Liane Moriarty, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jewell, a twisty psychological thriller about a savvy second wife who will do almost anything to come out on top from the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes.Being the second wife can be murder . . . ""Once a cheat, always a cheat,"" they say. Marcie Maddox has worked hard to... Read more

Weather

By: Jenny Offill

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER 

From the beloved author of the nationwide best seller Dept. of Speculation—one of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year—a “darkly funny and urgent” (NPR) tour de force about a family, and a nation, in crisis

Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But... Read more

Author in Chief

By: Craig Fehrman

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 15 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years” (The Wall Street Journal) and based on a decade of research and reporting—a delightful new window into the public and private lives America’s presidents as authors.

Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the... Read more

A Witch in Time

By: Constance Sayers

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson, Claire Christie, Brittany W...

Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this haunting debut novel.

Helen Lambert has lived several lives-a young piano virtuoso in 1890s Paris, an actress in 1930's Hollywood, a rock star in 1970s Los Angeles -- only she doesn't know it. Until she meets a strange man... Read more

Rising

By: Sharon Wood

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In Rising, Wood reflects on the seventy days she spent on Everest and on the pivotal experiences and influences that brought her to that staggeringly beautiful and austere corner of the world. Beyond the physical hardships, she faced personal challenges as an outlier in the male bastion of Himalayan climbing. These were compounded by the vexing... Read more

Was She Wicked? Was She Good?

By: M. Rickert

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Was She Wicked? Was She Good?" is a short horror story by award-winning author M. Rickert, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

Not all anniversaries are happy occasions. One family copes with the damage that remains after being victims of a home invasion.

Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an... Read more

The Unspoken Name

By: A. K. Larkwood

Narrated by: Avita Jay

Length: 18 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Avita Jay manages a large cast of characters in this fantasy...Jay captures the growing affection and trust between Csorwe and those she enlists to help her. Most importantly, Jay's narration captures Csorwe's manner and personality as she transforms from a meek priestess to a formidable character." -- AudioFile Magazine

A. K.... Read more

The Only Child

By: Mi-ae Seo

Narrated by: Greta Jung

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

An eerie and absorbing novel following a criminal psychologist who has discovered shocking and possibly dangerous connections between a serial killer and her stepdaughter.Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong receives an unexpected call one day. Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed. Yi Byeongdo,... Read more

Postscript

By: Cecelia Ahern

Narrated by: Amy Huberman

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Sixteen years after Cecelia Ahern's bestselling phenomenon PS, I Love You captured the hearts of millions, the long-awaited sequel follows Holly as she helps strangers leave their own messages behind for loved ones.

Seven years after her husband's death -- six since she read his final letter -- Holly Kennedy has moved on with her life. When... Read more

Verge

By: Lidia Yuknavitch

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Sophie Amoss, Michael Crouch, ...

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Bustle and Lit Hub

A fiercely empathetic group portrait of the marginalized and outcast in moments of crisis, from one of the most galvanizing voices in American fiction.

Lidia Yuknavitch is a writer of rare insight into the jagged boundaries between pain and survival. Her... Read more

The Dharma Bums

By: Jack Kerouac

Narrated by: Ethan Hawke

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature

“In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.”—Chicago Tribune

First published in 1958, a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The... Read more

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

By: Deepa Anappara

Narrated by: Indira Varma, Himesh Patel & Antonio Aakeel

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) debut novel that “announces the arrival of a literary supernova” (The New York Times Book Review),“a drama of childhood that is as wild as it is intimate” (Chigozie Obioma).
 
WINNER OF THE EDGAR® AWARD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S... Read more

Everywhere You Don't Belong

By: Gabriel Bump

Narrated by: Korey Jackson

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"This book is astonishing. You'll be smiling even as your heart is breaking, and you'll tip willingly into this world Bump offers you, because what appears again and again are spectacular beams of light also called love, also called hope, also called family. Gabriel Bump has established himself as a stunning talent to be reckoned with." -Maaza... Read more

King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

By: Kacen Callender

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature!Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry!In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself.FOUR STARRED REVIEWS!BooklistSchool Library... Read more

The Regrets

By: Amy Bonnaffons

Narrated by: Christie Moreau, Gary Tiedemann & Jay Ben Markson

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Reality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons's "dazzling," wildly inventive "miracle of a love story" about an affair between the living and the dead (NPR)
For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to... Read more

My Name Is Lucy Barton (Dramatic Production)

By: Elizabeth Strout & Rona Munro

Narrated by: Laura Linney

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of My Name is Lucy Barton, starring Academy Award and Tony nominee Laura Linney.

Praised as "deeply affecting" and "heartbreaking" by The Guardian (UK), this is a faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel of the same name.... Read more

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

By: Michael Zapata

Narrated by: Coral Peña

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

*Winner of the Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction*

A Heartland Booksellers Award Nominee

An NPR Best Book of the Year

A BookPage Best Book of the Year

A Library Journal Best Winter/Spring Debut of 2020

A Most Anticipated Book of 2020 from the Boston Globe and The Millions

A Best Book of February 2020 at Salon, The Millions, LitHub and Vol 1.... Read more

The Magic of Marie Laveau

By: Denise Alvarado

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The life and work of the legendary "Pope of Voodoo," Marie Laveau—a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s



Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is among the most famous. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and the star of New Orleans ghost... Read more

Hunting for a Highlander

By: Lynsay Sands

Narrated by: Joel Froomkin

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Four Buchanan brothers have found their brides…only three more to go in this scintillating romance from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands…Lady Dwyn Innes feels utterly out of place among the eligible women who’ve descended on Buchanan Keep, vying for the attention of the last unmarried brothers. She isn’t long-legged and slender... Read more

Run Me to Earth

By: Paul Yoon

Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a “spellbinding” (The Washington Post) novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos—and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as “one of those rare novels that stays with us to become a standard with which we measure other books.”

Alisak, Prany, and Noi—three orphans... Read more

Hi Five

By: Joe Ide

Narrated by: Zeno Robinson

Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

One woman. Five personalities. Private investigator IQ is back to piece together a Newport Beach murder with an eyewitness who gives "people person" a whole new meaning.
Christiana is the daughter of the biggest arms dealer on the West Coast, Angus Byrne. She's also the sole witness and number one suspect in the murder of her boyfriend, found... Read more

Early

By: Sarah DiGregorio

Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the author’s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, a compelling and empathetic work that combines memoir with rigorous reporting to tell the story of neonatology—and to meditate on the questions raised by premature birth.The heart of many hospitals is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It is a place where... Read more

Cartier's Hope

By: M. J. Rose

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author of Tiffany Blues, “a lush, romantic historical mystery” (Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale), comes a gorgeously wrought novel of ambition and betrayal set in the Gilded Age.

New York, 1910: A city of extravagant balls in Fifth Avenue mansions and poor immigrants crammed into crumbling Lower East... Read more

When You Trap a Tiger

By: Tae Keller

Narrated by: Greta Jung

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL • WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother.

Some stories refuse to stay bottled... Read more