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The Family Tabor

By: Cherise Wolas

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"...the sense of loyalty to one’s family history is so vivid in the novel that it is practically its own character.” —New York Times Book Review

The Family Tabor is the next audiobook from Cherise Wolas, acclaimed author of The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

Harry Tabor is about to be named Man of the Decade, a distinction that feels like the... Read more

The Lido

By: Libby Page

Narrated by: Clare Corbett

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**

“In many ways, this meditation on community and swimming follows in the footsteps of the enormously popular A Man Called Ove… Both are charming and heartwarming.”—Kirkus Reviews

WE'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS—OR TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Rosemary Peterson has lived in Brixton, London, all her life but everything... Read more

The Summer Wives

By: Beatriz Williams

Narrated by: Kristin Kalbli

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—an electrifying postwar fable of love, class, power, and redemption set among the inhabitants of an island off the New England coast . . .In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the... Read more

If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

By: Neel Patel

Narrated by: Neel Patel

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"If You See Me, Don't Say Hi bristles with unexpected meetings and reunions, recognitions and failed recognitions, passions and estrangements of all kinds. These stories have a sharp eye for the complexities of modern life, but Neel Patel writes with the wisdom and compassion of an old soul." — Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of... Read more

Clock Dance

By: Anne Tyler

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London)

A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread.

Willa Drake can count on one... Read more

The Last Cruise

By: Kate Christensen

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The 1950s ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyage—a retro cruise from Long Beach to Hawaii and back—before heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, it’s a chance to experience a bygone era of decadent luxury, complete with fine dining, classic highballs, string quartets, and sophisticated jazz. Smoking is allowed but not... Read more

Somebody's Daughter

By: David Bell

Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A man must save the life of a little girl who may be his own flesh and blood in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of Kill All Your Darlings.

When Michael Frazier’s ex-wife, Erica, unexpectedly shows up on his doorstep, she drops a bombshell that threatens to rip his family apart: Her... Read more

An Ocean of Minutes

By: Thea Lim

Narrated by: Lisa Rost-Welling

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the ALA 2019 Reading List for Science Fiction

“Thea Lim’s An Ocean of Minutes is that rare thing—a speculative novel that is as heartfelt as it is philosophical. In lucid prose, Lim lays bare the complexities of migration and displacement, while offering a clear-eyed meditation on... Read more

The Ruin

By: Dervla McTiernan

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“Compelling, unexpected twists and a hold-your breath standoff . . . Hand this one to readers of Tana French and to police-procedural fans.” —Booklist It’s been twenty years since Cormac Reilly discovered the body of Hilaria Blake in her crumbling Georgian home. But he’s never forgotten the two children she left behind.When Aisling Conroy’s... Read more

Dear Mrs. Bird

By: AJ Pearce

Narrated by: Anna Popplewell

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about a young woman who longs to be a war correspondent and inadvertently becomes a secret advice columnist is “a jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People)—for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Lilac Girls.

Emmeline Lake and her best friend Bunty... Read more

The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

By: Lauren James

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A surprising and gripping sci-fi thriller with a killer twistThe daughter of two astronauts, Romy Silvers is no stranger to life in space. But she never knew how isolating the universe could be until her parents’ tragic deaths left her alone on the Infinity, a spaceship speeding away from Earth. Romy tries to make the best of her lonely... Read more

The Cabin at the End of the World

By: Paul Tremblay

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Tremblay’s terrifying twist to the home invasion novel—inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures“Tremblay’s personal best. It’s that good.” — Stephen KingSeven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than... Read more

Between You and Me

By: Susan Wiggs

Narrated by: Tanya Eby & Adam Verner

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep within the peaceful heart of Amish country, a life-or-death emergency shatters a quiet world to its core. Number-one New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs delivers a riveting story that challenges our deepest-held beliefs.Caught between two worlds, Caleb Stoltz is bound by a deathbed promise to raise his orphaned niece and nephew in... Read more

The Secrets Between Us

By: Thrity Umrigar

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

More than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima’s unforgettable story in this stunning sequel.“The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale... Read more

Spying on Whales

By: Nick Pyenson

Narrated by: Nick Pyenson

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

“A palaeontological howdunnit…[Spying on Whales] captures the excitement of…seeking answers to deep questions in cetacean science.” —Nature
 
Called “the best of science writing” (Edward O. Wilson) and named a best book by Popular Science, a dive into the secret lives of whales, from their four-legged past to their perilous present.


Whales are... Read more

What the Eyes Don't See

By: Mona Hanna-Attisha

Narrated by: Mona Hanna-Attisha

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power.

“Stirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that ‘the world . . . should be full of people raising their voices.’”—The New York Times

“Revealing, with the gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller.” —O: The... Read more

Number One Chinese Restaurant

By: Lillian Li

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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The Grey Bastards

By: Jonathan French

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 17 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“[A] fantasy masterwork . . . a dirty, blood-soaked gem of a novel [that reads] like Mad Max set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
 
Jackal and his fellow half-orcs patrol the barren wastes of the Lot Lands, spilling their own damned blood to keep civilized folk safe. A rabble of hard-talking, hog-riding, whore-mongering... Read more

Bring Me Back

By: B.A. Paris

Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron & Kevin Hely

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NEW TWISTY, GRIPPING AUDIOBOOK FROM B. A. PARIS, THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING TITLES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THE BREAKDOWN

“We’re in a new Golden Age of suspense writing now, because of amazing books like Bring Me Back, and I for one am loving it.” —Lee Child

She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of... Read more

Heart of Iron

By: Ashley Poston

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

*A 2019 Rainbow Book List Selection*An action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly. Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a... Read more

The Lost Vintage

By: Ann Mah

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

“If you enjoyed my Sarah’s Key and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, then this wonderful book by Ann Mah is for you.” -- Tatiana de RosnaySweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret... Read more

The Book of Essie

By: Meghan MacLean Weir

Narrated by: Robbie Daymond, Tara Sands & Erin Spencer

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD

"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant 

A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit... Read more

The Bookshop of Yesterdays

By: Amy Meyerson

Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading.

Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda’s twelfth birthday, Billy has a... Read more

Who Is Vera Kelly?

By: Rosalie Knecht

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She’s working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she’s in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman... Read more