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Anatomy of a Miracle

By: Jonathan Miles

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

“Funny, bighearted...Miles specializes in giving fully rounded humanity to characters who might elsewhere be treated as stock figures...pitch-perfect.”
— New York Times Book Review

"Miles is a writer so virtuosic that readers will feel themselves becoming better, more observant people from reading him."
— Los Angeles Review of Books

A profound new... Read more

The Woman's Hour

By: Elaine Weiss

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert & Elaine Weiss

Length: 16 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for every reader"--Hillary Rodham Clinton

Soon to Be a Major Television Event

The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

"With a skill reminiscent of Robert Caro, [Weiss]... Read more

The Terminal List

By: Jack Carr

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring a new foreword read by the author!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

“Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!” —Chris Pratt, star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal List

A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American... Read more

Census

By: Jesse Ball

Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful and moving new novel from an award-winning, acclaimed author: in the wake of a devastating revelation, a father and son journey north across a tapestry of towns.When a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn’t have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son—a son whom he fiercely... Read more

The Reluctant Fortune-Teller

By: Keziah Frost

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A retired accountant becomes the town’s fortune-teller in this witty and charming debut

Norbert Zelenka has always lived life on the sidelines. It’s why at seventy-three years old he’s broke and alone except for the company of a Chihuahua. But when “Carlotta’s Club”—three strong-willed seniors with plenty of time on their hands—decide to make... Read more

If You Come Softly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Guy Lockard & Jacqueline Woodson

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author

Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to... Read more

Tomorrow Will Be Different

By: Sarah McBride

Narrated by: Sarah McBride

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history

“The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for equality is ever present in this book.”—Vice President Kamala Harris

“If you’re living... Read more

Crimson Lake

By: Candice Fox

Narrated by: Euan Morton

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

*Winner of the Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense Audiobook*

"Narrator Euan Morton's gravelly voice and Australian accent embody Ted...His excellent pacing and gripping delivery maintain tension." — AudioFile Magazine

Candice Fox's thrilling Crimson Lake, the basis for the series Troppo starring Thomas Jane, now streaming on Amazon Prime!

How do you... Read more

Speak No Evil

By: Uzodinma Iweala

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi & Julia Whelan

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In the long-anticipated novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Beasts of No Nation, a revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating consequences.On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he’s a top... Read more

The Hunger

By: Alma Katsu

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Supernatural suspense at its finest...The best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you."--The New York Times Book Review

"Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark."--Stephen King

A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party... Read more

The Liar’s Girl

By: Catherine Ryan Howard

Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Alan Smyth & Gary Furlong

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“Readers of Paula Hawkins, Tana French, and Ruth Ware will love this exceptionally well-crafted thriller.”—Library Journal (starred review)“A very satisfying and twisty tale.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling authorEdgar Award nominee for Best NovelHer first love confessed to five murders … but the truth was so much worse.Will... Read more

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

By: Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on innocent lives

After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and... Read more

The Sea Beast Takes a Lover

By: Michael Andreasen

Narrated by: Various

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

An astonishing fiction debut from a UC Irvine MFA graduate and recent contributor to The New Yorker.

Bewitching and playful, with its feet only slightly tethered to the world we know, The Sea Beast Takes a Lover explores hope, love, and loss across a series of surreal landscapes and wild metamorphoses. Just because Jenny was born without a head... Read more

The Hush

By: John Hart

Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb

Length: 14 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"The story is greatly enhanced by narrator Jeremy Bobb. No character is too small for Bobb's vocal attention...A great example of a riveting story enhanced by a creative, consistent narration." — AudioFile Magazine

The only writer in history to win consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel, New York Times bestselling author John Hart returns to the... Read more

Promise

By: Minrose Gwin

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart—one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager—fight for their families’ survival in this lyrical and powerful novel.“Gwin’s gift shines in the complexity of her... Read more

Don't Skip Out on Me

By: Willy Vlautin

Narrated by: Willy Vlautin

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD Horace Hopper is a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who wants to be somebody. He's spent most of his life on the ranch of his kindly guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Reese, herding sheep alone in the mountains. But while the Reeses treat him like a son, Horace can't shake the shame he feels from being abandoned by... Read more

White Houses

By: Amy Bloom

Narrated by: Tonya Cornelisse

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of The Paris Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue comes a “sensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two women” (People)—Eleanor Roosevelt and “first friend” Lorena Hickok.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Financial Times • San Francisco Chronicle • New York Public Library • Refinery29 • Real Simple

Lorena... Read more

Granted

By: John David Anderson

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of beloved novels Ms. Bixby’s Last Day and Posted comes a hilarious, heartfelt, and unforgettable novel about a fairy-in-training.Everyone who wishes upon a star, or a candle, or a penny thrown into a fountain knows that you’re not allowed to tell anyone what you’ve wished for. But even so, there is someone out there who hears... Read more

I Am, I Am, I Am

By: Maggie O'Farrell

Narrated by: Daisy Donovan

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"I Am I Am I Am is a gripping and glorious investigation of death that leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful, and fully alive. Maggie O’Farrell is a miracle in every sense. I will never forget this book."
—Ann Patchett

An extraordinary memoir—told entirely in near-death experiences—from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of... Read more

The Gone World

By: Tom Sweterlitsch

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Inception meets True Detective in this science fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope that follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind...

“I promise you have never read a story like this.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter

Shannon Moss is part... Read more

The Ritual

By: Adam Nevill

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. With... Read more

Force of Nature

By: Jane Harper

Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Stephen Shanahan...makes it sizzle to the very end. Both story and narrator are not to be missed." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ERIC BANA

"I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries." —Stephen King
Goodreads Choice Award Finalist (Mystery & Thriller, 2018)
BookBrowse Best Books of... Read more

Unbelievable (Movie Tie-In)

By: T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong

Narrated by: Hillary Huber, T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Now the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever • Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been raped—and the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth.
 
“Gripping . . . [with a] John... Read more

Travel as a Political Act

By: Rick Steves

Narrated by: Rick Steves

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Change the world one trip at a time. In this illuminating collection of stories and lessons from the road, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves shares a powerful message that resonates now more than ever.

With the world facing divisive and often frightening events, from Trump, Brexit, and Erdogan, to climate change, nativism, and populism, there's... Read more