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The Things We Keep

By: Sally Hepworth

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer & Barrie Kreinik

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

With huge heart, humor, and a compassionate understanding of human nature, Sally Hepworth delivers a page-turning novel about the power of love to grow and endure even when faced with the most devastating of obstacles. You won’t forget The Things We Keep.

Anna Forster, in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease at only thirty-eight years old,... Read more

Fallen Land

By: Taylor Brown

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Poe deftly guides this engaging story, describing the band of marauding former soldiers as they pillage the countryside. Poe's portrayal of the lovely but tragic Ava is most affecting. He uses pacing and pauses to build tension during showdowns and softens his delivery in the tender scenes between the two lovers." — AudioFile Magazine

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American Housewife

By: Helen Ellis

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney, Lisa Cordileone, Rebecca Lo...

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A sharp, funny, delightfully unhinged collection of stories set in the dark world of domesticity, American Housewife features murderous ladies who lunch, celebrity treasure hunters, and the best bra fitter south of the Mason Dixon line.

Meet the women of American Housewife: they wear lipstick, pearls, and sunscreen, even when it's cloudy. They... Read more

The Expatriates

By: Janice Y. K. Lee

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"Raise a glass: The first great book-club novel of 2016 has arrived.” —USA Today, 4/4 stars

“A female, funny Henry James in Asia, Janice Y. K. Lee is vividly good on the subject of Americans abroad.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Sex and the City meets Lost in Translation.” —The Skimm

Janice Y. K. Lee’s New York Times bestselling debut, The... Read more

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist

By: Sunil Yapa

Narrated by: Aaron Landon

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This electrifying novel from an award-winning author follows a grieving father and son as they find themselves on opposite sides of a protest during an important moment in history.

Grief-stricken after his mother's death and three years of wandering the world, Victor is longing for a family and a sense of purpose. He believes he's found both... Read more

And Again

By: Jessica Chiarella

Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Joy Osmanski, Rebekkah Ross & Cor...

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

What would you do if you had a second chance at life?

Hannah, David, Connie, and Linda have been given the second chance of a lifetime—genetically perfect bodies as part of a medically advanced pilot program seeking FDA approval. Their new bodies are exact replicas of their old selves—without the deadly illnesses they suffered from. Even better,... Read more

The Geography of Genius

By: Eric Weiner

Narrated by: Eric Weiner

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Tag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Weiner travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley—and back through history, too—to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times.

In this “intellectual odyssey, traveler’s diary, and comic novel all... Read more

The Guest Room

By: Chris Bohjalian

Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò & Grace Experience

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes the spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong: two men lie dead in a suburban living room, two women are on the run from police, and a marriage is ripping apart at the seams.

When Kristin Chapman agrees to let her husband, Richard, host his brother’s... Read more

After the Crash

By: Michel Bussi

Narrated by: Daniel Philpott

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Wonderfully ingenious and altogether satisfying."---Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

Just after midnight on December 23, 1980, a night flight bound for Paris plummets toward the Swiss Alps, crashing into a snowy mountainside. Within seconds flames engulf the plane, which is filled with holiday travelers. Of the 169 passengers, all but... Read more

The Sound of Gravel

By: Ruth Wariner

Narrated by: Ruth Wariner

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"The narration by Wariner compliments the candid nature of her story...A captivating and emotional story delivered in a straightforward way without an ounce of self-pity." — Library Journal

A riveting, deeply-affecting audiobook memoir of one girl's coming-of-age experiences in a polygamist cult.

Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father’s... Read more

The Song of Hartgrove Hall

By: Natasha Solomons

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 12 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A captivating novel that evokes the author’s New York Times bestseller The House at TynefordIt’s a terrible thing to covet your brother’s girl.New Year’s Eve, 1946. Candles flicker, and a gramophone scratches out a tune as guests dance and sip champagne. For one night only, Hartgrove Hall relives better days. Harry Fox-Talbot and his brothers... Read more

The Casquette Girls

By: Alys Arden

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 17 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

After the storm of the century rips apart New Orleans, sixteen-year-old Adele Le Moyne and her father are among the first to return. Adele wants nothing more than to resume her normal life, but with the silent city resembling a war zone, a parish-wide curfew, and mysterious new faces lurking in the abandoned French Quarter, normal needs a new... Read more

The Final Frontiersman

By: James Campbell

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiration for The Last Alaskans—the eight-part documentary series on Animal PlanetHundreds of hardy people have tried to carve a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. Originally from Wisconsin, Heimo traveled to the Arctic wilderness in his feverous twenties. Now, more than four decades later,... Read more

Dear Mr. You

By: Mary -Louise Parker

Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Narration by the Author

The bestselling, wonderfully unconventional, “warmly conspiratorial…seriously good” (The New York Times) literary memoir from the award-winning actress that has received fabulous and wide praise. “There is no one else quite like Mary-Louise Parker…Funny, heartbreaking and profound” (Elle).

An... Read more

Wake of Vultures

By: Lila Bowen

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"Wake of Vultures is, quite simply, brilliant. A mind-bending mix of history, fantasy and folklore, it's a wild bronco of a read that'll leave you breathless for more."―Rachel Caine, New York Times bestselling author

Supernatural creatures create chaos across an unforgiving western landscape in the first book of a propulsive and cinematic fantasy... Read more

The Sleeper and the Spindle

By: Neil Gaiman

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Ad...

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman has created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, ""told in a way only Gaiman can"" (GeekInsider.com), that the Guardian calls ""a refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story.""In this captivating and darkly funny tale, Neil Gaiman has twisted together the... Read more

Walk on Earth a Stranger

By: Rae Carson

Narrated by: Erin Mallon

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award longlist selectionThe first book in a new trilogy from acclaimed New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson. A young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold must flee her home, taking her on a sweeping and dangerous journey across Gold Rush–era America. Walk on Earth a... Read more

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

By: Michelle Cuevas

Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A TIME magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015The whimsical "autobiography" of an imaginary friend who doesn't know he's imaginary--perfect for fans of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and Toy StoryJaques Papier has the sneaking suspicion that everyone except his sister Fleur hates him. Teachers ignore him when his hand is raised in... Read more

A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

Narrated by: Kate Simses

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From NYT bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west.A Night Divided joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!With the rise of the Berlin Wall, Gerta... Read more

Melissa (previously published as GEORGE)

By: Alex Gino

Narrated by: Jamie Clayton

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

BE WHO YOU ARE.When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the... Read more

Eileen

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A lonely young woman working in a boys' prison outside Boston in the early 60s is pulled into a very strange crime, in a mordant, harrowing story of obsession and suspense, by one of the brightest new voices in fiction So here we are. My name was Eileen Dunlop. Now you know me. I was twenty-four years old then, and had a job that paid... Read more

The Oregon Trail

By: Rinker Buck

Narrated by: Rinker Buck

Length: 16 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award

“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Amazing…A real nonfiction thriller.” —Ian Frazier, The New York... Read more

The Book of Speculation

By: Erika Swyler

Narrated by: David Pittu, Katherine Kellgren & Ari Fliakos

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

One of BuzzFeed's Best Fiction Books of the Year

In the tradition of Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, The Book of Speculation--with two-color illustrations by the author--is Erika Swyler's moving debut novel about the power of books, family, and magic.

Simon Watson, a... Read more

Tiny Pretty Things

By: Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton

Narrated by: Imani Parks, Nora Hunter, Greta Jung & Laura De...

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a Netflix TV show! Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this soapy, drama-packed novel featuring diverse characters who will do anything to be the prima at their elite ballet school.From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton, and the author of the acclaimed Symptoms of a Heartbreak, Sona Charaipotra.Gigi,... Read more