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Sing, Unburied, Sing
By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Chris Chalk & Rutina Wesley
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time... Read more
The Return of Ellie Black
By: Emiko Jean
Narrated by: Mizuo Peck, Tessa Albertson, Nicole Lewis, Rebe...
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A USA TODAY Bestseller
“The Return of Ellie Black is a page-turning suspense novel, a shrewd character study, and a captivating mystery, all at the same time. The last fifty pages are magnetic. I couldn’t put it down until I’d experienced every last twist and turn.” —STEPHEN KING
Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she... Read more
Death in Her Hands
By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
"[An] intricate and unsettling new novel . . . Death in Her Hands is not a murder mystery, nor is it really a story about self-deception or the perils of escapism. Rather, it's a haunting meditation on the nature and meaning of art."
-Kevin Power, The New Yorker
From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting... Read more
When We Were Sisters
By: Fatimah Asghar
Narrated by: Farah Kidwai, Kamran Khan & Deepti Gupta
Length: 5 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • “This exquisite debut wrestles with gender, siblinghood, family, and what it means to be Muslim in America—all through the lens of love.”—Time
“Haunting . . . a knife-sharp story of self-discovery.”—People
WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker,... Read more
Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
Narrated by: Cherry Jones
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up.
It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley... Read more
It. Goes. So. Fast.
By: Mary Louise Kelly
Narrated by: Mary Louise Kelly
Length: 7 hours
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Narration by the Author!
This program is read by the author.
Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic—about the year before her son goes to college—and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along the way.
The time... Read more
Dial A for Aunties
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Narrated by: Risa Mei
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
"Sutanto brilliantly infuses comedy and culture into the unpredictable rom-com/murder mystery mashup as Meddy navigates familial duty, possible arrest and a groomzilla. I laughed out loud and you will too.”—USA Today (four-star review)
“A hilarious, heartfelt romp of a novel about—what else?—accidental murder and the bond of family. This book... Read more
Lone Women
By: Victor LaValle
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an “absorbing, powerful” (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling.
“Propulsive . . . LaValle combines chills with deep... Read more
The End of Policing
By: Alex S. Vitale
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in... Read more
View audiobookThe Radium Girls
By: Kate Moore
Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Length: 15 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
1917. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous—the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls.
As the... Read more
Your Driver Is Waiting
By: Priya Guns
Narrated by: Priya Guns
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Autostraddle, Shondaland, Booklist • In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire—inspired by the iconic 1970s film Taxi Driver—a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity, and financial security...until she decides she's done waiting.
“What you are about to read is a call to... Read more
Olivetti
By: Allie Millington
Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer & Simon Vance
Length: 4 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindles—the family he’s lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from twelve-year-old Ernest, who would rather be left alone with his collection of Oxford English... Read more
View audiobookThe Good House
By: Tananarive Due
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 21 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Tananarive Due, author of The Living Blood (F0061) won the American Book Award and is praised as Stephen King's equal by Publishers Weekly. In The Good House, Due sets a story of ancient powers and modern retribution in a small Pacific Northwest town. When a young woman returns to her grandmother's empty mansion, she is pitted against demonic... Read more
View audiobookThe Dog of the North
By: Elizabeth McKenzie
Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
* Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction *
“I’m in love with a grieving misfit driving around with a donkey-shaped piñata in an old van held together by duct tape…the great miracle of McKenzie’s writing… is... Read more
The Silverblood Promise
By: James Logan
Narrated by: Brenock O’Connor
Length: 17 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
This program is read by actor Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls).
"A fast-paced carnival of setbacks and skullduggery that reminds me of... me! Charming from the first twist to the last."—Scott Lynch
Set in a city of traders and thieves, monsters and murderers, this page-turning epic fantasy debut is a must-read for fans of Nicholas... Read more
Sharp Objects
By: Gillian Flynn
Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW AN HBO® LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen... Read more
A Natural History of Dragons
By: Marie Brennan
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Marie Brennan begins a thrilling new fantasy series in A Natural History of Dragons, combining adventure with the inquisitive spirit of the Victorian Age.
You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon's... Read more
The Agathas
By: Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson
Narrated by: Mehr Dudeja, Sophie Amoss & Holly Linneman
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who killed Brooke Donovan? It’s the biggest mystery of the summer, and everyone in Castle Cove thinks they know what happened. But they're wrong. Two unlikely friends come together to solve the case in this fast-paced, fun, modern Agatha Christie inspired thriller.
"Part Agatha Christie, part Veronica Mars, and... Read more
The School for Good Mothers
By: Jessamine Chan
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
Longlisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize
Selected as One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022!
In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young... Read more
Marilla of Green Gables
By: Sarah McCoy
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert, and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak—and unimaginable... Read more
View audiobookA Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
By: C. A. Fletcher
Narrated by: C. A. Fletcher
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
A "suspenseful, atmospheric tale. . .punctured by a gut-punch twist" (Entertainment Weekly), A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World is a story of survival, courage and hope amid the ruins of our world.
My name's Griz. I've never been to school, I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've not met enough people to play a game of football.... Read more
Just as You Are
By: Camille Kellogg
Narrated by: Bailey Carr
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Equal parts witty and steamy, this debut rom-com is “filled with fun” (People) and brings a healthy dose of queerness to a Pride and Prejudice-inspired enemies-to-lovers romance.
“Brims with heart, spice, and humor.”—Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care
“The L Word, but better.”—TJ Alexander, author of Chef’s Kiss
“A juicy... Read more
The Morningside
By: Téa Obreht
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Length: 8 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
“A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss” (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland
“I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht’s prose. . . Read in the context of today’s conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial... Read more
Before We Say Goodbye
By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Narrated by: Kevin Shen
Length: 4 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
PREORDER YOUR COPY OF BEFORE WE FORGET KINDNESS, the fifth book in the best-selling and much loved series, NOW!
The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series
The regulars at the magical Café Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary time-travel offer. Many patrons have... Read more