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Julia

By: Sandra Newman

Narrated by: Louise Brealey

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A PEOPLE Magazine Must-Read Book for Fall 2023 | An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2023 | A Guardian Biggest New Book of 2023 | A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2023An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra... Read more

Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal & Johnny Rey Diaz

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A "genuinely scary" horror debut written in "prose so beautiful you won't want to rush" about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Ana Reyes)



Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal... Read more

Mouth to Mouth

By: Antoine Wilson

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 * An NPR and Time Best Book of the Year * Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) * Finalist for CALIBA’s 2022 Golden Poppy Awards

A successful art dealer confesses the story of his meteoric rise in this “powerful, intoxicating, and shocking” (The New York Times) novel that’s a “slow... Read more

Hello, Molly!

By: Molly Shannon & Sean Wilsey

Narrated by: Molly Shannon

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly ShannonAt age four, Molly Shannon’s world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated... Read more

My Dark Vanessa

By: Kate Elizabeth Russell

Narrated by: Grace Gummer

Length: 16 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BREAKOUT AUTHOR TO WATCH IN 2020“Brilliant and stunning . . . an absolute must read.” – GILLIAN FLYNN“A well-constructed package of dynamite.” – STEPHEN KINGA most anticipated book by The New York Times • USA Today • Entertainment Weekly • Marie Claire • Elle • Harper's Bazaar • Bustle • Newsweek • New York Post • Esquire... Read more

Voyage of the Damned

By: Frances White

Narrated by: Nathan Foad

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

THE TIKTOK SENSATION FROM THE UK HAS COME TO NORTH AMERICA!
 
“Magical, murderous, romantic romp through a fantasy world as colorful as it is captivating.” Thea Guanzon, New York Times bestselling author of THE HURRICANE WARS

A mind-blowing murder mystery on a ship full of magical passengers. If Agatha Christie wrote fantasy, this would be it!

For a... Read more

The Order of Time

By: Carlo Rovelli

Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

One of TIME’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade

"Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . The Order of Time is a dazzling book." --The Sunday Times

From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander comes a concise, elegant exploration of time.

Why do we remember the past and... Read more

A Memory Called Empire

By: Arkady Martine

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 15 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel
A Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019
A Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of Geek
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” Nominee
A Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee

"A Memory... Read more

The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Solve the murder to save what's left of the world.



Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched.



On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey... Read more

Sorrowland

By: Rivers Solomon

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Narrator Karen Chilton gives a riveting performance in this genre-defying masterpiece...The echoes of Chilton's haunting and beautiful narration will reverberate long after this powerful audiobook is over." -- AudioFile Magazine

A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction

Vern—seven... Read more

All Creatures Great and Small

By: James Herriot

Narrated by: Nicholas Ralph

Length: 15 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

**This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series**

"Nicholas Ralph’s readings of Herriot’s stories are as comforting an experience as the show, and even more immersive." —The Houston Chronicle

A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video.

All Creatures Great and... Read more

The Book Club Hotel

By: Sarah Morgan

Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Book Club Hotel is a gift...the perfect escape-and-find-yourself novel."—Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author

This summer, let USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan transport you with another heartfelt exploration of change, the power of books to heal, and the enduring strength of female friendship. Perfect for fans of Emily... Read more

Olive, Again (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Elizabeth Strout

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions.

“Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I’d never met, who I knew nothing about. What a terrific writer she is.”—Zadie Smith, The... Read more

My Sister, the Serial Killer

By: Oyinkan Braithwaite

Narrated by: Adepero Oduye

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember."--NEW YORK TIMES

"The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."--MARIE CLAIRE

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S... Read more

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)

By: Philip Pullman

Narrated by: Philip Pullman, Joanna Wyatt, Rupert Degas, Ali...

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!

The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and Newsweek hailed as a “Top 100 Book of All Time.” Philip Pullman takes listeners to a world where humans have animal familiars and... Read more

Writers & Lovers

By: Lily King

Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

#ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick as Featured on TodayEmma Roberts Belletrist Book Club PickA New York Times Book Review’s Group Text Selection“I loved this book not just from the first chapter or the first page but from the first paragraph… The voice is just so honest and riveting and insightful about creativity and life.” —Curtis Sittenfeld... Read more

Fall of Ruin and Wrath

By: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 16 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Listeners, especially fans of the author's other works, will be entertained." - AudioFile

SHE LIVES BY HER INTUITION. HE FEEDS ON HER PLEASURE.

From Jennifer L. Armentrout, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, comes the beginning of a searing fantasy romance for adults, Fall of Ruin and Wrath.

Long ago, the world was... Read more

The Cat Who Saved Books

By: Sosuke Natsukawa

Narrated by: Kevin Shen

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INDIE NEXT PICK!From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles.Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm... Read more

Pet Sematary

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Michael C. Hall

Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller and “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—now featuring a stunning vintage cover!

When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be... Read more

Mixed Signals

By: B.K. Borison

Narrated by: Pippa Jayne & Julio Maxwell

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Layla Dupree has given up on love. She’s waded through all of the fish in the sea, each one more disappointing than the last. Apparently owning the bakery at Inglewild’s most romantic destination does not help one’s love life—despite her best efforts. All she wants is a partner who gives her butterflies, not someone who ghosts her at dinner and... Read more

Plain Bad Heroines

By: Emily M. Danforth

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

“Full of Victorian sapphic romance, metafictional horror, biting misandrist humor, Hollywood intrigue, and multiple timeliness—all replete with evocative illustrations that are icing on a deviously delicious cake.” –O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE“Brimming from start to finish with sly humor and gothic mischief. Brilliant.”  — SARAH WATERS
Named a Most... Read more

The Shadow of the Gods

By: John Gwynne

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Length: 18 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price.
This is the age of storm and murder.
After the old gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their... Read more

Magic for Liars

By: Sarah Gailey

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey.

Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it.

Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life – or at least, she’s perfectly fine.

She doesn't in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted... Read more

Kafka on the Shore

By: Haruki Murakami

Narrated by: Sean Barrett & Oliver Le Sueur

Length: 19 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes “an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and a deceptively simple old man.

Now with a new introduction by the author.

Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and... Read more