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Fear the Flames

By: Olivia Rose Darling

Narrated by: Hannah Van Der Westhuysen

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exiled princess teams up with the last man she thought she could trust in the start of a dazzling and unforgettable epic fantasy romance series.

As a child, Elowen Atarah was ripped away from her dragons and imprisoned by her father, King Garrick of Imirath. Years later, Elowen is now a woman determined to free her... Read more

Epitaph

By: Mary Doria Russell

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 19 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Sparrow, returns with Epitaph. An American Iliad, this richly detailed and meticulously researched historical novel continues the story she began in Doc, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.A deeply divided nation.... Read more

The Exceptions

By: Kate Zernike

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Book

As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called “exceptional” as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the hurdles.

“Gripping…one puts down the book inspired by the women’s grit, tenacity,... Read more

Daydream

By: Hannah Grace

Narrated by: CJ Bloom & Emmanuel Ingram

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestseller!

The third in the New York Times bestselling Maple Hills series follows fan-favorite Henry and a bookish fellow student who come up with a plan to help them both overcome their respective challenges in a difficult year.

When his procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favorite professor, Henry... Read more

The Hushed

By: K. R. Blair

Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of The Last Thing He Told Me and A Flicker in the Dark, The Hushed is a haunting paranormal thriller—infused with a dangerous, forbidden romance—that introduces a brand-new type of undead …Eerie Ashwood may look like a regular college student—she has a job at a local diner and attends classes at the community college—but she’s... Read more

Anatomy of Desire

By: Dr. Emily Jamea

Narrated by: Dr. Emily Jamea

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Combining over fifteen years of clinical experience with her groundbreaking research into the science of flow, Dr. Emily Jamea's ANATOMY OF DESIRE delivers a fresh perspective on the untapped potential of our sex lives, intimate partner connections, and personal wellbeing.

"Dr. Emily Jamea makes difficult issues... Read more

The Power of Ritual

By: Casper ter Kuile

Narrated by: Casper ter Kuile

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose—a message we need more... Read more

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

By: Jessica Townsend

Narrated by: Gemma Whelan

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world--but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.

Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from... Read more

The Poet X

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Don't miss this acclaimed audiobook, read by the author—winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner!The Poet X is also the winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award.Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for... Read more

The Sentence is Death

By: Anthony Horowitz

Narrated by: Rory Kinnear

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Rory KinnearDeath, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne.“You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late . . . ”These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful... Read more

The Last Dance

By: Mark Billingham

Narrated by: David Threlfall

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham that introduces Detective Miller: a man who's unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated.



Maverick sleuth Declan Miller is back at work following the murder of his wife (and amateur ballroom dancing partner) Alex. Working with new... Read more

Body Horror

By: Anne Elizabeth Moore

Narrated by: Anne Elizabeth Moore

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Whether for entertainment, under the guise of medicine, or to propel consumerism, heinous acts are perpetrated daily on women’s bodies. In Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes, award-winning journalist Anne Elizabeth Moore catalogs the global toll of capitalism on our physical autonomy. Weaving together unflinching research and... Read more

The Last House on Needless Street

By: Catriona Ward

Narrated by: Christopher Ragland

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." - Stephen King

"Christopher Ragland delivers a story featuring three unreliable narrators, all keeping secrets . . . Ragland's story is a discomforting listen that is difficult to pause." - AudioFile Magazine,... Read more

Take Up Space

By: The Editors of New York Magazine

Narrated by: Marisa Blake & Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the bestselling tradition of Notorious RBG and Pelosi that explores her explosive rise and impact on the future of American culture and politics.

The candidate was young—twenty-eight years old, a child of Puerto Rico, the Bronx, and Yorktown Heights. She was working as a waitress... Read more

Trick Mirror

By: Jia Tolentino

Narrated by: Jia Tolentino

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire
 
Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “A whip-smart, challenging book.”—Zadie Smith • “Jia... Read more

Rough, Raw and Ready

By: Lorelei James

Narrated by: Rebecca Estrella

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

When passion turns into love, three is never a crowd.

A year of wedded bliss to sexy-as-sin cowboy Trevor Glanzer has gifted Chassie West Glanzer happiness and contentment she didn’t expect to find. But when Trevor’s old roping partner ambles up the driveway, Chassie’s life is thrown into chaos.

Trevor never expected to see Edgard Mancuso again,... Read more

The Escape Artist

By: Jonathan Freedland

Narrated by: Jonathan Freedland

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award · New York Times Bestseller""A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information—and misinformation. Is it possible to stop mass murder by telling the truth?"" — Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus:... Read more

Hester

By: Laurie Lico Albanese

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

"This well-written, well-researched, and masterfully performed novel provides satisfying listening."- AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)

A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials.

Who is the... Read more

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

By: T. Kingfisher

Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance.



But Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the... Read more

My Mother's Boyfriends: Stories

By: Samantha Schoech

Narrated by: Samantha Schoech

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

For lovers of Catherine Newman, Lorrie Moore, and Ottessa Moshfegh comes a debut collection of 14 insightful, witty, and often laugh-out-loud stories.My Mother’s Boyfriends is populated by angels, earthquakes, sibling complexity, love affairs gone bad, and children left to figure it out on their own. Woven throughout is an abiding sympathy for... Read more

The Villa

By: Rachel Hawkins

Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kimberly M. Wetherell & Shiromi A...

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Shiromi Arserio, Julia Whelan, and Kimberly Wetherell are the perfect trio to narrate this thriller about an Italian villa with a haunted past."- AudioFile

From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.

As kids,... Read more

Counterfeit

By: Kirstin Chen

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK“A con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious read—but beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and... Read more

Love in Color

By: Bolu Babalola

Narrated by: Ajjaz Awad, Nneka Okoye, Bolu Babalola & Olukem...

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER""Love stories by and about marginalized women . . . The heroines are strong and sure . . . Babalola’s writing shines.” — New York Times Book Review""Absolutely intoxicating."" — Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last StopA vibrant debut collection of love stories... Read more

Snowglobe

By: Soyoung Park

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Greta Jung & Jeena Yi

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the bitter cold—but this perfect society is hiding dark and dangerous secrets within its frozen heart. A groundbreaking Korean novel translated into English for the first time!

“The Hunger Games meets Squid Game in Soyoung Park's dystopian... Read more