Bookseller picks

Nightcrawling

By: Leila Mottley

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK • A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice “bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole” (Tommy Orange, author of There There).

A BEST BOOK OF... Read more

A Study in Drowning

By: Ava Reid

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant Indie and #1 New York Times bestseller!“Achingly atmospheric and beautifully sharp, A Study in Drowning will draw you in from the first page.” —Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls Bestselling author Ava Reid makes her YA debut in this dark academic fantasy perfect for fans of Melissa Albert and Elana K.... 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

Swift and Saddled

By: Lyla Sage

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton & Vanessa Edwin

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • She’s the city girl who refuses to be saddled with a man. He’s the cowboy who wants her anyway.

From the author of the BookTok sensation Done and Dusted comes the next book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, a small town romance featuring opposites attract and forced proximity.

“Tender, relatable, and brimming with delicious... Read more

Ring Shout

By: P. Djèlí Clark

Narrated by: Channie Waites

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In America, demons wear white hoods.

In 1915, The Birth of a Nation casts a spell across America, swelling the Klan’s ranks and drinking deep from the
darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They
plan to bring hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die.

Standing in their way... Read more

The Turn of the Key

By: Ruth Ware

Narrated by: Imogen Church

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A superb suspense writer…Brava, Ruth Ware. I daresay even Henry James would be impressed.” —Maureen Corrigan, author of So We Read On

“This appropriately twisty Turn of the Screw update finds the Woman in Cabin 10 author in her most menacing mode, unfurling a shocking saga of murder and deception.”... Read more

Once Upon a River

By: Diane Setterfield

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 16 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “eerie and fascinating” (USA TODAY) The Thirteenth Tale comes a “swift and entrancing, profound and beautiful” (Madeline Miller, internationally bestselling author of Circe) novel about how we explain the world to ourselves, ourselves to others, and the meaning of our lives in a... Read more

Check & Mate

By: Ali Hazelwood

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life’s moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart.

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory’s focus is... Read more

The House of Eve

By: Sadeqa Johnson

Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Nicole Lewis & Sadeqa Johnson

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“Amazing…I was completely surprised by the ending of this beautifully told and written book.” —Reese Witherspoon

“A triumph of historical fiction” (The Washington Post), an instant New York Times bestseller, and a Reese’s Book Club pick, set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how... Read more

The Wicked King

By: Holly Black

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.
The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has... Read more

A Little Devil in America

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The... Read more

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

By: Elle Cosimano

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"Dawe seamlessly captures the essence of each character, from Finlay and her partner-in-crime, Vero, to the diverse supporting cast. Particularly noteworthy is Dawe's skill in portraying the range of male characters...with heaps of suspense and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, this audiobook delivers entertainment from start to... Read more

The Stationery Shop

By: Marjan Kamali

Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-nominated author of Together Tea and The Lion Women of Tehran, a poignant, "powerful" (The Wall Street Journal) and "affecting novel about first love" (Real Simple) that explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.

Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary... Read more

Moonflower Murders

By: Anthony Horowitz

Narrated by: Lesley Manville & Allan Corduner

Length: 18 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Lesley ManvilleNew York Times Bestseller • Soon to be a MASTERPIECE mystery series on PBS!Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz brings back his famous literary detective Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland, hero of Magpie Murders, in an inventive, labyrinthine story that is “catnip for classic mystery lovers” (Time magazine).Retired... Read more

Erasure

By: Percival Everett

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Percival Everett's blistering satire about race and publishing, now as the Oscar-nominated film, American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson and starring Jeffrey Wright and Tracee Ellis Ross.



Thelonious "Monk" Ellison's writing career has bottomed out: his latest manuscript has been rejected by seventeen publishers, which stings all the more... Read more

The Jane Austen Society

By: Natalie Jenner

Narrated by: Richard Armitage

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"Richard Armitage is an excellent choice of narrator for this celebration of the famed British author's work. His deep, resonant voice meanders through the stories of seven different people in the small English town of Chawton...a great casual listen, especially for those familiar with Austen's work." -- AudioFile Magazine

This program includes... Read more

A Slow Fire Burning

By: Paula Hawkins

Narrated by: Rosamund Pike

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


The scorching new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.
 
“A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should, but it's also deep, intelligent and intensely human.” – Lee Child

“Only a clairvoyant could anticipate the book’s ending” – New York Times
... Read more

Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Nat Cassidy’s highly commercial, debut horror novel Mary, blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I'll Be Gone in the Dark.

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself.

But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot... Read more

All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

Narrated by: Deepti Gupta, Kamran R. Khan & Kausar Mohammed

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award WINNER
An INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
An INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER!

"All My Rage is a love story, a tragedy and an infectious teenage fever dream about what home means when you feel you don’t fit in." — New York Times Book Review

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir comes a brilliant, unforgettable, and... Read more

The Good Neighbor

By: Maxwell King

Narrated by: LeVar Burton

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions... Read more

Queenie

By: Candice Carty-Williams

Narrated by: Shvorne Marks

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

*NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES*

*ONE of NPR’s and TIME’s BEST BOOKS of the YEAR * NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of the YEAR by WOMAN’S DAY, NEWSDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BUSTLE, and BOOK RIOT!*

“A book that sneaks up on you...I am hooked.” —Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author

This acclaimed and “welcome debut from a seriously talented... Read more

Ender's Game

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki & Harlan Ellison

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game—adapted to film starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford—is the classic Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel of a young boy's recruitment into the midst of an interstellar war.

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack,... Read more

Really Good, Actually

By: Monica Heisey

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Every sentence of Monica Heisey’s writing is a treat. No one makes me laugh like she does.” —Dolly Alderton, New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Know About LoveRecommended by Los Angeles Times • Washington Post • GQ • Elle • Good Morning America • People • Guardian • The Times • E! News Online • The Globe and... Read more

Ace of Spades

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge & Tapiwa Mugweni

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an author's note read by the author.

Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.

All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do.... Read more